Steph

Could the top left one be Anacortes?

Thanks for the Halloween bumps. Pelt?

Did they really try to make the V's on purpose? (Pretty sure I heard someone say so.) Or was it a happy coincidence?

Go for it!

I definitely heard of it. I can't remember when. It feels like it was a long time ago.

The English title is "The Man with the Golden Gun". So it's very very close.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/lutz8/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 A few years ago a repro company reregistered the Akro trademark. In their trademark application they showed a repro box which you wouldn't want to see flood the market. So, whether lutz8 is with those guys or whether lutz8's group bought the trademark from those guys, I take heart in them selling contemps in an open manner instead of repros.

Great looking work. Whoever the lucky recipients are, I'm sure they treasure them.

peppermint!

Smartass idea: changing the baseglass changes it from a calligraphy to a scribble. Devil's advocate idea: changing the baseglass on a wirepull from clear to solid makes it not a wirepull anymore.

Thank you, Edna!

For Mike Petura, one of his jelly fish. (photo by Brian Bowden)

What a nice tribute. Thank you.

I have some punny friends who could mop the floor with lead-ins like this. I don't have that talent. One round and then I take a seat on the spectator bench.

I used to be addicted to soap. I'm clean now.

I agree with Sami and Ann. I believe that Tornado is a legitimate name. And that Blizzard also could apply.

I like.

Has anyone dug the English colors in Thuringen? Whether at a house with a known name or not?

Things like that make me think it's not too late to try to learn German. Had a similar reaction listening to a Holland's Got Talent video -- it made me think I could learn Dutch if I just tried a little. The scary thing is always the verbs.

Thank you. I feel cheerful just by looking at them. Sunshine really brings them to life.

Tattoo!

Hey, you get no complaints from me! Do we know where the 8-vaners came from? Are they Japanese?