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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.

Aptly named, apparently. These sellers seem to repeat a similar pattern - lots of semi-reasonable sounding offerings and then the occasional “gotcha” listing, hoping to hook a big lunker. Fishing must be lucrative.

But is that a “Unique, Guinea style, Vintage to now?” hairy eyeball Chad lol?

Hmmm…sidewall blowouts? Here’s a real gem of an example - it’s the densest German marble I’ve ever hefted.

My best VG wire pull - call it “whisk-y business” 😉

Bloody heck, it’s Friday again?

Nice Akro corks in that last pic, too, and I agree, CAC slag.

If that’s an Akro I’m Humpty Dumpty.

Absolutely, those are just loaded with color, are opaque and look wet and glossy. Great find Melissa!

“This marble is not in perfect condition!” Love that truth in advertising. This other beauty he’s listed “…in fair condition!” looks so good who could possibly resist its charms? https://www.ebay.com/itm/296156055681?hash=item44f446c881:g:8T4AAOSwfVFkNvxM

Gorgeous Ace selection, Melissa! Little known fact - my wife of 51 years (Cheryl) did the graphic designs for the Ace run.

It was called the Eagle Run by the investors. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/anythinggoes43567/jabo-contract-runs-all-types-the-dave-mccullough-e-t1767.html