tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post1560546278479025999..comments2010-12-23T18:25:56.429-08:00The Pearl Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037330464912300202noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-75648149083502800482010-12-23T18:25:56.429-08:002010-12-23T18:25:56.429-08:00To put the nautilus pearl controversy to rest once and for all, the nautilus is nacreous with very strong iridescence. Think ammonites. The pearl should look like that.Z.E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-7487799750839823892009-11-04T08:19:05.404-08:002009-11-04T08:19:05.404-08:00What&#39;s up with the monograph? To be more specific--where&#39;s the bloody monograph? Why are Smetzler and K. Scarret grinning in that pic on Pearl guide? I can&#39;t get those grins out of my head.disturbednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-54893975527898119112009-05-26T14:42:28.395-07:002009-05-26T14:42:28.395-07:00I used to be rather self-conscious about my stringy long napolitane blonde hair of which much has fallen away in the past couple years until my unexplainable weight gain took much of the focus off it. Actually, I do not go out much during the day for fear I may miss some fabulous pearl deal on eBay so no one really sees much of me anymore. Solves that problem. I also save a lot of money on shampoo since I have cut my hair washing down to once every two weeks.<br /><br />Professor, I would get a bit of a suntan if I were you, after you shave it all off.Z.E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-77946684215388096862009-05-25T19:04:42.388-07:002009-05-25T19:04:42.388-07:00Heh heh heh! He can then stand in front of a mirror and ask, "You talkin' to me? YOU talking to ME??!"liku457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-26070698410297135322009-05-25T09:38:09.115-07:002009-05-25T09:38:09.115-07:00Shave it, Professor!! As long as you don't have any swastika tattoos you'll be fine.PiusXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-74549231133407932062009-05-24T16:41:11.609-07:002009-05-24T16:41:11.609-07:00Yeah, I knew the professor was somehow "challenged".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-4099728767609779402009-05-24T00:20:29.273-07:002009-05-24T00:20:29.273-07:00Hey, I resemble that remark!The Pearl Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037330464912300202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-54657129401365136082009-05-23T19:56:10.856-07:002009-05-23T19:56:10.856-07:00It is no longer politically correct to call a bald guy "bald". The proper way to refer to a bald guy is now "follicularly challenged".Florynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-73578782720900543102009-05-06T10:13:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:13:00.000-07:00Bald dudes are way up there on the evolutionary scale. The bald dude is no longer an "animal". Sure, we may still exhibit some residual chimp behaviour as well as retaining the hairy caveman's barbecuing skills, but we’re bald dudes. We’re our own unique species of animal that is a million times better than all of God’s other crappy creatures — including women. Being bald is like sticking it to the whole lot of them. The bald dude says, "Fuck opposable thumbs, I don’t even need hair."K. Shwigginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-36914284659972501732009-04-29T15:03:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:03:00.000-07:00Since baldness is directly linked to testosterone, and the testes are the primary producers of the hormone, the only treatment that works every time is castration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-14726620188526189622009-04-25T19:32:00.000-07:002009-04-25T19:32:00.000-07:00I fucking hate my stupid uncle giving me advice on going bald. "You'll save a lot of money on shampoo." Not as much as I'll save by never having another girlfriend, Baldo.<br /><br />Sorry for the mini rant, Prof. Crusty. Argh. I had to tell someone.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-46322143353008496572009-04-22T10:56:00.000-07:002009-04-22T10:56:00.000-07:00Crusty...old...balding...wears cheap underwear and socks from Walmart......works for me.your secret admirernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-41123710603252920402009-04-21T18:17:00.000-07:002009-04-21T18:17:00.000-07:00Crusty, eh? I've been called a lot worse. Damn hair has been going for a long time!The Pearl Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037330464912300202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-72823538154025956522009-04-21T17:56:00.000-07:002009-04-21T17:56:00.000-07:00First there was Crusty The Clown, now there is Crusty The Pearl Professor. Cool.coronanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-91184903134126507962009-04-19T14:41:00.000-07:002009-04-19T14:41:00.000-07:00Lady... this is the comment section of a blog run by a crusty old balding professor who's many joys in life clearly include poking at neat piles of pearl industry shit (in case you haven't read any of his other articles)to see what lives in there. If you want run of the mill "educational" you should mosey on down to Pearl-Guide where it is politically incorrect to imagine Guantanamo staying open for guys like Madoff and where his victims are vilified instead. <br /><br />I trust the professor will let this comment through as I am just as crusty as he is, if not more so. (I got a full head of hair though)Mr. Primpearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-75117082681923315632009-04-12T09:20:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:20:00.000-07:00Childishness??? Your comment shows plain dumbness instead. Why don't you look at all the facts before raining on our "childish" Nautilus bashing fest. What the hell is so educational about a touted "Nautilus" pearl that looks EXACTLY like a T. squamosa pearl? I don't just want to read a monograph about why it is a Nautilus pearl, I want to also read a monograph about why it is not a T. squamosa pearl.