Antiques Chatroom Board | BJ (bamaj1) | Activity http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/members/bamaj1/activity/ Activity feed for BJ (bamaj1). Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:15:31 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.3.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 aa03b1c076f241b9517b1274e022fbe2 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: No posts in 4 months? Damn shame. http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/698/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:06:39 -0400 No posts in 4 months? Damn shame.

]]> 9d0720b1ae5653f5004e863061d436c1 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: @ madferu: Nina. I just found your ? from a long time ago. […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/696/ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:42:36 -0500 @ madferu: Nina. I just found your ? from a long time ago. If your item doesn't attract a magnet all that means is that it contains no iron or steel. You might have plated spelter (a non-silver alloy) or plated brass. My bet's on brass.

]]> 65fdda35f10821f4a8c9fb04678f1754 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hey, beetique. Not that often, it seems. This board isn't […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/695/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:35:39 -0500 Hey, beetique. Not that often, it seems. This board isn't as active as the bookies. How are you?

]]> 48093ac9f0dfa0d54da47f229ee1acb4 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Whoops, I was up late watching a football game and forgot […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/692/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:14:58 -0500 Whoops, I was up late watching a football game and forgot about this. Reset everything this morning.

]]> 37b6a0f8574442775bb0643df6211d29 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: And now it's September, nearly 2 months since I posted […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/680/ Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:08:51 -0400 And now it's September, nearly 2 months since I posted last. Mim, glad to hear about the handy-dandy ramp, but sorry it's necessary now. Please take good care of yourself, y'hear? My beginner garden did pretty well this summer. Am almost ready to retire the tomato plants (stellar!) and the zucchini (finally fell victim to blossom end rot), but the okra continue to produce and will until first frost. Have learned much and look forward to next season. 🙂

]]> 8d2e90cc7606573734c463f98b9d767b BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: I just sorted out my closet and packed up about 20 pairs of […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/676/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:14:17 -0400 I just sorted out my closet and packed up about 20 pairs of clean jeans that are too big for me now. They're off to Goodwill tomorrow. Years ago I discovered I could buy men's jeans that fit well and saved a lotta buckos. They're better made than women's jeans and just last longer. Now I've lost weight and don't need these.

]]> 5a3603541a4424dff3b71c304ca1a790 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hi, Jean and welcome. I can't get your link to open for […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/658/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:21:23 -0400 Hi, Jean and welcome. I can't get your link to open for some reason to see your item. Says the content is unavailable.

]]> 373beaafe18879c705fbbbd72d4d91c0 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: All right, this board needs a jumpstart. Here goes. My […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/653/ Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:18:43 -0400 All right, this board needs a jumpstart. Here goes. My neighbor is always up to something in her yard. Today she started tearing out a wooden ramp she'd built several years ago leading to a storage shed, and when she pried off a board there was a momma possum looking back at her with a bunch of babies. Animal Control won't respond to incidents involving possums, raccoons, or skunks, and so she asked for some help. She's kind-hearted, so we enlisted the assistance of another neighbor who fashioned a noose out of PVC and electrical cord. Managed to get Momma caught and in a cage, then removed the other boards and lifted out all 8 (counted 'em) babies and got those in a bucket. We just got back from releasing them all on the arsenal near the old rock quarry. They'll be fine there. The babies were all colors and cute as buttons, and they don't yet know how to bite. We just cornered them, lifted them out by their tails and dropped them in the bucket. She wouldn't let me go get the camera so we just zipped them off as quickly as we could. She'd mentioned her little yap-yap dogs would go nuts in that area and she didn't know why.

]]> bbbea8d1884819b86f3a949dfa210327 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Sounds like a house wren, mim. They're fun to watch, with […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/652/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:55:12 -0400 Sounds like a house wren, mim. They're fun to watch, with their upturned tails. I have a couple of nuthatches that also wander around head down on tree trunks, but those are mostly blue and white.

]]> c43861c4204cc0ca374f5635796a0469 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: I listened to a glorious mockingbird today, singing his […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/649/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:43:09 -0400 I listened to a glorious mockingbird today, singing his heart out. I counted 9 different calls before he repeated himself. Hope they make a nest hereabouts.

