Steph

With those deformities, rock tumbling seems a good guess. With fuzzy surfaces, I think of aquariums, but would aquariums give them those angles?

If you sell an individual marble, put it in a baggie. Then some would ship it in a bubble wrap envelope. I would be sure to bubble wrap it a lot before I put it in the envelope. Would hate to see it succumb to stress. I have smallish boxes for shipping marbles. And small baggies (2" x 2") to put individual ones in. If you ship larger lots then you need to wrap them snuggly, but not so that they grind. And whatever box you put them inside, make sure there's room to put bubble wrap cushion around it, or wadded up newspaper could do. (Packing peanuts don't do very well.) Basically make sure there is room between the marbles and the edge of the box in case someone decides to dropkick it. First and foremost remember that you are shipping glass and treat it accordingly. I don't know of inexpensive ways to ship it. I guess that's why people moved to bubble wrap lined envelopes instead of boxes, to try to cut down on the costs. If you print your label out through ebay, I think you can get a discount on the cost of priority shipping. I don't know if there are any discounts available on other types of shipping.

Also there are some pix of yo-yos and jacks, and historical pix of people working in the factory and of Mr. Frier's kite which contributed to the war effort. I'm sure some have already been posted out and about on the site. But I've probably posted quite enough in this thread for today. Eh?

And then there are the kites ....

It's Alox day on Nancy's page on facebook. Alox over the years ....

Here's some better detail on the mibs. And I'm pretty sure the second pic is the ones that I used to have. (Finally get an "Alox" in the picture.)

" The spotty examples still have stretched colors. " Yep, that's what I'm seeing so far. Thanks all.

Beautiful solution to the lightbulb problem!

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Here's a pic from Marblemiser. Dotty one on the right. (Wonder how he's doing. Haven't heard from him in awhile. Ray, if you see this, *waves*.) Some more:

Here's a kinda dotty one Source: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8072957_christensen-clear-base-guinea-marble

Wandering around looking for some dotty ones. .... I guess the opposite end is the cobras .....

I know the answer to the knight problem. Still not an idea on the light problem. Was hoping for the fancy kind of switch. With just on-off switches, I have to go back to the drawing board .....

What kind of switch is it? Is it an on-off switch. Or is it the kind with a knob which allows you to adjust brightness?

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