Come on Y'all lets get this board moving who collects snow globes

[Raulandpinboy]

I dont, I hate the stupid things, but I want to see some action on the boards, even if I just get you all mad at me I will complete me mission.

So with that said.

Snow globes are a dumb idea they will not last, its WATER in glass people!!!!

They will eventually cloud, get a bubble, crack, look like yuck.

In my opinion pins are the way to go, they last forever and look great framed.

The opinions expressed are my own and not the idea of anybody else, Mean Laureen had nothing to do with it. (well maybe a little)

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

I thought about collecting snow globes then I was reminded that I live in Arizona. With temperatures reaching 120 degrees in the summer, these things end up looking like those bubbling lights you used to see on Grandma's Christmas tree.

But that got me to thinking, what if you dismantled a snow globe, left the figures inside and replaced the liquid with that lava lamp stuff? Now that would be cool. Especially if you could modify the viscosity so that the little lava stuff would form in the shape of Disney characters. Then you take out the music box and you replace it with like Led Zepplin playing It's a Small World. Now that would be cool. They could open up a shop in Fantasyland where Mickey could wear tie-dye shirts that said "I'm a Dead Head" or "Dude, You're Dopey". This thing could reach a whole new demographic for Disney.

Jeff

 

[Raulandpinboy]

Hey man like I'm hip you know

I have taken a snow globe apart and have refilled it with the following with very bad results.

#1 Rice it just looked like a snow scene.
#2 Macaroni and cheese Well it was kinda cool at first but after the third day... Yea that bad.
#3 Olive oil yuck squared.
#4 Sand, it all like Aladdin’s home.


Things that do in fact work.

#1 Dirt with ants, and you now have a Disney ant farm way cool.
#2 Replace the water with clear silicon, and Walla!! No more bubble problem.

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

I put ink in one so it was a night scene. It was kind of hard to see so I added glitter for stars. It worked pretty well but you have to make sure that you put it back together corrently. I didn't and it started to leak. I think some of the ink on Trina's carpet looks like Mickey Mouse. I told her it was a hidden Mickey but that didn't stop the beating.

Another cool thing to do is to attach a small hand mixer to the bottom. Then when you turn it on it is like Disney meets the Wizard of Oz. Nothing quite as cool as watching that and trying to say "Auntie Em, Auntie Em" while talking like Donald Duck. If you do that during dinner you can almost always make milk come out of someone's nose.

Jeff

 

[bsbkmacgowan]

Well, on our honeymoon, Brian and I (being the weird and wacky newlyweds we were... and still are!) decided to collect snowglobes from some of the locales we visited. Now, you have to remember, we haven't been married quite as long as Ed and Donna... we're talking about 1991 here, folks. Not too long ago, and yet it does seem at times to be part of a previous century...

Well, I'll have to have Brian's help with the visual on this one, but while we were in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, we ran across a typical Maritimes "tacky tourist" shop... basically two Quonset huts all decked out to look like lobster traps. As if that wasn't enough, lo and behold, inside was the souvenir to end all souvenirs... the Lobster Lady. (And yes, we obviously had to buy one...)

This... thing... truly defies description... it has to be seen to be believed.

And since I'm here in Indiana, and Brian (who is busy packing all of our worldly possessions and recently "unearthed" said Lobster Lady) is in Toronto...

Over to you, hon! Crank up that webcam!

Sandy

ps - the best part? They even spelled the name of the town wrong!

 

[Live_From_Little_Red]

Ok folks, I know all of you have been dying to see this wonderful piece of Folk Art history. So without further delay, I present to you the one and only, the awe inspiring, the very top, the pinnacle even in its category, the one piece of art that everyone should proudly display between their velvet copies of the poker playing dogs and Elvis. Yes I give you....






Are You Ready?









Have you gone to the bathroom? You might want to!











Swallow whatever is in your mouth. There is nothing worse that having pop spurt out of your nose. Well with the exception of Hot Coffee.







Ok, no turning back now






Lobster Lady

Brian

 

[MeanLaureen]

what the heck is that thing???

 

[Luv2Roam]

OT first: Sandy -- How did you end up in Elkhart?
That is where we lived before moving to Omaha, before moving to FL.

