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Translucent, with inclusions. The surface has fissures which seem to indicate it’s a natural mineral.
Judging by the dragon, it’s probably Chinese in origin- there are discs made from jade or jadeite on the market, which are based on an ancient form (can’t remember what).
Reminds me of amber, the compressed kind with the “sunbursts”, which (along with Chinese jade discs) is another thing I’ve learnt not to buy 🙂 ) The sunbursts are an artefact of the moulding process. In this case, the inclusions look like actual bits of something.
Could be dyed.
Ah, right. Here it’s “Don’t go out of the house” if you’re elderly or vulnerable. Otherwise only essential food shopping, and one walk, jog or cycle ride a day.
The UK’s halfway through a 3-week lockdown. Latest thinking appears to be that restrictions might be gradually relaxed from the end of May. There’s some apprehension that warm weather tomorrow may cause problems with crowds in beauty spots and beaches (all religous centres are closed).
Jay wrote “we’ll encourage older folks and anyone vulnerable to isolate.” You’re not doing that already? We were told three weeks ago that over-70s should isolate.
It’ld be worth checking all the keys work before any cleaning. I’ve got three Mac keyboards with non-working keys (one I’m using has a dead caps lock). They seem to be unrepairable.
Just noticed- the ‘E’ is clean, which is odd, since it’s the most common letter in the English language!
Made in Austria- says the label. Although it’s supposed to be a “wine aerator” I imagine the wine would dribble out pretty slowly. Which I suppose would aerate it, but I’d die of thirst before my glass filled!
Shops round me have got plenty of onions and potatoes, but no cabbage- plenty of calabrese (broccoli) though. Flour’s also disappeared from the supermarkets.
Sold an 8-pound $400 art book at the weekend (Owen Jone’s Grammar Of Ornament). Going to a carefully-selected post office later on, with protective screens for the staff and no queue, unlike the ones local to me. In happier times I would have delivered the book myself (buyer’s only 30 miles away).
“Vegetables?” “No, not vegetables.”
The webcam at Finse railway station, Norway is quite relaxing- the geocam.ru site doesn’t have the adverts of the other mirror sites. Watch snow being ploughed off the line and off the hotel entrance. Occasional dog walkers on skis.
Thrift bookshop I volunteer in closed from Saturday onwards. My last day was Thursday morning- I was the only volunteer there until a colleague arrived for the afternoon shift. Fortunately the manager never trained me on the till, so I didn’t have to serve what few customers there were. I stayed in the back with a big Physical Distancing pile of books and a box of gloves.
UK’s sewage system in danger of gridlock from toilet paper substitutes
(today’s Guardian)
I had to break up a standoff between two feral cats today on my garden wall. I told them next time I’m going to grab one and use it as a toilet paper substitute. They’re soft, warm and fluffy, and they’re re-usable because they’re self-cleaning. 🙂
Should add… to me the handle looks Chinese, of a particular C19-C20 style. In Around The World In 80 Trades Conor Woodman does a trade selling rare teas to Taiwanese connoisseurs, hence my suggestion. It is probably modern.
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It’s a celadon glaze. Surprisingly (at least to me!) the crazing is often intentional with this particular glaze. Taiwanese? (they’re mad on the old char-drinking thing)
The UK government appears to be adopting a position of herd immunity. A week ago, the number of new cases was doubling every four days- at that rate about 90% of the UK population will be infected by the beginning of June. A case fatality rate of 1% means about 600,000 deaths. The government’s banning large gatherings, the majority of sporting events have been postponed as have the local elections.
A firm’s developed a test for the virus which gives results a lot quicker (maybe within hours)- apparently this is going to be used on pharmacy staff first.
Peter draws their characters with conjoined eyes. Might help narrow down the search.
03/12/2020 at 11:14 am in reply to: Video cables, Bench Vice, Panasonic Stereo, Vtg Nintendo game, Mustang horn #75039Very good price on the Emma Bridgwater mug! There’s a factory shop for her wares in Stoke-on-Trent; as far as I remember from a visit two years ago the mugs were priced at about 12 dollars. Mostly floral designs.
This is listed as a “Vintage primitive carpenter’s wooden protractor adjustable angle finder”. I suppose it might have been used for setting angles on lumber, like for roofing. The other item in the photos is a vintage human hand. 🙂
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