I'm not big on water balloon fights, and jewelry is something to be owned...like a horse, or furniture. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > >Yes. Water balloon fights are much more fun. > >Jan G. > ><<But I decided, long ago, that jewelry doesn't count much in the scheme of >things. >Jan C.>> > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> >Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com >To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:48:01 -0600 > >Garnets and rubies are totally different. Garnets have a deep >color...rubies are more clear. Garnets are fairly inexpensive, compared to >other gem stones. I have a garnet ring, with about 35 stones in >it...another Thailand ring. It's really pretty. > >I guess if I have a favorite ring...it's my Fire Opal. It's about 1 inch >square, with 7 Opals, and little squares of Gold around the Opals. I have a >3 carat diamond solitaire, and a 4 carat (Emerald cut) surrounded with chip >diamonds. > >But I decided, long ago, that jewelry doesn't count much in the scheme of >things. > >Jan C. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> >To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:53 PM >Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > > >Ah, I'd love to have it Jan, but will have to wait till my ships comes in >! > > > >I am fond of garnets also, just because they were one of my mother's >favorites. She left me quite a few garnet rings that I am, one of these >days, going to have remounted into a ring(s) for Kade. > > > >Sometimes those garnets and rubies will fool you. Mother had rubies and >garnets both and sometimes I have to take them to a jeweler to see which is >which, although generally I can tell the difference due to the garnets >having a brownish tint to them, at least to my eye. > > > >Jack Childers in OKC > > > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >Unsubscribe from the list: > >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu >bscribe > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >