Steph

Oh man, what a wild one. They kept going all night. It was great. I better get to bed now to try to get at least a couple of hours sleep, eh?

Thanks, everyone. The cats are still playing coy, pretending like nothing is up.

Still my favorite: http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/4377229/

I thought I had escaped notice! Thank you. ♥♥♥ Would you believe not a single one of my cats wished me happy birthday. Maybe they're planning a surprise party for later.

striking

Hi Dave. How are you? I would expect them to all have Pelts. Champion was a Pelt packaging name when Berry Pink was jobbering for them. Later, if I recall correctly, he started jobbering Pelts in a very similar box but it said "Marble King" instead of "Champion". And it's possible that some of those boxes which say Marble King on them may have been sold with Alleys.

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*