<BR/><BR/>Really, I think you've completely missed the boat in regards to our sarcastic incredulence of the matter. Read up and understand things more!Boobus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-54194167355951386932009-04-11T17:49:00.000-07:002009-04-11T17:49:00.000-07:00Excuse me for just jumping right in here unintroduced, but it seems to me that the Pearl Professor has put up a very interesting and educational post, on his own time, for our benefit, and then what happens -- a discussion of things of great interest and beauty devolves into childishness.<BR/><BR/>Grow up and appreciate things more!Cassandra_Modernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-83317981970696489622009-03-30T11:35:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:35:00.000-07:00I think that besides the bad luck factor, owning a nautilus pearl also lowers one's I.Q.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-52301456686513656842009-03-24T09:44:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:44:00.000-07:00Aaron said...<BR/>Have you guys read the bad luck thing associated with the nautilus pearl on Pearl-Guide. Does that only apply to a real and proven Nautilus pompilius pearl or equally to a Tridacna squamosa pearl masquerading as one? Meh, I think I'll stay away from both just to be doubly sure. I'm such a wimpy klutz I think the pearl need not wait for me to be in a fight in order to get me killed. I wouldn't last half a day under such malevolent influence.<BR/><BR/>Actually, this superstition appears in the Frederick Kunz book, "The Book Of the Pearl", published in 1908 and only addresses the Nautilus pompilus. As legend has it though, I don't think the doc is old enough to have been around to poach in those days.KeshiLadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-64055700426064965362009-03-23T18:42:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:42:00.000-07:00Have you guys read the bad luck thing associated with the nautilus pearl on Pearl-Guide. Does that only apply to a real and proven Nautilus pompilius pearl or equally to a Tridacna squamosa pearl masquerading as one? Meh, I think I'll stay away from both just to be doubly sure. I'm such a wimpy klutz I think the pearl need not wait for me to be in a fight in order to get me killed. I wouldn't last half a day under such malevolent influence.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-70874154649535892032009-03-22T16:09:00.000-07:002009-03-22T16:09:00.000-07:00hoo hoo--I think the nautilus pearl promoters should clam-up until definite proof is shown. Who wants to pay $60,000dollars for a micro-concretion. Who wants to pay $200 dollars for micro-concretion. I bet the microscope needed to see the "swirl" is worth more. Gah.Mandinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-71343644171974636332009-03-22T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-22T11:44:00.000-07:00<I>"Anonymous said...<BR/>Hi U Suk, I was there when the photos has been taken, the nautilus pearls are absolutely perfectly round, and the photos have not been "photoshoped".</I><BR/><BR/><B> AND, the same scholar later writes........</B><BR/><BR/><I>"Anonymous said...<BR/>I looked at them carefully in Bangkok at the GIA lab. I checked my notes, just a point, the big one is a pear shape, sorry.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><B>DUH!</B> One would think that having seen something so rare an incredible with one's own eyes, one would not need to refer to notes later in order to remember the shape, especially after having said they were "absolutely" "perfectly" "round". Or does a micro-millimeter here or there make that much of a difference.(probably answered my own question)Pearlplexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-14191931803912007742009-03-21T08:53:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:53:00.000-07:00<I>Anonymous said...<BR/>I do not choose to let that last ad hominem foolishness by U Suk go unchallenged. As I've said before, Caitlin chose that name for me as Natural Pearl Connoisseur and put it on there, for her own reasons. Such boorish and petty writing by U Suk lowers the level of discourse too far for most normal people, and usually is symptomatic of psychological disturbances. Had I invented the title myself, I would be as guilty of putting other people down in order to make myself look good as U Suk seems to have as a strong trait, or unwarranted sense of superiority. Such people rarely contribute positively to the world</I><BR/><BR/>Doctor Stern, is that you. Why are you posting anonymously.H. Collingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-17914319204789022952009-03-21T07:32:00.000-07:002009-03-21T07:32:00.000-07:00Got it!<BR/><BR/>Now, about those nautilus pearls and their flame pattern - from what the owner of some writes, the tell-tale 'look' is something different then what shows in the beautiful picture here... The discussion is here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/natural-pearls/2032-nautilus-pearl-7.html<BR/><BR/>It is the only relevant thread, I think. (still no faster way to make use of any forum then read the thing. Darn! And I used to think that paper books were a time-dump...)Ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472622061301074167.post-48724963002793542422009-03-21T06:49:00.000-07:002009-03-21T06:49:00.000-07:00<I>Anonymous said...<BR/>I do not choose to let that last ad hominem foolishness by U Suk go unchallenged. As I've said before, Caitlin chose that name for me as Natural Pearl Connoisseur and put it on there, for her own reasons. </I><BR/><BR/>caitlin is playing a joke on youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com