Re: Spring, second of two

Not a peep that I know of. I'm sure it happens more than we know.

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two


> And no one spoke up.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two
>
>
> > You are, but construction companies that have the big bucks can usually
> get
> > around that. My father has worked construction in Charleston for about
15
> > years. He lays pipe and probably 10 years ago dug up some coffins in
> > downtown Charleston that were probably poor citizens or slaves. The
> coffins
> > were badly constructed, etc. Anyway, he stopped digging and  called his
> > boss. they were supposed to call the Archeology people  but the owner of
> the
> > property came down, took all the bones and put them in ONE new pine box
> and
> > had it reburied. how sad is that?
> >
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two
> >
> >
> > > Something big like that was found at a consturction site near here
> > > recently - can't remember the details.  I thought that when you found
> > > something like that you were supposed to leave it alone and call
> somebody
> > > rather than harvest it yourself.  Still, I bet it was pretty exciting
> for
> > > him.
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:22 PM
> > > Subject: [CHAT] Spring, second of two
> > >
> > >
> > > > The guy who details the nursery's trucks lives on the Myakka river.
> > > > Right on the river; he and his family were flooded out of home for 2
> > > > weeks during the last wet season. But the river is low this time of
> > > > year, and Saturday he decided to take himself upstream and do some
> > > > snorkeling--looking for sharks teeth and such. The rivers of
southwest
> > > > Florida are fossil-rich.
> > > >
> > > > What he found is eye-popping. He found three leg bones and several
> > > > vertebrae of what would appear to be a mastodon. He brought one of
the
> > > > leg bones to the nursery today to show it to me. This fossil is
about
> 3
> > > > feet long; at one end [which I take to be the top] is a double ball
> > > > joint in very good condition. The other end looks like it has been
> > > > eroded away. The shank of the bone is at least 5 inches in diameter.
A
> > > > very large bone.
> > > >
> > > > He has a friend who is a paleontologist. He's sending one of the leg
> > > > bones to the paleontologist for a better Ident. He said "You can't
> > > > believe the adrenalin surge after I found the first leg bone. I put
> the
> > > > skiff under one arm and the bone under the other and walked on top
of
> > > > the river all the way home!"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Island Jim
> > > > Southwest Florida
> > > > Zone 10
> > > >
> > >
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