William

I'm still twitching a little bit today, plus having a lazy day too keep my heart rate down, otherwise feeling better 😁

Maybe Jabo, but then again....all I know is that it's flat out cool 👍

As I sit home today watching the news, one of the headlines has me leaning up out of my chair. Turns out not only did Winona, Minnesota get a ton of rain yesterday, but also a major public "disturbance" at it's well known antique mall, "Treasures Under Sugar Loaf". Footage from the late afternoon yesterday shows the front door off it's hinges and various antiques scattered in the parking lot. Inside, the scene is a bunch of shattered glass and huge vendor display cases tossed on there sides. With the local authorities milling about, a reporter from the news station I am watching is interviewing a visibly shaken employee, asking the question "Who's responsible for all this carnage?" She replies "It was a customer who shops here about once a month". "He collects marbles." "He shopped for probably 2 hours before coming back to the front desk with nothing in his hands, looking kinda weird." "He stated that everywhere he looked, all he saw was cheap, overpriced glass." With every word, his voice got deeper and his skin began quickly changing too this greenish color." "And he got so BIG!" "He just started yelling William SMASH, William SMASH!" I just sat there thinking Oh my God what have I done. I really need to score soon or get serious help 🤢

No kidding, I keep coming back to this post every time I'm checking out this forum...hard too take the eyes off of it in all its shimmering, glittery glory 😎

Winona ended up getting anywhere from 5 too 7 inches in some areas! We got another almost 2 inches today from 4am until now. Probably have a few more rounds of rain tonight.

Thanks for providing the facts on this earlier this year....at the time I was unsure so glad I posted about it then. Don't think I would have dropped that amount of cash unless they were legitimate and VHTF....would had to have been a way more affordable price than that, too. Still have people trying to pass some off as the real deal on Ebay 🤔

Ha! The one attached, the guy wants at least 100 bucks more! Crazy 😬

I didn't score any marbles today, but had to have this unique 1940's toy. Original box, papers plus the toy itself is in excellent shape. Great story too. Vintage at it's best! 😁

I think it was discussed earlier in this thread regarding gearshift knobs....I grabbed a couple of pics of the 2 that I saw months back in Winona, Minnesota at an antique mall there. The consensus I believe was that Akro possibly never produced gearshift knobs. I didn't have the attendant open this cabinet as they were pretty busy with other customers but so here they are. Thought I would share. It's not a suprise that these are still sitting here after all these months, pretty pricey! Sorry for the glare in the pic of the gearshift knob still attached to its hardware, it was a little difficult because these displays are crammed full of stuff.

You got that right, that's some nice stuff 👍

This would have been an all weather marble challenge for sure! Too bad I didn't have any with me. Up in Winona, Minnesota treasure hunting...sitting here stuck in Culver's parking lot 😐

That was a fun day for sure...We all clocked around noon that day (was before they fired 2nd shift back up), had a cookout with games such as horseshoes, ring toss, etc. I do recall for the group photo that the Director of Operations's wife was doing the camera work, but once we got situated on the ball diamond, she realized she had forgotten the camera!! They lived right in town so she ran home to get it but took almost a half hour for what should have been a few minutes! Found out she made a "stop" on the way back! Think we lost a couple people for the picture while waiting but fun times!

Nice, Nice, Nice!! I'm so excited for you, Mojo! Find it treasure hunting or buy them online? Coincidence you picked up the exact same kinds of ashtrays I found? 😊

Whoops, they are...guess I thought Akro had a similar mib?

Sunbathing 1.0 Vitro ☀️

Happy Akro Friday!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Still think anything short of a miracle but it's uplifting to see the State is getting involved 👍

You should check out Stephen Barrs videos on mibs, great information!

Lol, I just picked up a half gallon of what's called "Tripolitan", a mint chocolate chip combo. It's awesome. But yeah, nice mibs, keep them coming 👍

Great examples, if anyone had any tucked away somewhere, it would be you! Thank you again for the information and the response....always appreciated from you and others 😊

Liking it, Ric!

Absolutely love the first one...the way the air bubbles circulate around the veins, cool!