Steph

awwww pretty

Dani! Hi! Kewl! Bob, I should know a math term, but all I can think of is helix, and I don't think that's right.

http://marbleconnection.com/gallery/image/4508-razorribbon2132nm215indian2132nm565/

lol ... those are eery eyes. I don't think I have anything which fits the bill.

To me the German cats look different from the ones in the box. In the box the vanes look sharper and smoother to me. And that particular shade of turquoise always makes me think of Japanese (or Vitro if the vanes look right, but in this case Japanese).

From the March 1932 Boys' Life article, New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles, by Dan Beard p.s., remember copies of Boys' Life are online for marble searches at Google Books

Just paste the URL onto the page. That oughta work. No box needed. I think.

I've heard of a marble called Dragon's Eye, but that doesn't look like it. Sounds like maybe the Simpsons made something up for that episode.

*whew* Thanks for the save, Bob. I'd forgotten! Nice one! I haven't seen that episode yet.

When the screen is like that the Dancing With the Stars dancers look like they have very wide hips. Kinda makes me feel better somehow.

Hi Joe. Thanks for making sure we didn't miss that. Winnie posted about them yesterday, before the news hit our continent, I think. Interesting discussion there. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/19077-this-was-news-today/

I don't know how rare orange is. I'd consider the possibility that it's not Akro. Here's a thread with mossy marbles from different makers/sites. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/7863-moss-agate-type-marbles When you read the thread keep in mind it was made in 2008. I might need to edit a little. (: As to translucence or not, the yellow here looks opaque to me:

I'm peeved when someone refers to a human as a pet's owner.

I no longer have the access I used to have to observe trends in mathematical education, but I think they still teach mathematical operations. Also, skill is required to set up a problem reasonably even if you have a calculator capable of solving it. And finally, supposedly, kids are being taught to tell whether the answer they get makes sense. If they should be getting an answer in the millionths and get one in the millions, hopefully they'll have enough numerical sense to recognize it's off.

Neat! Duffy, I let google translate the text for me. It didn't mention the cat's eyes specially but it mentioned that Ms. Kupers' grandchildren would occasionally play with the marbles. So I'll guess some of the grandkids' marbles got put in the box.

yes they do

That's an eyepopper!

What a Super marble!

*scratches head*

Can you tell what it's a reflection of? I can see what looks like someone with long brown hair, but I could also see it as part of a house viewable through a window.

Was there someone who knew Eastern Bloc marbles? What was the gist?

I'm impressed by the hand gathers. But it's more wishful thinking than my gut. There had to be some marbles in the Eastern Bloc countries, but I have no idea what they would have looked like. Maybe after WWII they were all clay. No idea at all.