]]> 2bb1320feaccd5cd70e9d173127cd64f BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Helen, thank you. It's hard enough to lose your parents, […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/648/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:49:06 -0400 Helen, thank you. It's hard enough to lose your parents, but then to see their siblings go too, one by one, that's hard but it's part of life. We have cousins galore, though. They learned how to do something well. lol

]]> 054d4749dd49aa01af66657155983c47 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: The last of my parents generation passed away last night. […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/645/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:19:41 -0400 The last of my parents generation passed away last night. Aunt Lorene (Dad's youngest sister) had been in a nursing home after a stroke some years ago that robbed her of the ability to communicate. Her own children couldn't be bothered to go see her except infrequently. I remember her as tons of fun and will miss her. She and Daddy and her sisters are up there now playing cards and dominoes, I know this.

]]> cee174314c6c1e771aa80080893cd887 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: mim - You haven't "chased" anyone off. Personally I […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/643/ Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:57:37 -0400 mim - You haven't "chased" anyone off. Personally I found that this board is not as viable as the old eBay board used to be and as the new book board tends to be and so I sorta wander off. But I do check in from time to time.

]]> cae9293e5889bbf0c18aa924d398d17a BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: mim - That's always been the trouble with furniture, […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/642/ Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:48:30 -0400 mim - That's always been the trouble with furniture, antique or not. The cost of shipping can easily match what your bidder paid. Most won't accept that so you're sorta stuck with local pickup or consigning it. If the piece isn't huge you might look at Greyhound. If it fits in the baggage bay it will go, but then your buyer would need to get to the station to pick it up.

]]> 908125bfec3f26689b8cbaace54e49d9 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: That's beautiful, Mim. :-) Nina - Can you post a larger […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/635/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:23 -0500 That's beautiful, Mim. 🙂

Nina - Can you post a larger picture of the marks on your silver? That maker may also be Holmes, Booth & Haydens, but it's too little to be sure. Current position is still polish stuff, it will photo better at the very least.

]]> 86b7a7ad2b49d0ac85ae2a162f26645f BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: mim - You're not an antique yet, but some of your things […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/621/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:14:56 -0500 mim - You're not an antique yet, but some of your things surely are. The accepted definition for "antique" is still 100+ years old, everthing else is "vintage" to the era they were made. I don't go to auctions and sales because I'm not much of a reseller, although I am listing a few items that were hanging around the house.

]]> 83582746f1dfc5383abb310fc6ec9cc3 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: mim - Yes, but tablecloths are notoriously hard to train. Heh http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/612/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:54:17 -0500 mim - Yes, but tablecloths are notoriously hard to train. Heh

]]> 01f1919810eaf470c9db6dc707a4e149 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: mim - I'd love to see some pics of young Jim. Today one of […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/610/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:13 -0500 mim - I'd love to see some pics of young Jim. Today one of the female ferals the neighbor is feeding (we have plans to trap them both for spaying and shots and SOON) crept up all the way to the sliding door on the deck (it was warm today so the heat is off and screens are open) to chat with Howard the Immaculatum. They meowed at each other through the screen door. Howard isn't at all upset that there are 2 new cats hanging out on my deck. They want to catch squirrels, not to kill them but just to play with them, I think. They've been eyeball to eyeball with several and the squirrels just say Neener Neener and go about their business.

xyste - I know we don't have a link there to restoring old trunks. Never found one that was comprehensive enough to help. Would love to see what you have, though.

]]> 9d639a09e00e0a46376191e185ef5fc3 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hi, Nancy...was just checking to see if this board was still […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/603/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:55:50 -0500 Hi, Nancy...was just checking to see if this board was still here, couldn't believe no posts in nearly 2 weeks. I'm not here much, so I'm as much to blame as anyone.

]]> 2306e94e33a98abc77754db8fad9425c BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hello? http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/601/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:33:41 -0500 Hello?

]]> 15242bbb8916d625b2c1f5e8ed168f52 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Merry Christmas, everyone. And have marvelous New Year celebration. http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/588/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:51:47 -0500 Merry Christmas, everyone. And have marvelous New Year celebration.

]]> 1b07dbf71c586929096ac42aeb5cbc55 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Poor Howard the Immaculatum (he's the orange tabby in my […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/576/ Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:14:31 -0500 Poor Howard the Immaculatum (he's the orange tabby in my avatar) was at the vet undergoing a fix-the-blockage catherization at the time and they had to complete that by flashlight because they lost power when everyone else did.

]]> 32694df726f898aa2fe58e4e8a56c1eb BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: judy - While we had storm damage (holes in roofs, huge trees […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/575/ Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:05:23 -0500 judy - While we had storm damage (holes in roofs, huge trees down across roofs, power lines down, etc..my front porch was crushed by huge oak limbs but the tree is still there) what caused the major outage across the entire northern half of the state was that all 8 TVA power transformers feeding to this area were destroyed. It was a fluke. TVA practices power outage responses, but they'd never done one where EVERYTHING was gone. Some parts of the city had power back after 4 days...but because they had to rebuild our power lines it took a week. Thank goodness for friends who had gas water heaters and could offer a hot shower. 😉 Makes you very humble and respectful of nature's power.

