Hi Af, Throw my name into the hat also. Thanks, greg
Hi, I hate it too, but I have restored some beautiful pieces that people played with. I had a wonderful piece of extremely rare Fiesta that...
Hi, You were lucky. I was 6 when I started to borrow (steal) my Dad's cigarettes. By second grade I was a smoker maybe 5 or six a day. When I...
Hi TOG, I quit the first time after 45+ years of smoking. Quit for 7 years and started up again and smoked until my accident in 1999 and have...
Hi, I heard the same story ONLY it was his wife which came up the mayo which she made not him. greg
Hi KoT, I do not smoke anymore but I do have an old tin filled with old ashes that I use. The old butts make a great tonic for getting rid of...
Hi, I used the mayo on all kinds of finishes but I used cigarette ashes also as a very mild abrasive. None of my furniture ever had Pledge used...
Hi, I do not have the match but have an extremely heavy solid brass one (not Indian), always wondered if it was from a ship. greg
Hi Mary More than likely playing craps with dice. Playing marbles would have taken a larger space and not so much a grown up thing.:rolleyes: greg
Hi, I thought it was Blue Ribbon west of the Rockies. I use that and cigarette ashes to remove white spots on furniture. Have done that since a...
Hi, We had ration books too. Since we lived on a farm we did not need the food rationing but the tires and gas and such. We had friends in the...
Hi KoT, I found an elderly lady who does doll clothes sewing. Check around and ask. It gives her extra spending money for stuff for the dolls....
Hi, It looked like an art deco inspired man's birthstone ring. Since there were no chips on it I figured it was not worn that much. I'll have to...
Hi, NO it was sterling and marked but who knew about the ruby???????? greg
Hi, Thanks for the name of the chest. We had three large chests at the church I was helping restoring with that same locking system. Never knew...
Hi, My favorite was a sterling silver man's ring with a red stone, paid 3 bucks. Had for almost 8 years. A friend bought a gem tester and was...
Hi, I agree with Pat. I use mine in the oven and never had a problem. I use a lot of Fry from 1919 and never had a problem. greg
Hi, I used several clothes pins in a game for a kids birthday party. You had to stand and drop a clothes pin into a milk bottle from your nose...
Hi, I had a friend back in Manhattan whose father died. She and I took her dad's ashes and went to his favorite bars. We had a drink and stuffed...
Hi, I used to buy on eBay a lot mostly Fiesta. I had to stop people are NUTS and eBay does not help. People are calling post 86 Fiesta vintage...
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