| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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You are probably asking yourself what is wrong with the CD 241 Hemingray-23
below. NOTHING! The embossing on the skirt is centered below the groove on the
top. However, when you look at the CD 241 just below the regular CD 241, you
will see that the ears are at a 45 degree angle.
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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One exciting thing about collecting porcelain insulators is that something
new is always turning up or, at the very least, another rare insulator walks through the door at an insulator show giving you an unexpected
chance to
obtain a long-desired jewel for your collection. It is rare indeed when a
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| | The Color Corner
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| | by Ernie Carlson
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Hello Everyone, and welcome to this 'semi-regular but always occasional'
column on my favorite subject - Color! In the months and years to come I hope to
explore the world of glass colors with you as we attempt to unravel the
mysteries of color names and establish a means of identifying colors using my
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| | The Mighty Blobtop
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| | by Steve Kelly
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I started collecting insulators when I was young and considered myself a
general collector. Around 1984 I was invited to go on my first insulator hike on
the Military Telegraph line near Fort Apache, AZ. It was on this trip that I
found my first insulator that the collecting hobby commonly refers to as the
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