]]> 8d2830e99901d537200cc1a3551260b7 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: WE = We http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/573/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:20:27 -0500 WE = We

]]> 067030ad713cabb3dd36ccd91bf52e89 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: judy - After our April tornado, the only things that worked […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/572/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:19:12 -0500 judy - After our April tornado, the only things that worked in my house for a week were my landline telephone and my battery radio. We cooked on propane grills until our collective gas supplies ran out. You get to know your neighbors really well. WE rescued many things that would have been lost in freezers.

]]> 55b95566e7675b020f6f1631f2b9c809 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Helen, that's funny in a strange sorta way. I'm in the […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/567/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:08:30 -0500 Helen, that's funny in a strange sorta way. I'm in the Deep South and have never thought of St. Louis as being a southern town. Maybe a border town.

]]> 5c915fc8a8766ea750978661ea445f22 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Here in the south people with both toilets and cats don't […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/563/ Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:55:43 -0500 Here in the south people with both toilets and cats don't run out of either paper or litter. Batteries are good to stock up on, and bottled water. That tornado back in April made ice a special commodity, but the community managed.

]]> 63547cccef3c2e06a39ca84d57e0717c BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: No posts for 5 days? We almost had a snow event here, way […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/555/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:08:08 -0500 No posts for 5 days? We almost had a snow event here, way early in the Deep South for accumulation because the ground is still warmish, but the S word immediately causes a kneejerk and the grocery stores sell all the bread and milk they have on the shelves. Have always wondered what folks DO with all that bread and milk...make milk sandwiches?

]]> c2c3a25d0b1ff30784a042a292dfbe8f BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Lost internet for several days. Back now. Still checking in […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/551/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:37:35 -0500 Lost internet for several days. Back now. Still checking in occasionally. Wanted to wish all a very happy Thanksgiving. Eat lots, save some, make sammiches.
🙂

]]> 600135a6a68670bb2bace18ccea9b4cd BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hi, Mim...I check in occasionally too. The thing is, many […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/542/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:26:03 -0500 Hi, Mim...I check in occasionally too. The thing is, many of us who were close on the old board have formed a private group on Facebook for general chatting. If all this board gets is ?s about antiques, that's fine, too. Thanksgiving for me will be with friends at a nice restaurant. No dirty dishes, no sweat. I have no family nearby so some other friends (widows, divorcees, singletons) and I will just do it that way and call it a holiday. I don't know a soul who deliberately ramps up for Black Friday, certainly I don't. Hope you have a lovely day with your family. 🙂

]]> 9179d0cf398b1c090cec7e90e234e203 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Well, what are the screws you have? Robertsn's sscrews […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/539/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:04:51 -0500 Well, what are the screws you have? Robertsn's sscrews didn't hit the mainstream until the 1930's. I hope this item is as old as you'd like it to be. Robertson's screws are a little iffy and you'll need pics on the threaded board. Please make your pics really small or you'll get hand-smacked by afantiques.

]]> b771e6e992418b622ffa9e806835d3f2 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: I guess a slotted screw could be shown like this: (-) http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/536/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:39:27 -0500 I guess a slotted screw could be shown like this: (-)

]]> 0c6a5be5bc29ddb1d139e7e80282d0e8 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hi xyste - Normally that question is asked the other way […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/535/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:37:27 -0500 Hi xyste - Normally that question is asked the other way around, as in when did Phillips head screws (+) come into general use. That was in the 1930's. If your piece has slotted screws that appear original, the item is probably older than that.

]]> 649716d20e0559b4a03f09e9c2741886 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: jersey - Did those brides have any clue? http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/530/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:08:28 -0500 jersey - Did those brides have any clue?

]]> b22eff7029aedf58891b770aeabfa168 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: 11-11-11-11-11-11 today I was picking out bananas at the […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/528/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:06:45 -0500 11-11-11-11-11-11 today I was picking out bananas at the store. I'll be sleeping probably when that happens again. I feel for numerologists who live for this stuff.

]]> 059607eb80aefb87bb7dd8ad407dd8ae BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: You're very welcome. :-) http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/526/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:19:53 -0500 You're very welcome. 🙂

]]> 99326d715aadc69ef80469d736e0b1ab BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: patC - That's one mark used by E. G. Webster & Son (E G W & […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/524/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:05:32 -0500 patC - That's one mark used by E. G. Webster & Son (E G W & S), New York and Brooklyn.

