Hi guys,
I have a bit of a strange request.
My youngest used his allowance while we were in Corsica last week to buy a necklace with a sharp tooth pendant.
the tooth was attached by a string of silver wire wrapped around it. Unfortunately the silver wire only made a hook, rather than a loop or a ring. And so, while running to the car today it must have slipped of. No amount of search has unearthed it, and he is devestated :(
I've tried a google search, I mean, how much can a tooth pendant on a 5 euro necklace cost?
But I can't seem to find it on google, only fossils.
So, if anyone more savvy on the net or with a local tourist shop nearby can help me out I'd be extremely grateful
V
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And I just need a million dollars. :w00t:
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Quote from: Valdemar on July 17, 2011, 08:37:17 AM
Hi guys,
I have a bit of a strange request.
My youngest used his allowance while we were in Corsica last week to buy a necklace with a sharp tooth pendant.
the tooth was attached by a string of silver wire wrapped around it. Unfortunately the silver wire only made a hook, rather than a loop or a ring. And so, while running to the car today it must have slipped of. No amount of search has unearthed it, and he is devestated :(
I've tried a google search, I mean, how much can a tooth pendant on a 5 euro necklace cost?
But I can't seem to find it on google, only fossils.
So, if anyone more savvy on the net or with a local tourist shop nearby can help me out I'd be extremely grateful
V
Not as devastated as the shark was. :hmm:
Maybe take this as an opportunity to show him that these trinkets belong in the living animal rather than as a tourist trinket or folk/witchcraft potion ?
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2011, 09:17:06 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 17, 2011, 08:37:17 AM
Hi guys,
I have a bit of a strange request.
My youngest used his allowance while we were in Corsica last week to buy a necklace with a sharp tooth pendant.
the tooth was attached by a string of silver wire wrapped around it. Unfortunately the silver wire only made a hook, rather than a loop or a ring. And so, while running to the car today it must have slipped of. No amount of search has unearthed it, and he is devestated :(
I've tried a google search, I mean, how much can a tooth pendant on a 5 euro necklace cost?
But I can't seem to find it on google, only fossils.
So, if anyone more savvy on the net or with a local tourist shop nearby can help me out I'd be extremely grateful
V
Not as devastated as the shark was. :hmm:
Maybe take this as an opportunity to show him that these trinkets belong in the living animal rather than as a tourist trinket or folk/witchcraft potion ?
Bah, this was a "surfer neclace" not even sure it was real, and they landed a few sharks on the piers everyday, and they certainly had no need for their teeth :)
V
Sharks lose their teeth naturally. They constantly fall out and are replaced by new ones. The shark teeth probably where just found on the beach somewhere.
"Shark tooth necklace" brought up a lot of hits on Google image.
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2011, 09:17:06 AM
Not as devastated as the shark was. :hmm:
Maybe take this as an opportunity to show him that these trinkets belong in the living animal rather than as a tourist trinket or folk/witchcraft potion ?
I doubt very much that the shark was living, and if you mean Valdy to try to spin some tail about an undead shark tracking down the person wearing its tooth (and thus that his kid was lucky to lose it), I think the kid is too young for that. :cool:
Quote from: Valdemar on July 17, 2011, 09:22:11 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2011, 09:17:06 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 17, 2011, 08:37:17 AM
Hi guys,
I have a bit of a strange request.
My youngest used his allowance while we were in Corsica last week to buy a necklace with a sharp tooth pendant.
the tooth was attached by a string of silver wire wrapped around it. Unfortunately the silver wire only made a hook, rather than a loop or a ring. And so, while running to the car today it must have slipped of. No amount of search has unearthed it, and he is devestated :(
I've tried a google search, I mean, how much can a tooth pendant on a 5 euro necklace cost?
But I can't seem to find it on google, only fossils.
So, if anyone more savvy on the net or with a local tourist shop nearby can help me out I'd be extremely grateful
V
Not as devastated as the shark was. :hmm:
Maybe take this as an opportunity to show him that these trinkets belong in the living animal rather than as a tourist trinket or folk/witchcraft potion ?
