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Very cool to see Vitro boxes!!

Stunning!

Just what I was trying to say Galen - albeit in a more sanitized way.

Fwiw, I'm with Steph on this one. Certain behavior justifies warning others away, or at least making them aware.

This reminds me a bit of some celebrities, artists, etc. who have done despicable things and yet some folks say that it shouldn't preclude supporting their work. (Before anyone yells, I am not singling out anyone in particular.)

Does buying a product, be it merchandise or art, imply acceptance or approval of such behavior?

We all have to make a personal decision about where to draw the line on such things.

Never thought of that Kbob. You may be right. If so, used copies are likely to show up soon.

I was figuring on finding it through a library or some other source. It's not like I have nothing to read in the meantime

This book looks very interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Refined-Tastes-Confectionery-Nineteenth-Century-University/dp/0801868769

I saw a refence to it that pictured some candy made to look like marbles.

Oh yeah - I do. And I have a match for one of yours Steph. I'll try and take some photos.

You are remembering correctly Sissydear.

http://freds-spot.blogspot.com/

Great choice of background fabric! You have a wonderful eye for composition.

Just googling around and found a blog by a fellow named Fred Smith who seems to be a collector of vintage chewing gum items. Does anyone know him? If not, he might be a source of help.

Congrats - it's a beauty.

Galen, do you think that the green brick looked so good that potential bidders were frightened that it was polished? I don't mean to imply that it was, only that folks might have thought it was "too good to be true?"

Of course the extreme version is "dammit to hell".

In one of her books, the late Elizabeth Zimmerman, recounted a story of moving in to a new home in middle America the 50's and how her children were making their first tentative steps to meet the neighbor's children. Trying to make conversation (and no doubt impress the others), one of her kids blurted out "my Mom says "dammit to hell" ". Wide-eyed, the neighbor child replied " my Mom says "dammit to hell" too!". Henceforth they were lifetime frineds.

Back then, cussing, even in it's most watered-down form, had some shock value. I can remember when one of my Grandmothers, in a fit of rage, tearfully called my Grandfather a "nincompoop". The room went silent. It was the closest thing to a curse that I had ever heard cross her lips. Although, being a child, I thought the word was hilarious, I could tell from everyone's reaction that this was no time to laugh.

Amen to that Duffy! My husband told me if we got an HD TV I would be able to see it. (He doesn't watch football, he just wanted HD and was tired of my complaining.) Well, we got it and I STILL can't see it.

And don't get me going on those cartoon robots that dance across the screen during the game. I want my football unadulterared dammit!

I'm with you in the peeve dept. KBob. Yesterday, I heard a NY newscaster say that a car "slided" down the road. Of course, the next thing I heard was my husband saying " Why are you yelling at the tv.. again" ?

Another one that drives me crazy is when people say "The person that........" A person is a "who" not a "that".

And KBob - I really liked that commercial too!

BUmblebee - interesting point about language arts taking a back seat to math. "Arse-backwards" as my GGranny would say.

Especially with the communications tools we have today, if one has a good command of the language arts, one can find the answer to nearly any math question readlily. But, math prowess, while laudable, will not help anyone communicate, and communication vital to continued learning.

Yep, I was told the same thing by my Father. And believe me, you haven't lived until you've done a 3-point turn on a steep, blind hill, on a city street, in a 62 VW with a pre-synchromesh transmission, during your road test.... 40+ years later and still haven't owned an automatic!

A fundamental change has taken place in the approach to learning these days. It used to be common practice to learn to do something in the "old way" or 'the hard way" or in the most simplified way before moving on to the mechanized or "easy way". We learned to print, then to write in cursive and then to type. Addition and subtraction were taught before multiplication and division and THEN we used the calculator. In the same way, we learned to hand sew, drive a standard transmission car, and push a mower before tackling the sewing machine, an automatic transmission or a riding tractor.

In my opinion this type of "progressive" (pun intended) learning gave people a deeper understanding of the the time and effort saving devices they used. Too often today, young people can be wizards at using the latest tools and techniques but still have a really shallow skill set.

Love the bag! It looks like a "marble snood".

Hi Steph,

Could you post more about that box?

Congrats on that find Galen! My friends and I are always on the lookout for those spool cabinets to display our sewing smalls and that one is stunning.

Thanks Steph! I didn't see that.

Can someone who is familiar with marble digs at former factories answer this for me?

Often we see a marble that is an uncommon color combination or structure for a maker, reputed to be found at a dig site. Since machine-made marbles are made in quantity, why do the diggers never seem to find more than one of these "oddballs". I would think that if a run, or part of a run was discarded, at least a few similar marbles would be in the same location.

It would seem that showing more than one dug marble that is at least somewhat similar, would add credibility to a claim.

Note: I do NOT mean to cast any doubt on the op's story. I certainly don't have the knowledge or experience to do that. It is just something I always wonder about.