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  1. dave2no1, "I did also see someone stole my photo and used it for a gofundme. Pretty pathetic." I saw that. It's not just that it's rude considering that they're using it for "profit" (it IS rude...
  2. Hey, Steptoe1. :-) I pumped it into Google Lens, which thinks it's polished onyx. What is it for? It's something to look at. };-) I'm a bit suspicious about that line in the middle of the gra...
  3. Cool. :-) What I've been noticing at a local place that houses equines is freeze-brands. I didn't realize it initially, but that's what they must be, because the hair grew back: *snip* In con...
  4. OK, now that I'm less fatigued and achy (yep, I'm a feeb) , it looks to me like US162007A is the patent that is applicable to the plug tobacco cutter, and US162008A is applicable to the coffee grinder.
  5. A'ight. *snip* This business of the missing plug tobacco cutter patent make me feel like Mark Twain's companion from his prospector days, Judge Oliver: *snip* "Oliver was sitting alone in ...
  6. dave2no1, So you got some Uncle John advertisements that help establish the age of the Venable business. Excellent. :-)
  7. Hey, Lundy. :-) Good painting. I like the reflection on the water. I think I found the previous owner via Google Lens, but I won't link it here, because: 1) it's F-Book 2) it doesn't really shed...
  8. dav2no1, You're welcome. My patent mojo ain't been workin' too good lately :-( I have yet to find that middle patent (April 13 1875), but the other two (July 25 1871 and January 20 1885) yielded...
  9. Steptoe1, Interesting. Google Lens says it's possibly made by an outfit called Kraftware. Here's another on eBay; the listing is good, because the pictures include ones in which the ceramic inse...
  10. Steptoe1, Cool. :-) Love me some Spode. Per Replacements, it's not antique (1958 - 1990): https://www.replacements.com/china-spode-blue-bird-fine-stone/c/95571 As to rarity, Replacements h...
  11. fortapache, the brain is a funny old thing: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/rabbitduck-illusion-ambiguous-image-reversible-figure-2543646499
  12. fortapache, Very cool. :-) I have to say that I don't remember any of the characters besides Gumby and Pokey, and had to look them up: https://gumby.fandom.com/wiki/Prickle https://gumby.fand...
  13. fortapache, Most commenters see a dog head rather than a bird head, but this may be because we're seeing 2D photos rather than the 3D real thing you have in your possession.
  14. fortapache, Cool. :-) It might be scotoma, but I agree with dav2no1 about that third picture looking like a dog's head. "It is nice and heavy and perfect for use on ruffians and hooligans." N...
  15. Hi, Teaganjames. :-) Google Lens says your pin is a Modern Woodsmen of America artifact. Here's similar one in roughly the same color scheme (there are many others out there of varying styles): ...
  16. Kjhoran, Thanks for looking at it. :-) I didn't really think it was a minting process problem, but that very irregular circumference made me wonder what kind of post-mint damage it was.
  17. Hey, CandaceSimone1978. :-) "sorry I was using text to talk and it's sometimes spell words all wrong" I've never tried talk to text, and I shudder to think what it might come up with for me. >8...
  18. Steptoe1, Those look to me like the kind of stud earrings that are used in initial piercing (the posts are thick, they have pointed ends, and a little "click stop" on the posts to help the earring bac...
  19. Steptoe1, Cute. :-) Like dav2no1 wrote, it's Cedric the Dragon. Here's a twin on etsy with a bit more information: *snip* Cedric the dragon is going on holiday vacation travel enamel lapel...
  20. D'oh! Now that I'm looking again, I see in your fourth picture that it does indeed open. Anyway, I'm wondering about your characterization of it as "Victorian." Certainly, some automobiles were ...
  21. CalypsoSabrina, Cool. :-) I didn't know anything about these puzzles previously, but here is a link to another at the Smithsonian with a bit of background: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collect...
  22. Steptoe1, Cute. <3 I found a possible twin, although the link doesn't behave quite the same on my hybrid as it does on my smartphone (single picture only on my hybrid): https://www.etsy.com/list...
  23. tshusker, Cool. :-) Here are the four patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2059020A/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US2066157/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US2107169/en ...
  24. As a matter of fact, when you see the information at that external website, they're trying to get banking information, so they're straight up evil.
  25. Newfld, I figured as much, but thought I'd drop a line to CW S&T about it. Your advice about ignoring these so-called system alerts is probably best: ignore them. I went as far as that external ...
