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MLAA

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6. So do I.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #5)

Sun May 5, 2024, 10:00 PM

May 5

Moved here in 82 for my first post college job and loved it. My husband and I moved around the world for my work but always kept a home in Tucson and now we are retired. Never considered living anywhere else permanently.

Were you born here or a transplant like myself?

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Over the last 7 or 9 months, I have colllected striped rocks at various bus stops here in Tucson. [View all] Ptah May 5 OP

Kick nt XanaDUer2 May 5 #1

Those aren't striped rocks! Those are Oreo cookies gone bad. Don't eat them. The chemicals will damage your teeth. Wonder Why May 5 #2

I walk around 3 miles most days in my Tucson neighborhood and I also can't resist being home a few rocks. MLAA May 5 #3

I like Tucson. Ptah May 5 #5

So do I. MLAA May 5 #6

Transplanted, 1967 when I was 16. Graduated 1969. Ptah May 5 #7

thats funny AllaN01Bear May 6 #16

Nice Probatim May 5 #4

Are these rocks you would expect to find in the area? Doodley May 5 #8

I believe they would be igneous in origin. 3Hotdogs May 5 #9

They certainly are rock but, can they roll? chouchou May 5 #10

You mean like a rolling stone? DBoon May 6 #14

WOW! Look at those layers! calimary May 5 #11

You are probably like me oldmanlynn May 5 #12

Grew up in Tucson, loved it relayerbob May 5 #13

Looking at your pics NJCher May 6 #15

Those are seeds. Hermit-The-Prog May 6 #17

Do you live True Dough May 6 #18

I see lots of river gravel in the parking lots here Marthe48 May 6 #19

You see them all over on top of A Mountain. Emile May 6 #20