Steph

Oddly swirly. Hi Gladys!

I like it!

In the 1930's, "Spiral" was a specific type of corkscrew -- a colored ribbon (or a white ribbon) with clear base glass. But I did see some prominent marble literature from maybe the 1980's which said "spirals" when talking about corks. It might have been a MCSA publication. That's when I learned that there was some time period when "spiral" was the common term. I don't know when that started or how long it lasted. And I don't know when or where we got "corkscrew". I have wondered that also.

I brought my Chromebook with me to work today just so that I could check for an important email between shifts. I forgot that a few days ago I changed my password from a different machine, so the password stored on my Chromebook won't work.

I certainly didn't mean to imply Rick's marble was a Citrus. I was just brainstorming Pelts with purple. I've also seen some opaque no-name Rainbos with purple but that's a very vague claim so I didn't mention it and just mentioned the Citrus.

There's the Plum Citrus.

Pretty sure Marble King.

Close. But not slags. And a different spelling. MFC's red marbles were oxblood. The marbles that we would now call a "brick" MFC called them American Cornelian.

In my facebook game, my island has Japanese lanterns that I want to light up. But I don't light them up. They would look pretty for me, but other people visiting my island would see timers on top of them. Sooooo annoying.

I wasn't counting my little furry chickens before they snatched. Of our six earlier family cats before she came into our lives, we only had one who showed much interest in marbles. I always felt badly that I didn't let that guy play with them more. I was hoping that I could make up for it this time around, but you can't force it. This little girl had to discover them on her own. She is the most active and creative toy-player I have ever seen, so I was optimistic. But cats keep you guessing.

Jolly Ranchers! What dental cabal came up with that toothbreaker? Goodnight.

Yep. One shot at the official Wordle word of the day. There's an archive site with old Wordle games from previous days. So you could go there and play all 230 past games in one day if you wanted. And there are other sites that have similar games. Some flat out copies. Some with variations. I play one of those variations -- it's called Dordle. Instead of one word in six guesses, you're doing two words in seven guesses. The explanation is complicated, but it's actually pretty slick once you figure out the rules.

Carry on!

Wordle 231 4/6* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I'd try to help you out with a rant, but I'm too tired to think of anything to complain about. Oh wait ... it's midnight. There's a new Wordle. I have to go play it before anyone posts spoilers. I would have something to rant about then.

Maybe you need to specify vintage. Vacor messes up your game bigtime. Beluga, Blue Dolphin, Clownfish, Goldfish, Jellyfish, Orca, Octopus, Sea Turtle, Seahorse, Starfish, Stingray, Tiger Shark, and yes, Electric Eel. LISTE (billes-en-tete.com)

Uh oh, did I stop Rick's roll?

Orcas are mammals!

My little girl cat is playing with marbles! I have a 2-inch-deep cookie tin with Jabo Lusters in it. The tin is in a 4-inch-deep carboard box. It all is way back in a crowded, cluttered corner of my office. I'd forgotten about it being back there. When I started this post, she was rooting around in the tin. But now she has managed to get one of the marbles all the way out of the tin and out of the box and she is chasing it across the wood floor. I'm so happy right now! LOL

Here's one of the discussions about blood alleys. https://marbleconnection.com/topic/18419-marble-marbles

#1 could probably be called an auger. #2 and 3 are snakes. I'm seeing closer to snake than auger on #4. Those are collector names though. The company name for #1 and #4 is Akro Onyx. #3 is an Akro Spiral. #2 also looks like an Spiral to me. But I think that in a pinch Akro might have sold it in either box -- Spiral or Onyx.

My best are probably my Tater Bugs.