  26. Newfld, Yeah, I suddenly saw these System Alert comments on a number of unrelated posts, and though what the hey is this. I contacted CW S&T management, and even created a post with images: h...
  27. Hey, WillysVA. :-) "We couldn't find any manufacturer's name, but I was thinking it might be from around the 1940s due to the stamped-steel construction. Has an ink well cutout, but I understand th...
  28. ho2cultcha, I just took another look at this, because you resurrected it with your most recent comment. Four years. I must be having fun, because time is flyin.' };-)
  29. Hey, Angus100. :-) I fed a copy of one of your pictures into Google Lens, and I did find one hit for a near twin (a different color scheme) that described it as storage for a rain bonnet; however, ...
  30. Patriotica, Cool. :-) "Wine, it seems, can go bad after a while; whiskey never does." Dunno about an unopened bottle, but once you open one, the contents do change over time: https://thewhiskeyw...
  31. kevinstuart, Hopefully, TallCakes will see your post. Unless and until, I ran one of your pictures through Replacements dot com, and it suggested Hazel-Atlas pattern Aurora Cobalt Blue as a possibi...
  32. D'oh! Not even close to Batman. Superman. I'm not up on my Superman lore: https://superman.fandom.com/wiki/Krypto
  33. fortapache, I was wondering why I didn't remember Batman having a Batdog, and now I know why: it's Superboy. };-) It's true that the dragon doesn't look as threatening as dragons go, but I myself w...
  34. Ted_Straub, Cool. :-) Apparently, Joseph S. Rice was at one time considered the Wonder Boy of Wilke-Barr, and that building dates to 1909: https://www.timesleader.com/news/1676525/look-back-boy-...
  35. Lebead00: "So I did what any sane person would do. I built the reference myself." };-) "It took years, but it's finally done: 1,000 models, named and dated *800 hand-drawn sketches + 300 ...
  36. dav2no1, Dude, I'm late to the party, but this is way cool. <3 Leon Redbone performing “My Walking Stick” live at the 1973 Buffalo Folk Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNw1WAEvTE
  37. PhilDMorris: "This furniture set was outstanding and so impeccable as a lot of their sets were !~" Thanks, but over the course of researching this set, I've come to realize that, like humans, p...
  38. dav2no1: "CLUCK THE SYSTEM" *snerk* It reminds me of one of my all-time favorite coffee mugs which had a cartoon picture on it of a rather dejected looking featherless chicken wearing an ap...
  39. dav2no1, Very cool. "Captain Morgue-an" I see what he did there. };-)
  40. dav2no1, Cool. :-) "FYI- The only thing I remember from science class was the stages of cell division." You're way out in front of me. About all I can remember is the tour of the school bomb she...
  41. ALLEGRO, I really like that one on the left, and decided to use Google Lens on it to find the maker. No joy on finding the maker, but I found this interesting tidbit: "To tell you the truth, I d...
  42. Hye, Lilmikey661. :-) I'm glad that you think your U.S. quarter is cool, because that partially answers the question of its value. It's probably worth more than 25 cents to you, considering that...
  43. Hi, Archie3 :-) I'm no expert, but I suspect dav2no1 is right about your dime having been damaged by a clothes dryer. In case you don't know how that could happen: Dryer Coins Explained With ...
  44. ChineseBronzeMirror, You're very welcome; I just stumbled on them.
  45. Loki12, the software at CW S&T doesn't play well with all photo sources, and it isn't ever going to get fixed, so here's a work around: Edit your original photos by trimming a slice off of them. ...
  46. Dav2no1, Beautiful rug. <3 All the leaves installed? Like when the whole family tribe would descend on your house for a holiday dinner? };-) We had a table similar to that, and even with the ext...
  47. apostata, Dude, I'm trying to kick an Outshine Raspberry Fruit Bar habit. };-) So the Chinese are churning all of these fakes, huh? I tend to doubt that they're trying to fool anybody; they're p...
  48. apostata, Good to see you commenting again. So this is a fake, huh? :-( Years ago, these far-east coins were so plentiful that my grandmother had a sewing basket covered with them.
  49. ChineseBronzeMirror, Very cool. I knew nothing about the subject, so I had go noodling around the Net to educate myself a bit: https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/c...
  50. ALLEGRO, Cool. :-) https://www.discogs.com/release/3133621-Simon-Garfunkel-I-Am-A-Rock-Scarborough-Fair-Canticle Am I just old now, or did YouTube make linking exponentially more difficult recen...
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