schmoozer

Qualified as 600lb and 1,200lb Engineroom Supervisor. left as an E-5. captains mast twice, once for telling a chief to KMA, once for getting tattoos in Hong Kong. Never liked having stupid people tell me what to do. Still don’t, became self-employed in 2007 after 20 years as an HVAC design engineer in the Bldg design industry.

I also did A school (MM) at Great Lakes.

Boot was in Orlando, co-ed. USS Buchanan DDG-14 76-79 USS Chicago CG-11 79-80 USS Prairie AD-15 1980 i was on the Prairie headed to Portland for the Rose Festival when MT ST Helen’s blew. We got diverted to Seattle, spent 3 days. Fell in love with it, the day I finished college in 85 we loaded up a u-haul and we moved to Seattle without jobs. Rented an apartment out of the paper, not really knowing where it was. It was on 2nd street across from the Seattle Center, didn’t sleep for a week due to the street noise. After 6months we moved into a house on Bainbridge Island near Fay Bainbridge park. Didn’t sleep for a week due to the silence.

I do remember doing a few other “things” while on shore. never made it to Singapore. HongKong and Subic Bay were the favorite stops. when were you in service? I did 75-80 out of San Diego 32nd street.

everything was bootlegged!!!!

What did it say?

I remember one, ”If you’re gonna ride my ass, the least you can do is pull my hair”🤣🤣🤣

Was in Seattle yesterday, sitting at the ferry terminal scanning my artist list on the phone. Played the Cream Goodbye Tour, 1968!👍👍👍 the drum solos are incredible.

“After the Gold Rush” was my favorite album! I found the album in a store in Hong Kong in 1977 while in the Navy. Bootlegged, cost $1.50.

I also picked up 2 silver rounds from a local casino, they were priced at $5 each🙃

Not African but SW Indian from the Santa Domingo Pueblo. Picked up today at a local estate sale. We headed into town and saw the sign, drove 2 miles to find out it was a house 3 down from us on the beach. A neighbor I had spoken to a few times while walking the beach, passed away last year. based on the clasps, thinking early 1900’s.

Loaded???🤣

Research research research… “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure” my apologies to the Ladies🙃 we have a couple other pieces we are still researching…

Holy Roly moly girl!!! I was happy with 3… need to up my game. those are awesome👍👍👍

I met Ron at the 2008 show, plus a lot of others I wish I had spent more time with. Sold him an apparently rare box of Vitro No. 0 game marbles. He paid much more than I thought they were worth. He didn’t have the cash, told him to send me a check, a week later it was in my mail. That is top-tier integrity!

Thanks guys! Nicely done though, but not at $250.

And we now know… they jacked up the price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185874460100?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tagz0pxqqvc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bXaTUpW8TnK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Looked in sold, found this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185873605799?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tagz0pxqqvc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bXaTUpW8TnK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It will be interesting to see if he pulls it or not. saw this in his pics, looks like maybe a pontil mark?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204260538789?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hksexnkwt_2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bXaTUpW8TnK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks buddy. Seller has 300lbs of various mibs. Most likely all Vacor. It would be fun but I got too much going on.

We got a number or art pieces from my wife’s ex-MIL estate. This was after the estate sale, which we didn’t attend. The pieces were not sold in the sale, so the cost was minimal. this piece we had listed in 2 shows for $20 and no takers. oops… it is now on display in the house. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155526647069?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sEYNu9wCQtq&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bXaTUpW8TnK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I’m with ya on that. The wife facebooks and shows me marble listings. I gave it up a few years back, too much of a time-sucker for me.

I want to see the one in the upper right, a AKRO sparkler?