INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Loverly, Whooohoo nice price. I'm sure I paid itty bit for her originally. I just new she was rare. I'd snap that one up from Replacements.com. They are asking 16$ I think.

Susan , sorry about your Mom.

Spookie, nice to see you. On Tues this week I got the info you mailed-- postmarked October 27th. (the Humana info). 2 1/2 hours apart and it took 49 days to get here. Needless to say I stuck with Health First, as your comparision material arrived after the deadline. Thanks for making the effort putting the different insurance companies together

Jazzy, I picked up an old album for Steve. Do you recognize Art Tatum? It's from the Pablo Jazz Classics Solo Masterpieces Vol.1. Did I do good? Also, a Doors album and Frank Sinatra 40-50's. have fun with the new client

Mags, interesting sorry on the computer work, tough hours though. I did that length of hours (12-16) 2008 b/c my company had a sucky software and computers for Homecare. Sucked. I was looking for a new job when BC was dx'd. The HR dept. was great. My old boss wasn't. But HR was stronger, so, it ended well. Did you ever have a fall?

Smarrty, DS doing okay today.

Just and FYI to everyone. Speaking to an individual on their thread is outside the bounds of anyone to object too. In 6 years I've never seen it happen. If it were to happen I would go the Mod route. It's inconceivable to me that it would happen. Only making this statement b/c several have expressed concern. It's different than usual Stage4 threads.

Loverly, I went back and looked at Mayflower by Indiana. Made me think that Indiana may have purchased the molds. But I couldn't find anything. Doesn't mean it's not true. I just couldn't locate it. Sounds crazy that I would spend so much time scrolling patterns. It's a hobby. I respect glass allot. The USA was the leader for a couple of centuries in production and design. Very little glass is made here now. It will never happen again. I feel like I'm saving pieces from oblivion. I'm guessing many other collectors feel the same. Plus, the trend now and predicted for the future is that the younger generations aren't into fine china, silver, crystal, glass. They aren't into possessions. They are into life experiences. Putting the two concepts together 1. all(most all) of our production of china, silver, crystal, glass will never happen again and 2. it's not valued by the youngers, doesn't bode well for preservation. My Macy's replaced their fine china , glass, silverware with suitcases. UGH. OH my....suitcases for the youngers to go on their life experiences with............Just made that connection.

I didn't like allot of the Thousand Eye pieces, but I like the girls LOL. I didn't like allot of the Mayflower pieces either . But if you get into thrifting remember my Mantra 1. if you like it, 2. the price is right(barter), you have a use for it, 3. you've never seen it before---BUY IT You will always be happy with the purchase.

Chevy would love to see your glass Your statement " I never had a CLUE as to what the women in his family were talking about...." That is so true, different cultures. I wonder what they thought of you? Do you know? My MiLl was from a totally different cultural background. She hated me. It was awful.Until my Sil came along, then she got marginally better.

I was trying to find pattern names for someone here long ago. Said I wouldn't fail and then, alas, I did.

Spookie send my Congrats to DD. If you come for the show put me on the list. You can do RR here.

Mags, It's close, very close. Gold rim? I see a bit of one. Your's has a purple flower. Mine is only in shades of pink. Plus, the random flower in the middle and a white flower at the center top left. But that looks like an oblong serving piece. Sometimes serving pieces were different. Anyways it's very pretty. Is the base plate creamy very light beige? Makes me think I should look at Syracuse again. I did the Bamboo search for you long ago didn't I, LOL. Lovely collection. If I remember correctly, your parents brought them back from Japan. Did I get that right? When Orrefors transformed the glass market years agomaybe a couple decades now. Boring glasses. No definition, no stem definition. Typical Target or Walmart. The first thing when thrifting I look at the stem. Then the bowl. Then color.

Mycotox sucks. Lots of bad stuff. Can't be picked up by standard screening. Has to be grown in a special lab. Takes weeks and maybe even more weeks. Horrible to get rid of. I do all kinds of stuff here to prevent mold. Not easy since they're is a mold that's adapted to growing on the northside where the sun doesn't get too. AND we have mold that's adapted to growing in the sun. Then the mold that likes damp. Then dirt mold. I looked at the microbiome of the human body this summer.

Try keywords "microbiome and mycotoxicosis" or "Mycotoxicosis prevention and Microbiome". Serious Microbiome research is only about 15 years old. Research has been done for decades, but NIH has only gotten seriously into supporting the research recently. It's going to revolutionize everything. Just to late for us. But still you might find something.

Obviously, you are suspicious of something. Share?