We finally conceeded we collect snowglobes. We use to not collect snowglobes, like I use to not collect Tink pins.
After a certain number you just can't deny it any longer!
Blaine bought the newer Villains snowglobe around a month ago. I went along with it since it plays the HM theme.

 

[bsbkmacgowan]

OT first: Sandy -- How did you end up in Elkhart? That is where we lived before moving to Omaha, before moving to FL.

It's a long story, but among other things, Toronto is just too expensive a place to live (we'd never be able to get ahead financially). So the girls and I are getting established here in Indiana (I grew up in Nappanee - we're currently staying with my folks who now live just south of Elkhart) and Brian is packing up the past 15 years of our lives up there.

We just never figured it would take this long! Send lots of pixie dust his way... he can sure use it!

I'm just thankful that we have chatting capabilities - otherwise our long-distance bills would be awful!

Sandy (and Bonnie & Kellie, with Brian up in Toronto!)

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Originally posted by bsbkmacgowan
Send lots of pixie dust his way... he can sure use it!

See men, this is why you never ever agree to stay behind and take care of camp clean-up. Here is poor Brian working his tail off trying to pack stuff and having to go through 15 years of junk that has accumulated and what does Sandy do? She asks everyone to send dirt to Brian. So instead of feeling sorry for Brian, she is asking us all to make his life miserable because he now has extra vacuuming to do. And believe me, Pixie Dust is the worst kind. That stuff goes everywhere and whenever you try to sweep it under a rug the darn rug starts to float so you see all the dirt you were just trying to hide. Sandy, you are one cruel puppy.

Hang in there Brian; I am with you all the way. Next time she tries to stick you with the cleaning remind her that Lewis and Clark didn't stay home and clean while their wife’s explored a passage to the west (if that would have happened, Sacagawea would have taken them shopping and all we would have found would have been a sale at Wal-Mart). You didn't see Columbus hanging around the hut while his wife went to the store looking for spice. And was it Neil Armstrong's wife who was out hiking on the moon while he was back at the lunar module tidying up the place? I think not.

Dude, I am not going to send you fairy dirt. Instead I can send you some schematics I am working on that will allow a Dust Buster to be connected to the dryer outlet to increase its power. You do have to be careful with it though since it can suck the head off a Precious Moment figurine at 30 yards (that’s 27.43 meters for those keeping score in Canada).

Let me know if you need anything else.

Jeff

 

[Raulandpinboy]

Sandy is mean I thought we all knew that, she leave him up in the frozen tundra to freeze while she is in Sunny... errr up in sunny... Well where ever she is its sunny I’ll bet you that.

Jeff send me a copy of the schematic will you I want to see if I can interface it in to the pressure washer paint gun I have, heck now I can the head off a beanie baby at 50 feet. But it sure leaves a mess behind. (Reference side note I refuse to look up the conversion of 50 feet to meters, as this is America, and it is my God given right to express myself in feet not meters… Thank you and God bless America)

Brian hang in there buddy help is on the way.

 

[Luv2Roam]

mmmm.. Elkhart, IN ---- sunny... I think not. I can attest to that.
Only a 30% chance of sun.
Maybe her disposition is sunny.

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Originally posted by Luv2Roam
Maybe her disposition is sunny.

Then again maybe her boyfriend is Sonny.


Raul,

You decapitated a beanie at 50 feet or was that you took the feet off of 50 beanies?

I am cool with the whole metric thing but when they start rearranging the letters in words like making theater into theatre, that is just wrong. I mean come on, you got the word right for the first 5 letters then you just got lazy. What is up with that?

Jeff

 

[Live_From_Little_Red]

just got lazy

Lazy! We add letters. It was that Daniel Webster who started taking letters out. What's up with that?

I will admit that I prefer the Imperial system over that of the metric system. Although the American Forces often use metric measurements.

Brian

 

[chef's wife]

Globes are quite the attraction at the shootery also!!!!!!
Especially those M. Eisner/GWB globes!!!!!!

 

[Engr-Chas]

It's soo cool when you blow them up with a fireball! Steam city!

Engr-Chas
Lord of the Pyro

 

[MeanLaureen]

Chas! Blue Dude!

Where have you been hiding??