Bah, this was a "surfer neclace" not even sure it was real, and they landed a few sharks on the piers everyday, and they certainly had no need for their teeth :)
V
Here you go:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/06/11/us-sharks-idUSL1073282220080611 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/06/11/us-sharks-idUSL1073282220080611)
Quote
Mediterranean shark numbers drop dramatically
ROME | Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:30am EDT
(Reuters) - The number of sharks in the Mediterranean has fallen by 97 percent in the last 200 years, putting the sea's ecological balance at risk, a report released on Wednesday said.
The report, by the Washington-based Lenfest Ocean Program, used records such as fishermen's logs, shark landings, museum specimens and visual sightings to estimate the number and size of the Mediterranean sharks over the last two centuries.
There was only enough data on five of the 20 big shark species present in the Mediterranean to be useful to the study -- the hammerhead, thresher, blue and two species of mackerel shark, which averaged a decline of 97 percent.
"It will have a major impact on the ecosystem because large predatory sharks are at the top of the food chain," said Francesco Ferretti, the report's lead author.
Losing the top of the food chain can mean smaller fish thrive and consume more of their prey, upsetting the ecological balance. "If we lose these sharks we are going to lose this important portion of the ecosystem functioning," said Ferretti.
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Careful, Valdy; Mongers leads by four full points in this non sequitur contest, and you are going to have to make a truly irrelevant post to even tie.
It depends. What amount of xp and gold do you offer for finding your daughter's necklace? :hmm:
Not daughter, son, and not alot, I just feel sorry for him..
V
I tell you what Valdy (if this will help):
I don't know squat about shark's tooth necklaces, but I have bought a few wolf, coyote and bear tooth or claw necklaces in Whitehorse (handmade by local Indians), and given them to various kids. They seem to like them. I'm heading back to Whitehorse in a week (for just a few days) so if you PM me a mailing address I'd be happy to send you one.
Now that doesn't help you right now, since it probably won't arrive for a month, but if it would help I'd be happy to do it. :)
Quote from: Martinus on July 17, 2011, 10:20:57 AM
It depends. What amount of xp and gold do you offer for finding your daughter's necklace? :hmm:
Don't fall for it. You'll have to kill at least 1,500 sharks because it's a rare drop.
I don't think the shark populations are declining because of teeth harvesting. I'm not sure they even harvest teeth. They just wash up all over the place. Fuck, I've found shark teeth in Missouri, so really, they are fucking everywhere. Sharks go through thousands of teeth in a life time.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 17, 2011, 10:23:50 PM
I don't think the shark populations are declining because of teeth harvesting. I'm not sure they even harvest teeth. They just wash up all over the place. Fuck, I've found shark teeth in Missouri, so really, they are fucking everywhere. Sharks go through thousands of teeth in a life time.
This is very true. There is a beach in Florida (names escapes me) where people find prehistoric shark teeth all the time.
Quote from: Strix on July 17, 2011, 08:23:31 PM
Don't fall for it. You'll have to kill at least 1,500 sharks because it's a rare drop.
:lol:
Quote from: mongers on July 17, 2011, 09:17:06 AM
Not as devastated as the shark was. :hmm:
Maybe take this as an opportunity to show him that these trinkets belong in the living animal rather than as a tourist trinket or folk/witchcraft potion ?
sharks can grow back their teeth, it wasn't a problem :P
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark fins is apparantly a delicacy. So what happens, is many South-Americans and other poor people poach the sharks, cut their finns and throw them back in the water. That's why there's less sharks in the world. Not because someone found a tooth, on a beach, and made a necklace out of it.
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
eBay, there's dozens of the cheap surfer style ones on there. You're welcome. :)
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
Shark swedes apparently are
not a delicacy, so don't worry.
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy. So what happens, is many South-Americans and other poor people poach the sharks, cut their finns and throw them back in the water. That's why there's less sharks in the world. Not because someone found a tooth, on a beach, and made a necklace out of it.
