William

Thoughts and prayers too his wife, family and friends...sometimes I wish I would have began collecting years ago just so I could have possibly met some of these folks. I always enjoy reading the posts that reference everyone who I would consider ground breakers and ambassadors too this hobby, including the people who I collaborate with here at MarbleConnection. Be at peace 🙏

Ready too peel the boiled tomatoes, mix with the diced up peppers (jalapeno, sweet banana, sweet apple), fresh onion I just picked up from an Amish homestead, and garlic. Have too mince up the fresh oregano and cilantro now too add too the mix. First batch enough for maybe 8 quart jars.

Indeed, definitely "like"

Is it foreign, you think? Pretty though!

Another great "feel good" story, Ric....keep them coming, folks. Great stuff 👍

Love the info and the pictures! I'm going vintage in my quest too nail a nice Bass or Northern tommorow morning...

All marbled out

Well, up at 5AM, today is canning day! Boil all jars, boil the tomatoes for skinning, chop up all the peppers available with the garlic, onion and other goodies and put together some Salsa! Full morning. After that, going to start prepping everything for the Mississippi river Sunday morning! Decided I was going to try out one of the vintage "River Runt" lures before hitting the bottom out deep. Heddon power! Looking forward to seeing Captain Tom and his weathered face pull up in the skiff

Nice! First thing that popped into my head were the Sasquatch commercials with the beef sticks. "Don't mess with Sasquatch"...then after that I thought THAT reminded me of me when I don't get my way treasure hunting. You know, when I turn Green...

Agree with Chad....it's all about what you like though. Jabo does have attractive mibs, and some cats eyes can be cool. With that said, I wouldn't give any more than a few bucks for those, if I liked them. There's always that chance of hitting that "diamond in the rough", couldn't say for sure if one's in there. Just don't overpay too chase it.

Somebody's in trouble!

That's cool...I used to do the same thing with football cards years ago, put together a bunch of grab bags for kids. Every year during our Steam Engine Days festival here, I would take them down to the grounds too a friend of mine from up by Minneapolis named Dale Leitz. He's a sports memorabilia collector and seller who I have known since the mid 90's. I would always get in touch with him shortly before that weekend and ask what he needed (certain teams, players, etc.) Besides our on the side wheeling and dealing, I would take a pile of commons down too him also for bagging up. Most were giveaways, some he might toss in a flashy insert or rookie card and put a price of a dime or quarter on it. Some of the kids felt pretty proud to be able to purchase these little bags too! All in all, total fun with great rewards for all.

I just gave my girlfriend's sister's kid Toby a jar of marbles about a week ago. He's around 11 years old. It was a quarter sized Mason jar full of "commons". She talked to her sister a couple days later and turns out that Toby was super attached to his gift when he got home. He's been carrying it around with everywhere he goes, even sleeping with the jar! Expecting to see his brother come along with them next time they are here for a visit

Yay! Good too see you show up on the Score thread, Chad! Great assortment. I'm in a month long drought right now pertaining to "in the wild" catches, great too see a score. By the way, I still think it counts as "score in the wild"....teamwork!

Little bit of bubbly...

A couple of stray "hairs"

One messed up egg...

Not sure if this is a messed up caged cat or something else...

Tomato sandwiches are in order!

This is one Super cool cat 😎

Another weird Banana, neat color combo

Is that a whisker?

A "stretched" Banana Cat?

Oh, that was your stomach? I thought it was a semi going through on Highway 44 "Jake breaking"

Who, me?