According
to Webster, workmanship is : the art or skill of a workman; also
: the quality imparted to a thing in the process of making. You
can find varying definitions, but the essential meaning is invariant.
Webster defines pride any different ways, including less complementary
synonyms such as conceit and ostentatious (marked by or fond of
conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display),
depending on context.
Then there is Bob Carroll, whose Oklahoma trilobites exemplify
excellence by all measures. Bob should be pretentious and arrogant,
but he is not, should be proud, and he is. Those who acquire
a Bob Carroll work of art should feel lucky, which they are.
The personalities in the Paleontological Supply business are
very diverse, and sorry to say, a tangible minority are not
so pleasant. Some people can be, according to our research,
cut throat to the point of masochism. Among this heterogeneous
and motley cohort, Bob stands out as a gentleman and a gentle
man, affable and intelligent, who abides Dirty Harry’s
edict to, “know his limitations”. Bob and Linda
Carroll own and operate Black Cat Mountain Trilobites (DBA Carroll
and C Enterprises), based in Clarita, Oklahoma. The shop and
prep lab is located on prime real estate directly across from
the Clarity post office.
Black Cat
Mountain Trilobites has but one category of products, trilobites
from the Lower Devonian-age Haragan Formation, which has outcrops
just west of Clarita.
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