Steph

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Well, I better get me some of those.

"Marbles are not only used as toys, but they are also used in filtration systems, as a mixing aid in spray paint cans, and have even been used by NASA in a space balloon for different gauge tests." That's from the Marble King site, http://www.marblekingusa.com/industrial-marbles.html. Pretty sure we haven't mentioned outer space yet in this thread.

I agree MK on the one with the dark base. The group ... I am letting you educate me on that. I am not up to speed on the modern MKs. I have seen enough weird ones from MK that I could believe they would come up with a Pelty batch.

Just the one pair of blue ribbons, eh?

What a pelty offering. Glad to see the new MK's ... and the old one is pretty cool.

That's a Thanksgiving trip!

Gobble gobble, Paul.

I saw the purple. I just call it all black. My bad.

Oooh. Neat. You thought you just had a black and white marble, eh?

Thanks, Josh ... now I need a collection of those. "tag"? Not understanding. Paul, at first I thought it would be enough to just the link to the listing. And then I just couldn't resist it! So it's on its way here.

Thanks, Josh. Good info.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ravenswood-West-Virginia-Police-Patch-/401226775149

Hiya Ron. That would be me. Glad you like them! And welcome.

Not an onionskin? That would have been my guess. But only a guess. Handmades remain a void in my education.

I moved all my Champ corals into my Alley coral section. Would be interesting to see someone's known CAC's up against known Alleys in this red/green continuum.

I got to use "piehole" today in Scrabble.

eruct ... another word for belch

Hi Jayson. Sorry to hear that Rich is not doing well. I think of him often. Please send him my regards. Thank you. Good luck with the show.

interesting .... This town has lots of kinds of industry. Shipbuilding. Aluminum foundries. Among others. And lots of trains going through. I realize there's a wide range of industrial equipment I'd never ever guess, due to lack of experience.

At an antique store, I bought a case to hold photo slides. For $15? I can't remember. Something low. But it already had some slides in it. The store owner offered to dump the slides into the trash for me. I said no, I'd keep them. Could be fun. Turned out they were taken by a solider stationed in Germany after WWII, circa 1952. They included pictures of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Those slides sold well on ebay. Paid for my little case many times over. I think I've posted examples here before. Here's one -- at least I'm pretty sure that's what this picture is even though I don't see this view online.

That's what I was wondering! Someone else said no, because of the "externally loaded hatch spring". So still wondering.