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Here's a page I recall about Ilmenau: http://www.schwarzmurmler.de/mmk.htm

Not tooo uncommon. Well, the fold does a little extra something for the pattern.

Now I has a sad. Like I failed a vital test. I just picked a name I recognized at a price I could afford. Don't remember seeing a Nikon. Did see a Sony. It was pretty close to a whim purchase. Would have been entirely a whim if the clerk had responded to the customer service call on Friday afternoon when I was wandering around after scheduling an eye exam. It was just slightly less of a whim because I had a night to think it over and talk to the hubby and do a quick online search for reviews before I went back to the optician the next morning. I was pretty sure I missed out on some of the best cameras because the camera display case was close to empty. But I figured I couldn't go wrong with a Canon.

Good deal. I'm glad something good has come of this. Best of luck to you.

Yeah, we hear a lot of bad things about them any more. But when someone is enthusiastic about them, I don't want to stomp on their dreams. I expect some common sense things to happen. I can sort of picture them trying to avoid ebay but I didn't imagine they would actually say your marbles were not your marbles. And yet, after all I've heard before, I'm not surprised.

I'm sorry it turned out that way, Susan.

http://www.fcgov.com/artspublic/transformer_cabinets-2009.php

No more excuses. It's a point and shoot, but it's a Canon. So now it's all on me if I can't figure out how to take a nice picture.

Thanks! That's rougher than cement.

I totally believe you, Winnie. Habits are hard to break. I'll practice calling them Amsterdam swirls.

LOSING MY MARBLES Glass Mosaic Mural by Lisa Dinhofer, Port Authority Bus Terminal Subway Station, New York City https://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/2834378766/

I keep forgetting that -- about you not being born in Canada. What kind of accent do you have?

Idle curiosity ... are the Bulgarians using oxblood?

Aw man, I think I want to move to England.

Sorry to let you down. I'm a bit afraid of fire though.

Looks like a mix of makers in that group, Bo. The one on the right in the first pic looks like Marble King.

Very wire-pully ... could it be Vacor spaghetti? Did those come in orange? Is it clear base with orange ribbon? Or orange base with light ribbon?

Oh no! Such a sad surprise.

The internet is a wondrous thing. You can buy a strange food for the first time from that little Asian market around the corner -- yes, before tonight I was a bok choy virgin. Then google it up and find out which parts are edible and how to prepare it -- pretty much all edible, but cook the stalk longer than the leaves, the latter to be cooked just until they look wilted. And presto change-o yum. Instant pad-thai-in-a-cup with stir fried bok choy. *two thumbs up*

Joseph's House Slippers?

I think not all "ades" react to UV. Not sure though. I stubbornly call them Moss Agates, which covers both glowers and non-glowers, so I keep not learning all the different collectors' distinctions, even though I sort of think I'd like to know the current names.

Eye taffy! Yummy.

Galen has posted a pic of a jar of yellow Akro patches. That might be interesting to look at again now. I'd try to pull it up for you, but I think I lost a lot of pictures while preparing for my last computer reformat. I'll have to try to find my last backup.

Yeah, the 5th could be carnelian.

Well, I had too many windows open while I was responding to the listing titled "Master ?Akro? Sparkler? Sunburst ...M- 45/64". http://www.ebay.com/itm/231334486714 It seems possible that it's Akro. I wouldn't call it a sparkler though. Some signs point to Master but there is an Akro family of yellow patches with a little white. Is the base glass green-tinted or is that a trick of the lighting? Maybe someone else can readily ID it.