What do Petoskey Stones have to do with "Global Warming"

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Fist off, I doubt most of you know what a Petoskey stone is. It's Michigan's state stone, found primarily around Little Traverse Bay and the city of Petoskey, thus its name. But it can be found in any rocky area in the north part of the Great Lakes.

Petoskey stones are really fossilized corral, that grew in a sea that covered Michigan 360 million years ago. 360 million.....

Those seas eventually became the glaciers that carved out what are now the Great Lakes during the last great ice age. Those glaciers too receded during a period of "global warming" or Lake Michigan would just be a hole under 5000 feet of ice.

Anyway, I just thought you might like a little historical perspective. Go form your own opinions, but mine will always be that Al Gore is a dumbf**k.

http://www.davesdowntoearthrockshop.com/images/petoskey.jpg

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precious albeit naive.Petosky stones are primarily water worn not ice gouged.Anyway, What did Al Gore have to say about anything?
HE speaks well of you, oh wait, when asked about you, Al Gore said
"who the hell is that"?

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f-man. Try turning on your brain before you post again.

Al Gore is a big french fry in a pot of boiling oil and I am the oil.

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Neat rock.

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^ for Thursday.

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f-man. Try turning on your brain before you post again.

Al Gore is a big french fry in a pot of boiling oil and I am the oil

I pity your wife you poor addle brained idiot. You first have no idea of what you speak and then you sink back into political smear. I dont agree with Gore on a number of issues, however, Im certain that he could spot you 50 IQ points and still come out way ahead.

You are a pitiable pundit wannabe, minus any skill or talent. A one note singer who's entire life revolves around the gun culture.

Twit.

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farmerman wrote:

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f-man. Try turning on your brain before you post again.

Al Gore is a big french fry in a pot of boiling oil and I am the oil

I pity your wife you poor addle brained idiot. You first have no idea of what you speak and then you sink back into political smear. I dont agree with Gore on a number of issues, however, Im certain that he could spot you 50 IQ points and still come out way ahead.

You are a pitiable pundit wannabe, minus any skill or talent. A one note singer who's entire life revolves around the gun culture.

Twit.

Other than that he's ok, though?

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Those seas eventually became the glaciers that carved out what are now the Great Lakes during the last great ice age.

Glaciers are formed by seas freezing?

Dang.. who knew that there was a sea on Antartica?

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As anyone with half a brain can see, when subjected to reasonable and logical thought, left wing numbnut global warming conspiracists can only rely on personal insults.

Sad. Really sad. Kinda like Al Gore.

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cjhsa wrote:

As anyone with half a brain can see, when subjected to reasonable and logical thought, left wing numbnut global warming conspiracists can only rely on personal insults.

Sad. Really sad. Kinda like Al Gore.

Snort!!!!!!!

"f-man. Try turning on your brain before you post again.

Al Gore is a big french fry in a pot of boiling oil and I am the oil."

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Care to jump in the pot there snorting bunny?

I don't think much of women, or bunnies, who snort. Deer maybe.

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arent you engaging in what you acuse us of?
Maybe Im wrong hee but I dont see any difference. Glaciers and Petoskey stones are as closely related as rootbeer and caviar.

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So you admit you know not of what you speak. Continue.

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When it comes to rocks from the ground, I'll trust farmerman any day.

As for rocks in other places, farmerman may not be the authority on that.

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That stone is really really pretty.

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Chai wrote:

That stone is really really pretty.

It has been highly polished. When you look for them look for plain gray stones - they will only reveal their structure when wet. If taken from the lakes, they are often covered with sticky sediment making them hard to see.

Here's some. In places where a lot of glacial grinding occurred all the stones, not just Petoskeys, are flat like this. Makes for good skipping stones!

http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/edu/flash/waterloo/images/p3Petoskey_unpolished.jpg

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I'm confused. Is your post a question or are you informing us?

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Mame wrote:

I'm confused. Is your post a question or are you informing us?

I'm trying to get people to change their perspective and think outside the box.

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Change their perspective on what and think outside the box about what?

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