It's a Chinese status thing.
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning)
I ain't too strong on fish & sea life, and one thing I ain't touching is any kind of fish soup.
I've seen shark meat and shark finns on sale here in the past, but refrained from buying it.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 18, 2011, 07:32:09 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy. So what happens, is many South-Americans and other poor people poach the sharks, cut their finns and throw them back in the water. That's why there's less sharks in the world. Not because someone found a tooth, on a beach, and made a necklace out of it.
It's a Chinese status thing.
it goes with tigers penises, I suppose. Weird people.
Quote from: viper37 on July 18, 2011, 09:11:35 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning)
I ain't too strong on fish & sea life, and one thing I ain't touching is any kind of fish soup.
I've seen shark meat and shark finns on sale here in the past, but refrained from buying it.
I think he was pretending to think that you were using the word "finn" deliberately (as i was in my response to his post).
A shark has a fin.
A Finn is a person from Finland.
It is not always possible in English to just drop the -ing from a word and get the noun form, and "finning" is an example of this.
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
You know I'll be in North Norway close to the Finnish border Valdemar for the next 10 days or so, so maybe I could get you a tooth from a Finn. :hmm:
Is that an acceptable substitute?
Quote from: grumbler on July 18, 2011, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 18, 2011, 09:11:35 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning)
I ain't too strong on fish & sea life, and one thing I ain't touching is any kind of fish soup.
I've seen shark meat and shark finns on sale here in the past, but refrained from buying it.
I think he was pretending to think that you were using the word "finn" deliberately (as i was in my response to his post).
A shark has a fin.
A Finn is a person from Finland.
It is not always possible in English to just drop the -ing from a word and get the noun form, and "finning" is an example of this.
ah. the subtleties of the english language still escape me after so many years :)
thank you :)
Finns don't need teeth, anyways, because you don't have to chew Vodka.
Quote from: viper37 on July 18, 2011, 10:54:48 AM
Quote from: grumbler on July 18, 2011, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 18, 2011, 09:11:35 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 18, 2011, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: viper37 on July 17, 2011, 11:47:53 PM
Number of sharks drop worldwide because they are harvested for their finns, not their teeth.
Shark finns is apparantly a delicacy.
:blink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_finning)
I ain't too strong on fish & sea life, and one thing I ain't touching is any kind of fish soup.
I've seen shark meat and shark finns on sale here in the past, but refrained from buying it.
I think he was pretending to think that you were using the word "finn" deliberately (as i was in my response to his post).
A shark has a fin.
A Finn is a person from Finland.
It is not always possible in English to just drop the -ing from a word and get the noun form, and "finning" is an example of this.
ah. the subtleties of the english language still escape me after so many years :)
thank you :)
When adding "ing" to a word that ends in a consonant you usually have to double that letter.
swim - swimming
tan - tanning
run - running
Quote from: viper37 on July 18, 2011, 10:54:48 AM
ah. the subtleties of the english language still escape me after so many years :)
thank you :)
Your English is still much better than my French, and you are welcome.
Quote from: Barrister on July 18, 2011, 11:20:39 AM
When adding "ing" to a word that ends in a single consonant you usually have to double that letter, otherwise, the vowel before the consonant becomes long and the word meaning can change..
swim - swimming
tan - tanning
run - running
FYP.
A fin is what a shark has, but fining is what the judge does.
There's no reason a shark can't fine someone.
Quote from: grumbler on July 18, 2011, 11:37:10 AM
Quote from: Barrister on July 18, 2011, 11:20:39 AM
When adding "ing" to a word that ends in a single consonant you usually have to double that letter, otherwise, the vowel before the consonant becomes long and the word meaning can change..
swim - swimming
tan - tanning
run - running
FYP.
A fin is what a shark has, but fining is what the judge does.
Fix cheerfully accepted.
Sorry,
has been away from a pc for a while.
Thanks for the offer BB, I found a way to handle it :ph34r:
V