Ptychodus04’s Fossil Fish Prepapalooza

[snolly50]

9 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said:

your specter has swapped genders. It used to be a female spirit

I'm not sure. It's hard to pin these crafty spooks down to obtain any reliable info. 

[Ptychodus04]

6 minutes ago, snolly50 said:

I'm not sure. It's hard to pin these crafty spooks down to obtain any reliable info. 

 

They must play the sax.

[snolly50]

28 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said:

They must play the sax.

Well, they are incredibly talented and good lookin,' both well known characteristics of saxophonists! 

[Ptychodus04]

26 minutes ago, snolly50 said:

Well, they are incredibly talented and good lookin,' both well known characteristics of saxophonists! 

 

So, you're an anomaly?  

[snolly50]

8 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

So, you're an anomaly?

 

Kris, I surprised with your poor eyesight and bad judgement that you are so successful at prepping. Good lookin,' Ha! Why back in the day I was a front row man in the band, a natural magnet for those partying co-eds!

[Randyw]

[Ptychodus04]

11 hours ago, snolly50 said:

 

Kris, I surprised with your poor eyesight and bad judgement that you are so successful at prepping. Good lookin,' Ha! Why back in the day I was a front row man in the band, a natural magnet for those partying co-eds!

 

[daves64]

16 hours ago, snolly50 said:

 

Kris, I surprised with your poor eyesight and bad judgement that you are so successful at prepping. Good lookin,' Ha! Why back in the day I was a front row man in the band, a natural magnet for those partying co-eds!

Would that be the same co-eds that would have conversations with a wall after partying.. and sometimes while partying? 

[snolly50]

34 minutes ago, daves64 said:

conversations with a wall

Decorum prevents elaboration, but I will report that years ago on the "fraternity circuit" there was often significant imbibing of spiritus fermenti among revelers. 

[Ptychodus04]

1 hour ago, daves64 said:

Would that be the same co-eds that would have conversations with a wall after partying.. and sometimes while partying? 

Don’t sell John ( @snolly50 ) short. He wouldn’t hang with those types. He’s a far more interesting conversationalist than a wall, more like a rock.

[Ptychodus04]

Here’s the start of my next fish prep. This one’s going to be amazing. So far, the preservation is excellent. I should have prepped this one before the paddlefish. Kissing Mio’s would have been great for Valentine’s Day.

 

 

[RJB]

Kissing Mio's.  I like it. 

 

RB

[fossilhunter21]

That fish slab is very cool! I can not wait to see what it looks like after it is finished. 

Edited March 3, 2022 by fossilhunter21

[Ptychodus04]

4 hours ago, fossilhunter21 said:

That fish slab is very cool! I can not wait to see what it looks like after it is finished. 

So far, these two are looking good. We will see what they look like when I get to the fins.

[Nanotyrannus35]

Looks like it's gonna be good! Are they both articulated?

[Mainefossils]

Nice paddlefish - I can't imagine the time (and patience) it must have taken to complete it. Looking forward to seeing the end result of this new plate! 

[Ptychodus04]

59 minutes ago, Nanotyrannus35 said:

Looks like it's gonna be good! Are they both articulated?

 

They look to be so far.

 

 

20 minutes ago, Mainefossils said:

Nice paddlefish - I can't imagine the time (and patience) it must have taken to complete it. Looking forward to seeing the end result of this new plate! 

 

Thanks. It was a mere 83 hours of intense concentration. 

[Bobby Rico]

The baby Dolphin looking fish is beautiful. Exceptional work mate.  

 

@snolly50 any pictures of you as a heartbreaker muso. 
 

 

[Ptychodus04]

7 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

The baby Dolphin looking fish is beautiful. Exceptional work mate.  

 

@snolly50 any pictures of you as a heartbreaker muso. 
 

 

 

Thanks buddy. There are no pictures of a young, attractive John. He's still waiting for them to come back from the forger. 

[snolly50]

4 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said:

no pictures of a young, attractive John

Hah! Forgers indeed! Young and attractive....well....I found this one from when I was very, very young and obviously from a long, long time ago. That's me, 3rd from the right. THOSE PANTS! Madras, and all different; I remember mine were red and blue. It was a treat to dig that out. All the miscreants pictured are miraculously still on this Earth, with the very sad exception of one. @Bobby Rico Heartbreaker? Perhaps, but there is on my part a bitter-sweet nostalgia for times and adventures long past. Fortunately, the World is so intriguing there is little time for maudlin sentimentality. However, I have found with a little age comes a pause for reflection on the past.

 

 

   

[Bobby Rico]

27 minutes ago, snolly50 said:

bitter-sweet nostalgia

I hope I did not bring to much of a mauling feelings to you, it was not my intention, sorry . I do like your photo by the way, great haircut on show. Cheers Bobby 

Edited March 4, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[snolly50]

@Bobby Rico Oh, not a problem, I enjoyed seeing the long ago faces of those folks. I wish it was a color photo so you could see those pants in all their glory.

[Ptychodus04]

14 hours ago, snolly50 said:

@Bobby Rico Oh, not a problem, I enjoyed seeing the long ago faces of those folks. I wish it was a color photo so you could see those pants in all their glory.

 

I stand corrected! You were a slick dude! 

[Ptychodus04]

I’m at 18 hours on the kissing Mio plate. So far, the preservation is really good on both fish.

 

 

[fossilhunter21]

Looking very good!  The preservation is very nice so far!