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Where has all the sea glass gone?
theforecaster.net ^ | August 22, 2016 | Edgar Allen Beem

Posted on 08/23/2016 1:59:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: Berlin_Freeper

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Lots of “sea glass” in NY, NJ, and PA, from the massive reef of garbage dumped at sea.

Not so much in ME.

Maine is a great place to find agate of various tints on the shore.
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21 posted on 08/23/2016 3:05:30 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

People are recycling a lot more, glass is not used in as many containers, its just not used in that form as much any more

Or are they talking about a different sea glass?


22 posted on 08/23/2016 3:05:57 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Both boy and bird scream and fly away.

A very small boy or a very strong gull.

23 posted on 08/23/2016 3:12:12 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("You can't fake good kids.")
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To: Steven Scharf

Thanks for that info. Never heard of this guy. But I would like to witness his lying “on the hot sun”, as he claims to do in his last sentence.


24 posted on 08/23/2016 3:53:12 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: NonValueAdded

Yeah. I wondered about the one....


25 posted on 08/23/2016 3:55:08 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Does Edgar Allen Beem fancy himself a writer of some sort?


26 posted on 08/23/2016 5:11:13 PM PDT by Zirondelle ("disce aut discede")
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
Also, more and more containers are either plastic or aluminum so there is less glass around in general to fall into the ocean, crack, weather, and become sea glass.

Bingo. Market forces have made sea glass more rare.

27 posted on 08/23/2016 6:12:59 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("They only smear who they fear." --Diamond and Silk)
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To: Steven Scharf
I'll take your word about that.

Btw, this is posted in topic: hobbies. Belittle, yourself.

28 posted on 08/23/2016 7:20:45 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: SaxxonWoods

I hope to find some on Rügen island (Germany) next week. Found about a dozen last summer there. :)


29 posted on 08/23/2016 7:25:44 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: kaehurowing

We’ll see what charming affect nature has on plastic. Should be about three thousand years.


30 posted on 08/23/2016 7:31:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: kaehurowing
Last summer I found a distinct light blue that was glinting in the sun out on a sandbar during low tide. People near were oblivious and I paused briefly to enjoy the moment before walking 15 feet to pick it up.
31 posted on 08/23/2016 7:38:04 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Bigg Red

How would you witness that?


32 posted on 08/23/2016 7:41:32 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Bigg Red

that one...


33 posted on 08/23/2016 7:42:52 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Zirondelle
Some people find writing styles to be quaint. ymmv.
34 posted on 08/23/2016 7:46:22 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Edgar Allen Beem
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/658733.Edgar_Allen_Beem


35 posted on 08/23/2016 8:01:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well, the writer’s chances of lying on the sun are no greater than my chances of witnessing his doing such.


36 posted on 08/23/2016 8:13:10 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oops! Dumb phone and dumb distracted poster here.


37 posted on 08/23/2016 8:14:59 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Something else I just remembered: I was walking along the shore looking down. When I finally looked up, I saw that I was out a long distance on a sandbar. That's when I saw the light blue sea glass.

Walked a long distance back because I had my iPhone. Happily walked a long distance back, I might add. :)

38 posted on 08/23/2016 8:18:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Bigg Red

I would like to witness you witnessing... ;)


39 posted on 08/23/2016 8:20:43 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: GreenHornet; moovova

Gone to knickknacks every one.


40 posted on 08/23/2016 8:25:45 PM PDT by pa_dweller (Let the baby seal clubbing begin.)
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