Bud Webster wrote in a message to Joan Kelly:
 BW> My apologies to you and the rest of the echo; the offending message
 BW> was  supposed to have gone out as Secure, and didn't.  
 BW> I had absolutely no intention of anyone other than the other party 
 BW> seeing that message.
Just fyi, it is not possible to send private mail in an echo.  I know that 
some boards allow messages to be flagged as private, but in fact what happens 
is the private flag is stripped the minute it leaves the "home" board.  This 
subsequently involves embarrassing situations like yours.  :-(  I learned 
this the hard way too, unfortunately....
Do you know anything about milk glass?  I have just revived an interest in 
glassware, since I live right in the middle of the antique center of New 
England.  This afternoon my sweetie and I did some browsing/store hopping.  
In one store I found a rather attractive milk glass vase, the bulbous base 
tapering to a narrow neck with a flared opening, with what appeared to be 
grape clusters all around the middle.  It was a fairly-reasonable $35, but I 
wasn't sure if I liked it that much.
Our walk around town took us to a more upscale shop in an old bank building. 
There, I saw what appeared to be the identical vase identified as "Imperial 
Milk Glass, Elderberry cluster design" for $125.  Suddenly the original vase 
became QUITE attractive, and I made a beeline back to the shop, looked it 
over carefully, and snapped it up.
Mine might be discounted because there are stains on the inside, but a 
soaking in detergent removed quite a few of them, and I suspect bleach might 
do the trick on the rest.  I'm not sure if the sellers were really sure of 
what they had, since my vase was simply marked, "milk glass vase".  Neither 
vase had a mark that I could find.  In any case, I'm quite happy with my 
purchase, and it looks lovely on my shelf.
Cheers!
Joan
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