On 10/16/2010 3:22 PM, Flying Pig wrote:
October Oooohs



As the day was still young, we headed off down to the beach on the Atlantic
side of Elbow Cay (home of Hopetown), for beachcombing. While it was a bit
sparse, many pieces of sea glass, and, a special treat, some sea crockery,
was found. Wandering the town on the way home concluded our fantastic time
ashore. Ooooh!

What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time?
Do you collect this stuff?

"slide" wrote in message
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What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time? Do
you collect this stuff?

Sea glass is broken pieces of glass which have become sand-weathered to no
longer having any shiny parts, including the edges. It can take up to 20
years to happen...

Do a google on sea glass wind chimes (one of the artsy projects Lydia uses
it for) to get an in-depth view. Blue is particularly rare, clear less
common, and brown and green the most frequently found.

Sea crockery is much less common, of course, but it's colorful bits of
crockery (vs glass, most of which comes from bottles thrown overboard).
It's the rarity which makes it interesting. Generally, crockery doesn't
take as much tumbling to soften the edges, and it's already opaque, so the
fired colors usually persist pretty well.

All interesting flotsam - you'd be amazed at what pops up from time to time.
I found the diesel jug mentioned in the post in pristine condition. If I'd
known that Moeller would send me replacement spouts, caps and seals for free
(my new ones I bought had a safety nozzle which failed quickly, not allowing
any fuel to flow; they sent me a full set of replacements), I'd have taken
it rather than use it as a hanging monument!

L8R

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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

On 10/17/2010 8:43 AM, Flying Pig wrote:
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What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time? Do
you collect this stuff?

Sea glass is broken pieces of glass which have become sand-weathered to no
longer having any shiny parts, including the edges. It can take up to 20
years to happen...

Do a google on sea glass wind chimes (one of the artsy projects Lydia uses
it for) to get an in-depth view. Blue is particularly rare, clear less
common, and brown and green the most frequently found.

Sea crockery is much less common, of course, but it's colorful bits of
crockery (vs glass, most of which comes from bottles thrown overboard).
It's the rarity which makes it interesting. Generally, crockery doesn't
take as much tumbling to soften the edges, and it's already opaque, so the
fired colors usually persist pretty well.

All interesting flotsam - you'd be amazed at what pops up from time to time.
I found the diesel jug mentioned in the post in pristine condition. If I'd
known that Moeller would send me replacement spouts, caps and seals for free
(my new ones I bought had a safety nozzle which failed quickly, not allowing
any fuel to flow; they sent me a full set of replacements), I'd have taken
it rather than use it as a hanging monument!


OK. I suspected as much but wasn't sure.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:43:33 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time? Do
you collect this stuff?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/sc...=1&ref=science

Wayne, thanks for the link, and it's a recent story, to boot.

I had no idea of the depth of the sea glass hobby. The science and
historical research was very interesting; we think we found one of those
grey things on our last outing, nothing like any we'd seen before; if so,
it's over 100 years old!

So, now Lydia is vindicated, and I might even have a bit more enthusiasm for
the effort - that is, if I can avoid going aground :{))

L8R

Skip

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See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery!
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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:43:33 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time?
Do
you collect this stuff?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/sc...=1&ref=science

"slide" wrote in message
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On 10/16/2010 3:22 PM, Flying Pig wrote:
October Oooohs



As the day was still young, we headed off down to the beach on the
Atlantic
side of Elbow Cay (home of Hopetown), for beachcombing. While it was a
bit
sparse, many pieces of sea glass, and, a special treat, some sea
crockery,
was found. Wandering the town on the way home concluded our fantastic
time
ashore. Ooooh!

What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time? Do
you collect this stuff?



It's junk. Flotsam and jetsam worn down almost to a nub! Skippy and his
lovely wife seem to have an obsession with junk. Usually it's the woman who
are so preoccupied but I can't help noticing that Skippy seems to share this
womanly trait with the distaff side.

Wilbur Hubbard

On 10/17/2010 2:30 PM, Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
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On 10/16/2010 3:22 PM, Flying Pig wrote:
October Oooohs



As the day was still young, we headed off down to the beach on the
Atlantic
side of Elbow Cay (home of Hopetown), for beachcombing. While it was a
bit
sparse, many pieces of sea glass, and, a special treat, some sea
crockery,
was found. Wandering the town on the way home concluded our fantastic
time
ashore. Ooooh!

What is 'sea glass' and 'sea crockery'? Garbage in the sea a long time? Do
you collect this stuff?



It's junk. Flotsam and jetsam worn down almost to a nub! Skippy and his
lovely wife seem to have an obsession with junk. Usually it's the woman who
are so preoccupied but I can't help noticing that Skippy seems to share this
womanly trait with the distaff side.

Well, people and taste vary. One man treasures what another man discards.