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12-27-2005, 12:26 PM
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I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
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Always Check Your Clam
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Couple Finds Rare Gem Inside Clam
December 24, 2005 - A clam that a Portsmouth couple thought was rotten turned out to hold a rare gem: a purple pearl that could be worth lots of money.
It happened earlier this month when Barbara Krensavage brought home about four dozen quahogs from a Newport seafood restaurant. Her husband, Thaddeus or "Ted," was shucking them when he came across one he thought was diseased. Upon closer inspection, the couple found the pearl.
"We're finding out there's only a handful on earth," Barbara Krensavage said. "We were excited, biting it and everything."
Some experts estimate that only 1 in 100,000 quahog clams contains a pearl, and 1 in 20 of those pearls is of gem quality. That puts the odds on the Krensavages' find at 1 in 2 million.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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12-27-2005, 12:36 PM
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Why did I laugh when I read "shucking clams"?
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12-27-2005, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by LoKyBuckeye
"We were excited, biting it and everything."
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Things that hopefully aren't said by a couple of chicks you just scored a threesome with. |
12-27-2005, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by exhawg
Why did I laugh when I read "shucking clams"?
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 don't know but I did also
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12-27-2005, 10:30 PM
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My personal favorite is the bearded clam. Can be difficult to shuck at times though.
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