]]> 3727a0d59c4e80b2036ed2cabb0a6478 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: xyste - Not a new site on eBay, just playing around on the […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/520/ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:53:54 -0500 xyste - Not a new site on eBay, just playing around on the threaded boards there.

]]> d707b3d2b8b7b6cf904206e98cd64d83 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Have been sidelined with flu for the last 4 days. Think I […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/515/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:33:18 -0400 Have been sidelined with flu for the last 4 days. Think I finally turned the corner and will survive. Felt well enough today (still chilled but no fever) to make it to the grocery store. I'm certain the cats will appreciate their new litter. 😉

]]> 4a986766f18d88d526eae05434caa405 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Hey there, Reen, and welcome. *gasp* a legit ? Your […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/509/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:36:46 -0400 Hey there, Reen, and welcome. *gasp* a legit ? Your springerle rolling pin with only two images might be legitimately be called hard to find, but I've seen them with as few as one carved image. I think it depends on the dough and the mold and what the plan was for using it. Avatars here take some work.

]]> 7def30d5e9dc02dfc1d4b75b78acf141 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Little black dots on sterling are silver sulfide. You can […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/500/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:46:18 -0400 Little black dots on sterling are silver sulfide. You can try a variety of ways to remove them, but be careful.

http://www.sterlingsource.com/silvercare.htm

]]> 1e961b3124bdfebf83d77781ffdd88cc BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Welcome xyste! Glad you found us. With luck, more users […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/497/ Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:39:00 -0400 Welcome xyste! Glad you found us. With luck, more users with ? about antiques will also.

]]> c1d3a38e0fea693837224e16519b3e76 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: I need to go split some wood. Have a great evening! http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/483/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:05:39 -0400 I need to go split some wood. Have a great evening!

]]> 635fc05dbd33d4ca3ddf4d5b41b760ab BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: http://www.gocomics.com/patoliphant/2011/09/02 This one. I […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/482/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:55:08 -0400 http://www.gocomics.com/patoliphant/2011/09/02

This one. I found it very truthful and was surprised it disappeared. If I am mistaken that you didn't remove it as the moderator, I'll ask to rejoin. Thought y'all could appreciate it. Pat Oliphant got it spot on.

]]> d812bafab589e03bbaee5e95a56c2ace BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: homechick, you can try grated apples. I'm not certain how […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/478/ Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:18:23 -0400 homechick, you can try grated apples. I'm not certain how that will work with the pineapple already in it or how it would taste, though. Zippy bread is zippy bread. 😉

]]> 03e5f973fa5f9b6ad5d2c992ff3615ea BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Greetings, all. Guess this is it now. I too saw that the […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/475/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:48:07 -0400 Greetings, all. Guess this is it now. I too saw that the side door has been closed. Hope we posted this location enough that people with questions can find us.

]]> c0ab4e8695db8566504afd074de39665 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Had a very good experience today with a seller. I broke a […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/466/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:15:52 -0400 Had a very good experience today with a seller. I broke a FireKing 7" spiral bowl and found one at a good price. Thing was, he wanted to send it at that expensive rate that almost equalled the price of the item. I asked if he'd just sent it parcel post, and while he agreed and was checking on that, I realized I'd be away when he'd expect payment, so I went ahead and paid full rate for it. When I got back and checked email, he'd already refunded the difference in rates via PayPal. And I got the bowl today...it's beautiful. Nice guy.

]]> 3f785d141f63d2ed5773dd9e7905dec0 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: I don't worry about that, ginny - trolls and wackos always […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/465/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:02:57 -0400 I don't worry about that, ginny - trolls and wackos always seem to find a place.

]]> 581fc1a167032e7d765094ac850080ca BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Looks like the old boards are >finally< gone. Click on an […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/463/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:32:06 -0400 Looks like the old boards are >finally< gone. Click on an old link now and you're redirected to the threaded board for that topic.

]]> c8b51829cd9dd926bf6f188dabb9f171 BJ (bamaj1) posted an update: Dolores, hi and welcome. Saw your ? elsewhere. No, these […] http://antiques.chatroomboard.com/activity/p/458/ Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:55:50 -0400 Dolores, hi and welcome. Saw your ? elsewhere. No, these boards are not associated with eBay at all and so your feedback will not appear here. If you use the remaining threaded eBay boards it will.

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