Thanks for the photos. Very nice collection. Where do you find your stuff? I've got some Sci/Fi stuff from www.monstersinmotion.com and ebay But I'd like to learn more about TV/movie props and reps.
Have quite a few antique brass microscopes from the 1800s. Also have a lot of Native American art on my walls, coffee table, etc. And about 20 working cameras (they call me "snapshot"). BTW, have at least 4 or 5 clocks in every room. In my new garage wing I have 3 road bikes & 3 mtn bikes (Dura-Ace & XTR) . Thats a collection, right? Image Unavailable, Please Login
From my old 4130 days now converted to 6001 T6. For 1998 it maybe old school but it works for me. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Mark- I will require signifigantly more photographic evidence in order to adequately dispute your claim that your girlfriend is 'not that good looking'. Please send to [email protected] immediately. Thank you.
We must have some guys into scale models? Here's some winners from a model contest (not mine but very interresting) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I just make Judi look cute by the way I shoot her. Camera tricks you know. Now my friend Amy IS GOOD LOOKING (at least that's what I think)! But she is just a friend. Back on topic.... This is the best in my collection...I love this coral! Bought it in Key West many many years ago, when I was a small kid. Its a thing of beauty. Image Unavailable, Please Login
If thats Amy in the photo, she looks pi55ed that you asked her to pose with some pxy deal sea life! But yeah, she's cute.
Apart from the hot looking girls in your pics Mark, i respectively disagree with your hobby of collecting Coral. Your hobby is fueling an illegal industry over here on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral is being "Mined" here all the time and the reef is suffering. IIRC, the reef only has about 50 years to live before its dead. And that's mainly due to bad boat anchoring procedures, and illegal coral farming. If there is no coral there, they cant seed to make more coral. Im not a greeny by any means, but i dislike seeing Dead Coral as much as i dislike seeing ivory. While it may be a hobby to you, and i can respect that, im just telling just in case you didnt know the repercussions of your hobby. -Mike
Mike I understand about the reef and am lucky to live in a Country that set up laws to protect taking corals from our reefs in (1978), and ended the importation of coral from other countries into our country in (1983). As I mentioned.... I bought many perfect specimens in the 1970's and 80's that had been picked from the seas in the 1950's and 60's. These large and most spectacular corals had the undignified destiny of ending up as displays for jewelry back-drops, or attractions to get tourist to stop at Mom & Pop Shell-shops all over the state of Florida. I plan on donating the complete collection of rare corals to one of several Museums or State Aquariums that I have talked to. I have been back to these same shops over the years and am very happy to see that they were never able to replace their show-pieces, and the coral trade is dead. The shops are now t-shirts shops and junk.... not shells and coral like they use to be. Luckly....the aquarium hobby has switched to plastic corals. So the pet shops are not buying dead coarl any more either. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Now to a bigger problem... the protection of live-rock and live corals that have become very popular in reef aquariums in the last 7 years. This will take an entire new set of laws to protect. The only bright side, is that great leaps have been made in the aquarium hobby and some corals that are bleaching and dyeing in nature are being kept alive in captivity. Many biologist fear that with global warming, the only way to keep many Flordia reef corals alive will be in captivity. Much work needs to be done to save the coral reefs. 1.) farm-water run-off... seems to be the cause for the crown of thorn population explosion. ( In Flordia, we have a sea lice explosion, for the same reason ) 2.) warming of the seas... is causing the bleaching 3.) collecting of live coarls and live rock.... must be changed to aqua farmed If you are interested in knowing more... I highly recommend "Coral" it is a ecosystem publication dedicated to the understanding and study of this subject. www.coralmagazine.com Florida has the only living coral reefs in this USA. We have a problem with growth of population. Florida is already too crowded, yet in the next 20 years they expect the population to double, thanks to the aging baby-boomers. Water run-off will be our greatest challenge, to save our reefs. It was a great loss in Indonesia also.... the coral reefs really took it hard from the Tsunami. Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives. I am happy to hear that sport divers are working to help clear the reefs of debris and reattach live corals that have been knocked over.
