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Re: Garage Sales - Divided Relish Dish 

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (2)
Sun, 23 May 21 4:03 AM | 37 view(s)
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My wife spotted this little gem at a sale today and thought that it might be uranium glass. She was right. She got it for $2.

Uranium glass is glass that, as the name suggests, contains uranium. It was popular in the early 20th century and then discontinued during World War II when the United States began hoarding uranium. Manufacturing resumed in the 1950s and continues today, but not for anything large. You can find uranium glass beads.

In addition to having a fascinating look, uranium glass glows powerfully beneath a black light.

Our dish was made between 1930 and 1935. Pictures follow - the first is under ordinary bright light, the second in very dim light, the third under a black light.






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Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months


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Garage Sales - Acer computer
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Sun, 23 May 21 2:57 AM 		Msg. 17717 of 60008

This was an excellent day for garage sales. We intended to drive to Hillsboro New Hampshire, a small town that's more than an hour away that was having a townwide garage sale. But we ran into so many sales on the way that we never got more than 12 miles from home.

I wrote a lengthy post describing everything bought and somehow lost it. Rather than going through that again, I'm just going to post about a few of the items. First on the list…

I bought an Acer AXC-703G-UW51 desktop computer. $5. This is one of the small desktops that came along after 2010. I figured it was probably broken and asked the seller what was wrong with it. "Nothing," he said - and he was telling the truth. I'm currently in the middle of clearing its drive and reinstalling Windows, but I can see that the machine works.

As best I can tell, the computer was sold in 2015 for $249. One woman says Wal-mart sold it on Black Friday for $167. So, while it's no speedster, it's functional and will be perfect for what I want: A computer to keep in the barn for the purposes of playing music, managing my book library, and managing my barn inventory. For that, I'll need some music software and Office with Access. It shouldn't be a problem.

System specs:

• Celeron J1900 (2.00 GHz)
• 4 GB DDR3 500 GB HDD
• Windows 8.1 64-Bit (but I think the reinstall is going to give me Windows 10)
• Intel HD Graphics
• Intel J1900 Celeron processor
• 500GB Hard drive
• DVD-Super Multi drive
• Card reader
• Integrated LAN 10/100/1000

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