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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 7:48:10 PM
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We got youngest son a rock polisher/tumbler for his birthday..and we finally got it set up and running tonight. OH MY GOSH!! that thing is loud. Don't know what I expected..it IS rocks in a plastic barrel tumbling for days and days and days and days...but oh my!! I won't be spending lots of time in THIS room. It is right near the computer..so for the next couple weeks if I am only here for short bursts of time..this is why!! I would love to put it out in the laundry room..unfortunatly my laundry/sewing room is added on, and uninsulated and like a fridge this time of year..so that won't work..it has to be over 35 degrees at all times..and under 80..so out there won't work in summer either...so the family room it is. UGH! Maybe by the time he does the refill kit it will warm up enough to have it out there. I am going to be so relieved when this noise stops!! He is so excited to make jewelry and play with the polished stones. HE is quite the little geologist...so it is a good thing. I will keep telling myself that..right?????
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 8:13:54 PM
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My dad and I had one, Jenny--I sure do remember the noise!!! And, also the "wait" for the stones. I remember thinking, "are they done now? How about now?" I made one necklace and my mom still wears it :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
1891 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 8:28:46 PM
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Aunt Jenny....you'll be very tired of the noise long before any rocks get "polished", it takes a very long time. Bought one for my son when he was young and never did get anything looking more like a gem than a rock. I see them in thrift shops all the time and smile every time. Nice concept and someone has made a lot of money making them over the years.
Ronna |
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 8:30:42 PM
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| I wanted one as a kid, and I still do! I'll wait until Tate gets a little older and get him one and pretend like it wasn't really for me! |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 8:38:26 PM
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Here's an idea- make a wood box out of a dense wood material, line it with cork, and either stick the box over the machine- or put the machine in the box. Maybe that would help deaden the noise?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 10:25:30 PM
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You know what...I have a cellar!!!! What am I thinking...it goes downstairs tomorrow!! I am so excited...I am already going nuts with this noise!!
Ronna..luckily my kid will be thrilled if nothing happens at all...he hated to stop looking at the rocks long enough to put them in the tumbler thing!! So..even if they are just a little rounded off he will be thrilled..easy to please type of kid. I hope it does more than that though...it wasn't real cheap!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 10:37:48 PM
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I guess we could call you guys the rock and roll family! ;-) You'll have to show us photos of his creations when they get done.
I remember being so impatient with just an easy bake oven! haha.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs:
http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 11:39:35 PM
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I had one when I was little, I loved polishing rocks ,and it worked very well
My son had one to as he was growing up, we had tons of fun with it.I saw his in the garage the other day, and wondered if it still works. maybe I will have to try it and see
shirley (In the garage, not the inside of the house) |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 06:35:24 AM
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HAHA That's too cute. Wonderful for him, sorry for you :-p Sometimes educating things are noisy to us but just imagine the memories. Hang in there. We'll hope for warm weather for you hehe.
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
http://liggygirl.blogspot.com/
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 06:52:25 AM
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When all the rocks are polished and jewelry made (from the basement!) , you and your son can start a business called Aunt Jenny Rocks. :)
Farmgirl Sister # 31
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 07:21:39 AM
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You crack me up Jeannie!!
Hey...I moved it to our cellar this morning and I can think again!! It was loud enough to hear in the bedroom last night. I should have taken it down there before I went to bed!! So..this is good. I would have put it in the garage for sure if it weren't so darn cold outside..but the cellar is perfect...cool but not cold and I can't hear that puppy anymore..yay!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2899 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 07:49:58 AM
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| But you'll be hearing another puppy soon enough..YEA! |
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
2804 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 07:58:09 AM
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Oh my - all of us Mom's thought it was a good idea to purchase that noisy thing ...........
I can remember that sound as if it was yesturday. I now think of that as a gift to give your worst enemy. Oh well, the things we do for our kids - remind them of it when they are older and say you never understood them.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 07:58:34 AM
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Thats right..and she may be noiser than the rock polisher..haha
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 08:00:29 AM
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Now....that's a mother's love....sacrificing your sanity for your son! :) I'm glad you came up with a solution with the cellar! Very funny!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Feb 22 2008 : 1:26:15 PM
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I have a rock tumbler my brother gave me 6 months again, waiting until we finish the back porch because before I heard it running at his house I was gonna put it in the living room......can you imagine!!!!!
Aunt Jenny girl you certainly do rock!!!!!lol
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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