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I’m so saddened to read this, his passing is such a huge loss for his wife and family and for all of his extended family in this marble community. Dave was simply the best at whatever he did, and how lucky for us he loved making round balls of glass. He will not soon be forgotten.

Chad he was a kind and patient one as well. When I first met him my knowledge of his beloved Peltiers likely wouldn’t have filled a cereal box top. As is said of so many in other arenas - we stand on the shoulders of giants, and Mike was very tall indeed.

Can’t say I’ve had any weird jobs - hot ones, yes - e.g. I worked college summers on a homebuilder’s gravel crew prepping new basements. Great way to lose weight fast (and I learned to love using a jackhammer, too.) But my first job out of college was a bit unusual because I was hired as an “assistant clerk” in a wholesale lumber company at $100/week - big money lol - and the head clerk, my new boss, was a young woman. Saying that that was ‘weird’ in 1974 would be an understatement - women in the lumber industry were extremely scarce to begin with, but women as superiors? Almost unheard of then, sadly - but I found it as natural for me as any other relationship, and both she and I went on to bigger and better positions in the future.

Yep!

Akro slag

Pity, that’s a htf color combo in an Akro Prize Name.

Alley alley this AM…

I love breakfast! I could eat it three meals a day. Best one? Too hard to choose, though the Ronneburg restaurant in one of the Amana colonies served the best Swedish pancakes and a delicious buffet that is memorable. I took Ron Shepherd and a few other marble show buddies there and even he came away satiated lol (but they don’t have buttered grits…so I can’t call it ideal.)

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Wonky Akro cork.

Looks like a Pelt Rainbo, but I’m no Pelt expert.

Same sentiments here - I’ll add those two to my lexicon for that cesspool of mis- & disinformation.

Last pics say Akro, auger type. Nice mib.

Wonky Vitro helmet.