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| | By Howard Banks
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No matter how difficult moving can be, a nice surprise can occur
unexpectedly.
Linda and I moved into the old family farmhouse in January. The residence is
only half the size of the home we sold. To accommodate our possessions, we
cleaned up the attic area of the farmhouse to use for storage.
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| | Winter Colors
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"HI, this is Lindsay Kartye and I would like to
Thank You
for the wonderful
insulator you gave me.
My mom and I will enjoy it a lot,
since we don't have a CD like it."
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | By Richard Wentzel
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Glass Insulators of Argentina, Part One
It has been almost a decade since Marilyn Albers and N.R. Woodward released
the Second Revision to their book, "Glass Insulators from Outside North
America". In that time span, there have been numerous discoveries of
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| | Mystery Piece
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| | By Powell Brown
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The Hunt
The whole thing started in late March 2004. I presented my good
friend Elliott Miller, for his birthday, an aqua Hemingray 42. From there, he
has become an avid collector. Due to constraints, he rarely gets out to
collect in the "boonies".
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| | Canadian Forum
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| | By Robin Plewes
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DOUBLE THREADED
Uniquely Canadian
The feature of double threading has made many collectors wonder as to its
purpose and origin. This threading feature is unique to two styles of Canadian
insulators. Both the unembossed cd143 "tallboy" and the no name cd120
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| | INSULATOR OF THE MONTH
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Crown Jewels is always asking collectors to submit pictures of their favorite
insulator for Insulator of the Month. Clair Cunningham responded to our request
by sending in this picture of a CD 1070 Hemingray-109 glass spool in orange
amber. He writes, "Picking an insulator of the month? This is tough. I like
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| | Demolition Discovery
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Editor's note: More new finds are being reported. Here's one by a non-collector who calls himself "Demo Dave".
I found 15 Johnny Ball Insulators. They are all 2-1/2 inches in length. As
you can see they are all aqua glass. The front row are the best ones, the second
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| | MID - OHIO Show and Tell
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| | by Elaine C. Corriero
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Well, the 35th Annual Mid-Ohio Insulator Show has come to an end, and a
bittersweet one, I might add. Unless you have actually hosted a show of your
own, you probably have no conception of the amount of work involved prior to the
show, and how much time you spend throughout the show taking care of the needs
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| | Dave's Dilemma
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Dave Kurns reports getting himself in quite a fix near The Dalles, Oregon a
couple years ago. He spotted a purple California hoop skirt (CD 152) on a pole
in the middle of a pond. Well, Dave likes a good challenge. As a tree climber
used to using ropes and rappelling techniques, Dave calculated he could rope the
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| | Baja Adventure
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Editor's note: New discoveries continue to be found all the time. Case in
point... the following story submitted by a new subscriber. Never give up for
there are insulators out there waiting for you.
My name is Bill Bayes. My wife (Maria) and son (Nicolas) have been hunting
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," March 2006
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the March 2006
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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