#ThingThursday following @[email protected] 's sharing of Old (pre-social media) Internet souvenirs, here's a commemorative mug from the first IRL gathering i attended, of the #flyfishing email listserv i still subscribe to :) Sadly, Facebook literally decimated the traffic on that group
oh yeah, back to that #ThingThursday riddle, right. but before i do that: Bonus Thing!! Today i learned that one of the cooler round slide rules (aka volvelle) in my little collection is also in the Smithsonian!!

Gilson Binary Circular Slide R...
Gilson Binary Circular Slide Rule

This two-sided aluminum circular slide rule is coated with white celluloid enamel. The front has two interlocking yellow-green plastic arms, pivoted at…

National Museum of American History
i haven't forgotten about my #ThingThursday riddle, but i'll get back to it after i get back from these errands i have to run while the rain is taking a breather
#ThingThursday post largely, but not totally completely, unrelated to the other Thing don't talk to me or my approximately 1-centimetre orange son ever again
for #ThingThursday why not post just part of a thing & then get people to guess what it's a part of
#ThingThursday mushroom bonus for @[email protected] i still have my grandmother's old darning mushroom. I really should learn how to darn!
Just remembered there are 3 more marbles in my beach glass collection (a Martinelli Apple Juice bottle). The fact that they're in there means i found them on a beach. Most of this glass is from Lake Ontario. Never seem to find very much out here. #ThingThursday

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it's #ThingThursday & i promised @[email protected] some nifty marbles after commenting on how the U of A 360 degree aurora cam reminds me of fancy marbles. i thought i'd try lighting them below with an LED lantern to see if they showed up any better, & had something interesting happen
@robcruickshank.bsky.social reminded me that it's #ThingThursday, so please enjoy my tiny little collection of tiny little fishing lures
oh it's #ThingThursday again eh. Clockwork piscivory. I need to gently take this apart & repair the mechanism that winds up the big fish so that it chases the little fish across the floor. A long-ago gift from @robcruickshank.bsky.social of course