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When I first heard of this thing I wondered who benefits? Obviously not the sellers. Just seen the words “tax documentation” in that email above. That might be one of the driving forces behind this thing in the US. Had an email earlier this year from eBay UK, but not heard a peep since.
Is eBay rolling this out in Italy? 🙂
I think it’s what’s called a slag glass box. I’ve had small boxes like this; don’t know where they come from. Probably hasn’t got a ‘designed’ function.
I see eBay capitalize ‘Company’ in their press releases.
Mr. Iannone joins the Company on April 27, 2020
eBay Company. Has a certain ring to it- reminds me of “John Company”.
I suppose you could make them from a roll of corrugated cardboard. You could use gum arabic to glue, but that’s not waterproof.
I’m using Greenfill peanuts- probably made out of starch. They have a strong vinegar-like smell and dissolve easily. Maybe we should use banana leaves and hay, and hemp for the stitching, and oak-gall ink on papyrus for the handwritten invoices.
Rabbit-hole for the easily-distracted ->oakum 🙂
A large grocery store chain here in the UK prices in whole pounds or half-pounds, to make it easier for their customers to budget. Their customer base predominantly uses cash.
Vehicle fuel’s priced by the litre, with the prices displayed as (for instance) 114.9p. I’ve noticed that people discount the figure after the decimal point, and say it’s 114p, but fuel is a commodity with a lot of competing sales outlets. The same “number blindness” probably works on eBay, but then are you selling a commodity?
I priced a book at £20; got an (accepted) offer a couple of days back for £17.01. Maybe there’s a kind of reverse thing with buyers- “I’ll give you 10 dollars and 2 cents!”
04/11/2020 at 10:30 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 457: Is it a good week or a bad week? #76104Ha! Trees and mountains. I’m working my way through a photographer’s collection of over a thousand glass negatives from the 1890s and 1900s (project that’s been put off for four years, now suddenly time is available). I don’t bother with the trees and mountains (Swiss and Norwegian) ‘cos they’ll look the same now as they did then. But the ones of Amsterdam, before cars and bicycles cluttered the streets, are marvellous. He also did “Swiss Winter Sports”, but it’s not easy taking action shots with a large wooden bellows camera!
As regards selling, that’s some way off (because I’m clueless about the best way to do it).
…wiv four sugars and the teaspoon standing to attention? Coming right up! 🙂
Price ’em the Olde Englishe Waye- £9 19s 11¾d. One farthing short of a tenner. For handmade items, price in guineas (one pound and one shilling). My advice and a groat will buy you one cup of weak tea 😉
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In the photos of the walking stick, the gray carpet behind the table shows a yellow cast, which looks like it’s from the daylight coming through the glass door panels. Might be where that yellow cast on the shirts is coming from.
Hi Jim
Some of your photos of white clothing (e.g. Calvin Klein) has a yellow cast in the shadows- maybe there’s something yellow, like curtains or something, reflecting the colour.
Nice vase- seems to have a concave “dimple” on the base, which might be worth mentioning in the listing if it is a concave dimple. Might indicate to someone the maker- here in the UK Whitefriars did that (but it’s not a Whitefriars vase). I check the base on glassware as it seems to be a good indicator of quality, e.g. ground flat or with a signature. I’m wondering whether it’s Mdina, from Malta (probably wrong). They have a palette of blue and sand to represent the sea and, er, the beach.
I find the tiring thing about walking around outside is that other people seem to have the situational awareness of a carrot. I see ’em twenty or thirty yards away, and I’m already crossing the road (or walking in the middle of the road) before they even show some awareness that someone is walking towards them. Years of living in an inner city, dodging beggars, muggers and chuggers! 🙂
There’s a British Channel 5 series called “The Secret World Of Your Rubbish” (contains swearing and general British weirdness). Covers the gamut of garbage, from metal scrap to scavenging Amazon returns from landfill. Also a barbeque scene…
Some form of ivory= here’s the link to the CITES guide. It has Schreger lines (just found out what they’re called 🙂 )
It may be some kind of small tusk, e.g. warthog which appears to be legal. The green stone is malachite (has rings) which would be softer than agate (banded quartz) 3 or 4 on the Mohs scale as against 7. The purple and blue bits of rock could be dyed marble.
…or health ministers on taking their own advice (Scotland and New Zealand).
Good luck, Sonia! This is the Wiki page on Bi discs.
UK government advice was those over 70; a friend’s parents went into isolation beforehand, but at 87 and 93 they’re happy to be elderly. 🙂
In usual British style, the government’s insisting that what they’re saying is not “recommendations” but “rules”; there was some confusion. Dr Campbell made a video to explain the rules.
We were warned that if we didn’t behave ourselves today we would not be able to go out for exercise at all. No sunbathing in public areas. We did behave (I gather).
One thing to watch out for: although advanced age is a determinant in susceptibility, we’re getting cases of young people with no co-morbidities dying.
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