Re: Spring, second of two

true, but still sad.
Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two


> Andrea:  That is sad...but at least he had the bones reburied instead of
just dumped somewhere...
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Wed 03/03, Andrea H < hodgesaa@islc.net > wrote:
> From: Andrea H [mailto: hodgesaa@islc.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:30:52 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two
>
> You are, but construction companies that have the big bucks can usually
> get<br>around that. My father has worked construction in Charleston for
> about 15<br>years. He lays pipe and probably 10 years ago dug up some
> coffins in<br>downtown Charleston that were probably poor citizens or
> slaves. The coffins<br>were badly constructed, etc. Anyway, he stopped
> digging and called his<br>boss. they were supposed to call the
> Archeology people but the owner of the<br>property came down, took all
> the bones and put them in ONE new pine box and<br>had it reburied. how
> sad is that?<br><br><br>Andrea H<br>Beaufort, SC<br><br><br>-----
> Original Message ----- <br>From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:46
> PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring, second of two<br><br><br>> Something
> big like that was found at a consturction site near here<br>> recently -
> can't remember the details. I thought that when you found<br>> something
> like that you were supposed to leave it alone and call somebody<br>>
> rather than harvest it yourself. Still, I bet it was pretty exciting
> for<br>> him.<br>><br>> Kitty<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----
> <br>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org><br>> To: "Chat"
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:22 PM<br>>
> Subject: [CHAT] Spring, second of two<br>><br>><br>> > The guy who
> details the nursery's trucks lives on the Myakka river.<br>> > Right on
> the river; he and his family were flooded out of home for 2<br>> > weeks
> during the last wet season. But the river is low this time of<br>> >
> year, and Saturday he decided to take himself upstream and do some<br>>
> > snorkeling--looking for sharks teeth and such. The rivers of
> southwest<br>> > Florida are fossil-rich.<br>> ><br>> > What he found is
> eye-popping. He found three leg bones and several<br>> > vertebrae of
> what would appear to be a mastodon. He brought one of the<br>> > leg
> bones to the nursery today to show it to me. This fossil is about 3<br>>
> > feet long; at one end [which I
>
> take to be the top] is a double ball<br>> > joint in very good
> condition. The other end looks like it has been<br>> > eroded away. The
> shank of the bone is at least 5 inches in diameter. A<br>> > very large
> bone.<br>> ><br>> > He has a friend who is a paleontologist. He's
> sending one of the leg<br>> > bones to the paleontologist for a better
> Ident. He said "You can't<br>> > believe the adrenalin surge after I
> found the first leg bone. I put the<br>> > skiff under one arm and the
> bone under the other and walked on top of<br>> > the river all the way
> home!"<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Island Jim<br>> > Southwest Florida<br>> >
> Zone 10<br>> ><br>> >
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