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Old 04-27-2012, 12:56 AM   #1
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April 26, 2012 Tufa Towers

Mono Lake, California



These are tufa rock formations that are made of sedimentary rock formed by carbonate materials.

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Old 04-27-2012, 07:00 AM   #2
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They're clearly fossilised camels.
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:15 AM   #3
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So? It looks like a closeup of my shower curtain.
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:20 AM   #4
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:25 AM   #5
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There was some kind of 'game' or 'hobby' thing when I was a kid. I'm remembering it as some kind of wet sand that you dribbled to make things that look a lot like those TufaTowers, but for the life of me I can't remember and google isn't helping.

Does anyone remember?
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:31 AM   #6
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Was it this?

I used to do it with regular wet sand at the beach, to make forests around my sand castles.
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:35 AM   #7
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No, I mean it might have been scientifically similar but it came in a box...like a toy or board game or something...
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:42 AM   #8
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There was some kind of 'game' or 'hobby' thing when I was a kid. I'm remembering it as some kind of wet sand that you dribbled to make things that look a lot like those TufaTowers, but for the life of me I can't remember and google isn't helping.

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I remember! It was Wham-o Magic sand! It came in a little plastic bottle with a Genie on it! Great fun!
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Old 04-27-2012, 11:51 AM   #9
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Yeah, it must have been that. I'm still not finding pictures that ring a bell vis a vis the box or anything...but it worked that way. I remember making things in those little goldfish bowls like you used to get at the fair if you threw a ping pong ball at the fish.

I also had one of these. I took it to school and Sister French Fry was all like "what do you MEAN the sand never mixes up? It looks all mixed up to me!" Yeah, well, you're a crotchedy old bat who told me my dead mangled cat most certainly would NOT go to heaven...and the sand unmixes itself...you mean old fart.
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Old 04-27-2012, 12:12 PM   #10
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Go to this link that will trigger the memories - you can go nuts! Awwh!

http://www.toywhimsy.com/2009/01/wham-o---flash.html

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Old 04-27-2012, 12:20 PM   #11
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I saw that picture but it didn't seem familiar. I could be just not remembering it or it could be that, as usual, we got the knock-off wannabe toys.

Like everyone else had an easy bake oven, I had like "Suzy Homemaker" oven or something.

Oh, here it is...see, it didn't even have the conveyer belt.
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