"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> The Joneses wrote:
>> "Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>>>> Found a crafter's web site with the black jar lids and the pumps,
>>>>>> lids
>>>>>> are about 49 cents each on sale and the pumps about a buck and a
>>>>>> half,
>>>>>> plus shipping of course. The jars in the posted website are older
>>>>>> half
>>>>>> pints. I can buy Golden Harvest pints cheaper than those and I don't
>>>>>> have too many of the short squat half pints around anymore. Looks to
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> a doable project though. Will discuss with the Chief Artist when she
>>>>>> gets home today.
>>>>> It would need to be sold with a warning sticker that it is slippery
>>>>> when wet, and if it falls on the ground it may break. Personally, I
>>>>> consider a combination of wet hands, soap, a glass jar and a tile
>>>>> floor to be a recipe for disaster.
>>>> These things are generally used while they're on a counter top--no
>>>> lifting required. Jorge, glue a rubber jar ring to the bottom to
>>>> reduce
>>>> the skid factor.
>>>>
>>>>> On the other hand, you can market them as being more "authentic" than
>>>>> the ones that look like old coffee pots. :-)
>>>>> Geoff.
>>>> None of the stuff I bought for my bathroom carries such a warning,
>>>> Geoff. OTOH, a sticker that says, "Caution. Glass. Will break when
>>>> dropped onto a hard surface," fits right in line with a lot of
>>>> mentality
>>>> we see these days.
>>> ROTFLMAO
>>>
>>> Kathi
>>>
>>>
>> Hizzoner bought me a rock hammer to put in my geology day trip bag. Still
>> has the sticker on the hammer says be careful of hitting hard objects.
>> Sheesh.
>> Edrena
>>
>>
> I knew there was reason I liked you. I once studied hardrock geology until
> I figured out the only places I could work were Australia and South
> Africa. Still have my old rock pick around here somewhere and still have
> all my gemology instruments in a closet.
>
> My old geology professor taught how to lick rocks to see what kind they
> were our first semester. Then she taught us about volcanoes, said there
> were only mountains getting their rocks off.

Y'all naughty fellow, you. I bin collectin' rocks since I was 8. I like the
shiny ones covered in silver best now.
Edrena