Steph Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 I was just writing to a neighbor about a cat in the alley ... and I had to backspace to remove the capital A from alley. If I'm talking about going on some adventure, I often have to backspace to add in a d ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Some think because I collect marbles that I am total goofy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I am not the only one who has marble dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, wvrons said: Some think because I collect marbles that I am total goofy. What? How could that be?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I'm betting there have been more than one person who thought to themselves, "Oh man, I should not have asked Chuck about marbles... mental note, avoid that topic from now on... I didn't want to talk about them for 2 hours". More than once someone has asked about marbles and before long I'm toting boxes of marbles into the living room lol. I've had dreams about marbles too, and arrowheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 My wife loves telling people she has my marbles insured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 my husband says he'd love to play marbles with me, but he knows I'd freak out if any marbles hit each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peltier Mibber Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Steph said: my husband says he'd love to play marbles with me, but he knows I'd freak out if any marbles hit each other My wifey knows I freak out when she wants to see one and holds it over our glass table to hold it up to the light. It's happened more than once, YIKES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Oh I get all kinds of anxious when someone holds a marble over something hard. Almost panicky if it's a good one. I've had so many marbles dropped and I've dropped some myself. I've dropped someone else's marble once. I dropped a fellow collector's marble once so far, it belonged to John S. and I was over concrete at Ron's house . Thankfully it didn't hurt it. You can't handle marbles and not drop one at some point no matter how hard you try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I fantasize about amazing scores. One involves finding a 50-gallon drum filled with marbles at an old picker's homestead. The other is discovering an entire railroad car filled with Akro marbles. My mind has worked out my strategy how I will sort through these marbles and also how to sell many without over-saturating the market. Of course my mind insists these marbles aren't Chinese checkers or clearies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 18 hours ago, bumblebee said: My mind has worked out my strategy how I will sort through these marbles and also how to sell many without over-saturating the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I hate it when I am at auctions and people pick up handfuls of marbles and let them rain down into the container. I will tell the auctioneer to put the marbles up front so they won't be damaged if I want to bid on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 At the end of November you get a bag of dug Alleys and now it's February and you're still not sure if you want to wash off the dirt .... That's West Virginia dirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodse Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 I'm cleaning house today, Steph. Can send you some WV dirt. I find myself asking random people if they have/collect marbles. There is a mower repair shop in Ravenswood and I fight the urge to call the owner and ask if he collects marbles. He just looks like one of those people. I also imagine searching an abandoned school yard and finding lots marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peltier Mibber Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 In California the Alley WV dirt is scarce, so I'd keep the dirt on them, but that me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 I've decided. I'm going to sift the dirt off and put it in a baggie and then clean the marbles and put them in my Pennsboro box. I better do that before too much Wisconsin dust gets mixed in with the WV dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Since collecting marbles, my "eyeballing" of measurements has improved. So if I'm looking at the thickness of a piece of plywood etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I had a jar of marbles I was buying at an antique on the counter, had a nice 3/4” Peltier K/M in it. This guy walks up, picks up the jar and shakes it. I came unglued on him, everyone there thought I was nuts.🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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