Steph

Of course we want to hear!

p.s., Who knew dirt could be so exciting?

I wish we had a like button.

This didn't say "keeperthread" yet. Now it says keeperthread.

Sweet bo.

Mine is pure cullet. Much darker green. Bought 'em as part of a dug lot from Brian Ice. Steve Ice says he dug lots of swirls at Akro sites and showed some opaques in an Akro-related bag which I gathered were representative of what he found digging. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/18252-akro-swirl/

First thought based on the lime-green color was Vacor. Second thought based on the older-looking texture was dug Akro, but then I got my dug Akro swirls out and found the green on my examples to be much darker. That lime green should speak to someone! Can't wait to hear.

That would be cool.

Soon ....

Speaking of Uniques (which we were doing in the Akro thread) Ron posted these last night in the Random Marble Generator thread.

Nifty as always. I was about to say my brother and his family went to Stratford upon Avon this past year. But I'm pretty sure I was wrong. They went to the Globe Theatre. That's a long way from Stratford, I guess. So never mind me!

The elbow pain has healed in a way, and become more convincing in another way. So good news/bad news. The general pain has subsided. Now I can feel a particular location on a particular bone, below the joint in the forearm. Can lift a little, but not twist or pull. And when I when I push the limits ... like by holding a pot as it fills with water ... I think I reinjure it ... so when will I stop doing that? This paragraph seems to describe where my issue is: "Our forearm contains two long, parallel bones: the ulna and the radius. The ulna is the longer and larger of the two bones, residing on the medial (pinky finger) side of the forearm. It is widest at its proximal end and narrows considerably at its distal end. At its proximal end, the ulna forms the hinge of the elbow joint with the humerus. The end of the ulna, known as the olecranon, extends past the humerus and forms the bony tip of the elbow. At its distal end, the ulna forms the wrist joint with the radius and the carpals." http://www.innerbody.com/image_skelfov/skel20_new.html Pretty sure it's my ulna ... since pain seems to be connected with pinky involvement as opposed to work involving the index finger and thumb. And it would make much sense for the problem to be at or near the olecranon. I don't remember ever studying the skeleton! Hey, I love to learn and this is a memorable lesson.

Well nice to know I'm not weird.

The sheep is your chief engineer? Very cute.

And nice video. I skipped ahead to the last two minutes this time even though the whole thing would be fun, I know.

Nice gallery. Good read.

Fishertechnik sounds like our Erector Sets ... except I haven't heard about Erector Sets in decades. I wonder if we have any communities like that in America. It's awesome that you do.

I gotta bump this. I can't help myself. What is the size of the biggest one back there? It's astounding.

No theme. No particular reason. Just marbles. Please join in. A Kevin Nail auger commissioned for me by a friend.

It _is_ beautiful. Some nice action inside. It's likely a West Virginia swirl. There were many marble making companies in West Virginia making swirls in the 1930's through 1950's. Can be hard to pin down a specific company out of all the possibilities. Someone might recognize it though. *fingers crossed*

P.s., folks will be curious about its size. Is it 5/8" across (that's standard) or 1" across (that would be big) or ???