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    Met a well known author today!

    I live in arcadia Fl. I have noticed about 8 or 12 people with expensive vehivles digging fossils just south of the HWY 70 bridge on the peace river, for quite a few days.

    I dig about 600 yards further downstream, I have talked to the group several times about finds. Today I talked to the same gentle man again. I mentioned a book I have called " Fossililing in Fl., a guide for diggers and divers" By Mark Renz.
    He ask me how I liked it, it was pretty good ,I said.

    He goes in his truck and produces a book and points to a pic in the inner jacket, ask me if it looks familiar?
    It is you, I said!

    Small world! He gave(gratis) 2 books to me. Giants in the storm and desert sharks, about his trip to peru to hunt fossil sharks in the Peruvian desert.


    An all around great guy! I need to email him to see if he needs a grunt of a guide in arcadia! He charges about 60 $ for guide services. I bet he makes about 4 to 5 hundred a day guiding vacationers to fossil hunting grounds!

    What a great guy to meet!
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    It is a fortunate man who can turn his passion into a career! We should all be so blessed!
    There is no God but Resister and Refugee is his messenger’.

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    resister wrote: ... about his trip to peru to hunt fossil sharks in the Peruvian desert.

    Must be the ancestor of the famous...

    ... land shark!

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    Quote Originally Posted by waltky View Post
    resister wrote: ... about his trip to peru to hunt fossil sharks in the Peruvian desert.

    Must be the ancestor of the famous...

    ... land shark!
    Good beer!
    There is no God but Resister and Refugee is his messenger’.

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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    Good beer!
    Jimmy Buffet makes it. How could it be bad?
    Cool story about the author too.

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    On her honeymoon, a friend came across James Taylor...

    ... surprised,she blurted out, "I'm a big fan of your's, I've got all your albums"...

    ... to which he quipped, "So you're the one who's been buying `em."

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    John Cleese once told me to piss off. But he wasn't serious. At least I don't think he was.

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    Talked to Mr. Renz again today. Took some of my unknowns down for ID. Asked if he gets on the fossil forum, he said he looks but does not post, the "pro's" pick apart his every post! Go figure!
    Trolling on a fossil forum! WTF?
    I thanked him for his expert analysis, he said he was not an expert, I said "you have wrote 5 books on fl fossils, if you are not an expert, you will do until one comes along"
    He is a very humble man, he is an inspiration to emulate!
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    Quote Originally Posted by waltky View Post
    resister wrote: ... about his trip to peru to hunt fossil sharks in the Peruvian desert.

    Must be the ancestor of the famous...

    ... land shark!
    He said he hunts fossil sharks because they are much safer than hunting living sharks! LOL!!!!
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    That's pretty cool! Weird how some opportunities can fall into your lap. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. :0)

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