Steph

Aquamarines Here's the classic pic which has been shown in several threads. (taken by Bob B.)

So, a tank wash marble hasn't been washed in a tank. It was made out of the glass being used to clean the tank. (with maybe a little extra color added to make it interesting) Is the glass used to clean a tank always clear? Was colored Wissmach glass used to clean tanks at Champion?

LOL. Some of us wouldn't be welcome there. Some of us would find it too rough even though we crave a chance to vent. There have been times I toyed with the idea of applying for asylum, but then I went to my more warm fuzzy board and vented there. (lol) Here's a thought question. Suppose someone misrepresents marbles on ebay in a chronic and seemingly intentional way. If that person were not a member of the board they might be roundly criticized and buyer alerts might be posted about them. What if the person is a member of the board? Is it an attack to criticize the member in the same way one would if he were not a member?

There are problems with interpretation, problems with form, problems with delivery, problems with determining the right punishment for the "crime". Some people are subtle in their attacks, yet so insidious about them that the results are more painful than when attacks are direct. Probably most people are more sensitive to the digs made to themselves and friends than they are to those made at others. Sometimes there hasn't even been a dig, honest to gosh hasn't been a dig, but it's been felt anyway. Who decides what is an attack and what is self-defense? When has self defense gone too far? So much gray area. so much need for patience. This is one reason I like the buffer zone idea. People might not appreciate being called squabblers but at least they still have a chance to talk things out.

ooooof. That bag knocks the wind out of me.

-4? how does that happen?

Gene, Lou doesn't delete threads for being off-topic. OT threads are perfectly okay. Preferably they say OT in the title but that's not a hard and fast rule either. The problem has been threads which started off as a certain topic and then were turned into something much different. Friendly little detours are okay. Even meandering far from the point, in some circumstances. You know how it can happen. But when the unfriendliness and general politics were throwing off good threads that's where the line was to be drawn. What Lou started doing, and what I was responsible for doing while he was on sabbatical, was to remove posts which were derailing otherwise good threads. Either "unapproving" the posts, or routing them down to the Board of Inquiry. So OT threads are okay. Threads being hijacked and made off-topic, not so much. Fwiw, we've had a lounge but it had the problem of newbies posting friendly off-topic stuff down there and not being noticed. So we got rid of the lounge and said, let's hang up here. We didn't even have a separate ID forum at the time. Because things weren't busy enough to justify it. Maybe things are "busy" enough to think about it again. But just so you know OT is OK.

Thanks Sue. p.s. Ruth, I love your Schmoo cat's little muppet feet. Thanks for sharing. :-)

boy howdy did I luck out. Kurt Warner made it to the stadium but it looks like he got in some sorta jam! Oh man I feel so guilty rooting for a good QB to do badly. Is it too late to get out of the league? I'm way too soft for this kind of pressure! LOL

Would that be "fumed"?

And the games are on! whoot whoot! Why do I suddenly hope Kurt Warner gets caught in a traffic jam on his way to the stadium today?

ssssssssssssspectacular

p.p.s., yes, I agree with Jabo on the 1st pic.

I noticed the IDs. I didn't agree with all. Or let's say I mighta wanted to see a few more pix of some of the mibs. And I thought that at least one of the labels might have been a joke. But hey, you're a fun guy. I figured I'd go with the flow. p.s., the "pelts" pic is the main one I got snagged on.

This is a wild one, B!

Hiya. Here's a recent thread Pete posted on the GRM's. Golden Rule Marble - again

Kev, could you give us a link to Dani's mib? I don't understand the master thought here.

Hope you consulted this first!

I still wish folks would post handmades in the main area. And trust us to be gentle with you for it. Many of the principally handmade collectors don't look in the ID forum. "Their" mibs just don't show up that often. I wanna know more about this one, goshdarnit! LOL So I'm moving this.

Have gobs of fun. :happy-857:

#2. Did Pelt make a Ko Ko comic on a base other than white? I've seen all but Ko Ko on non-white bases. Just curious!

correct. different construction.

Good catch, Kevin. Yes, Master did black. (but Master wouldn't be a candidate for Jack's)

Love the pod shape. I think I'd have it near my Master cat's eyes. Probably not right in the middle of my official Master cat section, but that's mainly coz my official section came from marked cat's eye bags.

Someone reminded me of this bag which might interest some participants of this thread. Who made the marbles inside? Akro Hot Shot bag: (click pix to enlarge) . . . . . This is all I said about Akro in the WV swirls entry in my definitions thread: "Also, people have perhaps jokingly included certain Akros in that category. They weren't primarily a swirl company but were in WV and did make some swirls." That still seems an accurate summary to me. fwiw. And even if someone made the claim unjokingly, I wouldn't think they were unreasonable. jmho.