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Insulators are not:
- Jartops
- Conductors
- Polecaps
- Transformers
- Nipples
- Isolators
- Glass knobs
- Insulator bulbs
- Targets
- PLO's (P.... Like Objects)
Drip points are not:
- teardrops
- droplets
- scallops
- nibs
- beads
- nodules
- dimples (??)
- teeth
- hobknobs
- drip loops
- sawtooth pattern
- beaded bottom
- drip cones
- rim drips
- bubbles on the bottom
- drip beads
- rain drips
- dimpled bottom
- rounded teeth
- drop points
- "pinples" (pimples?)
- hobnail bottom, or hobnails
- rippled bottom
- "rigid" (ridged?) bottom
- pointy things on the bottom
- spikes on the bottom
- spiny bottom
- a ball like edge
- little knobby's on the bottom
- little nipples
- pebbled bottom
- bumpy things on the bottom
- serrated bottom
- bottom is fluted
- glass BB ball race on the bottom
- hobnail knob things
- bottom has a ridged texture
- bubble bottom
- little bumps
- ruffled bottom
- sawtooth edges
- little bubble thingies
- peakies
Typical non-collector
response:
- "Oh, you collect conductors!?"
- "Insulators? What are those?..."
- "The reason for all the different colors was to
attract different species of birds..... !"
- "They got crackeled from the extreme temperatures in
Arizona..."
- "Anything with a patent 1893 "was made that year"
- The Cd128 with CSA; "It stands for Confederate States
of America"
- Hemi - 42 in a shop. "It's priced $xx because they
are so old and there
aren't many."
- "I don't buy them for the shop anymore because no one
is interested in
insulators"
- "The cobalt and green ones turned that way because of
sunlight"
- "They turned purple because of the magnesium in the
glass"
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