Scoop Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 These are a little more "Agricultural" that Industrial..... Marebles Those are some pretty fancy prices for clearies!!!! :Sad_headshake_tweetz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 has anyone said "slingshot fodder as window breakers"? Well, slingshots have been mentioned for whacking squirrels. Sue, I don't know why your link disturbs me so. Craig, that's so cool. Must have been thrilling to talk to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Sue, I don't know why your link disturbs me so. I could probably give you 2 or 3 reasons without even thinking too hard!!! :icon_lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 TMI marblemiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmarblenut Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I found marbles in scuba tanks, not sure of their purpose there, either balast or condenser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARBLEMISER Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Well, it took almost a year for someone to offer proof positive. who'd of thunk it??? not only marbles! but enough spent .22 ammunition to start a small war. and if you happen to have lost a screw, nut, washer clip etc. Well here they are! http://cgi.ebay.com/CHICKEN-GIZZARD-MARBLE...1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 These are for play, but not traditional play. Do we have them yet? (Hi everyone -- this is still one of my favorite threads. :-) (source) In case that doesn't count , one industrial use for mibs was "oil-drum cleansing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 This use has been stated before, but I've never seen anything like this set before. Set of 4 Large Antique 1 5/8 Swirl Marble Castors :Emoticon-jawdrop: LOL ... I'd been good about not looking at general ebay listings until just now when that box o' boxes Bo posted sent me off the wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Not sure if it has been said or not, but.... A sink in my bathroom is missing the drain plug, and nice big Jabo fits in there perfect, looks good, and completely stops the water from draining out! lol I have also super-glued some one inchers together in a pyramid shape and can atest to the massage usage! It works great on the back!! God Bless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Mike Johnson did an article on this subject for the WVMCC newsletter. Covered all the bases pretty much and then some. Joe Bob says, "Check it out!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Gary, that's neat about the drain. I'm afraid I'd bust the massager. (don't ask) DC, I remember that article. That would be Issue #17, Dec. 2006. I think we've managed to squeak some new uses in. Not bragging -- just saying I've been surprised once or twice. I don't remember us mentioning hydroponics though. And it looks like there are a couple of other variations we sorta have here but not quite the same application he gives. cool. p.s., did we have throwing marbles on the ground to make pursuers slip? I have articles where that was done but not sure if it made it here. That's another one Mike mentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I have a 1990 "travel tip" sort of news article for an item called The Sea Band. Wrist bands with a marble in each one. Pressure applied to the "Nei Kuan point" was supposed to take care of motion sickness. Ah, I see it is still around. And still has a marble, or something marble-like. oh boy, probably need to index these someday. It's getting tuff to keep track of what's already been posted. And I know there are still more to come. I have at least one more to track down in my files to check the particulars before I post it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 If you dry clothes on a line ... hey, it's environmentally friendly, right? ... well, if you dry your socks or stockings on a line, marbles in the toes can help them from getting wrapped around the clothes line during wind gusts. ;-) so they say ... um, that's not the one I'm hunting for the details on ... just ran across it while hunting .... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Well, I'm not finding the references, so here's the gist: using mibs in training for jobs. The first reference I saw was would-be gem cutters practicing on glass marbles before moving to precious stones. What I wanted to look up was WHO the potential gem cutters were. I think this might have been part of a British program for injured veterans, maybe after WWII. Another job-training use was reported in 1958. Beginning iron handlers would practice with marbles before working with metal. Apparently molten glass was a good simulation of molten metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Last one in my waiting list: mentioned in 1942 - a few marbles at the bottom of a soap dish, to hold up the soap and stop it from getting caked or glurmy. um, the "glurmy" part is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Don't know if this is true but it's a cute story. (click to enlarge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I took a silversmithing class a couple of years ago. We started working with copper because of the price of silver. If we messed up the copper it would be OK. We used "gems" the flat marbles for the gem stones, learned to set stones using flat marbles. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 That's cool to see it's still considered practical! Whoever thought of it saved a lot of money. And I know that you were only doing practice work with the copper and "gems" but it might be neat if someone tried it again after they became more experienced. Copper and gem jewelry sounds sort of interesting in its own right. Very casual but interesting too. I've remembered one more "simulation" use. But I definitely definitely need the source info for that one. It's too interesting in its original context for me to even be tempted to paraphrase it. In the meantime ... tie dye - 1913 style! Dyes and Dyeing, by Charles E. Pellew A couple of marble mentions and some photographs. p. 204, p. 292, Figs. 11 & 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Fishing Lures http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090217566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Heart-shaped cupcakes: Sweater redo, hedgehog and cupcakes Bumpy sweater: Embellish Knit Month: Day 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Painting with marbles: http://tinkerlab.com/spooky-marbled-spider-webs/ More colorful: http://www.letthechildrenplay.net/2010/07/super-sized-marble-paintings.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Well the pics in the one link sure explain how some of the clay types were colored!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 From American Machine-Made Marbles, p. 158: "For atom bomb tests in Nevada, the government dug holes and filled them with several truckloads of Vitro marbles. Moore, when pointedly asked, was uncertain why this strange activity occurred but recalled it clearly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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