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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => British & Irish Glass => Topic started by: keith on June 04, 2019, 02:08:44 PM
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This time a candy jar with lid, first I've found complete, Neon pattern, retail price in 1985 £9.50.
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Do you think it could be part of a trinket set?
We don't have "candy" here. ??? ;)
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Hello Sue, afraid it is listed as a candy jar in the catalogue, one of Gwyneth Ashcroft's ( Newland ) designs. ;D ;D
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Hmm.
I'll let you call it a candy jar, if all you ever put in it are parma violets. ;D
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Butterscotches!
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There will be no additives to this rare and expensive piece of art ::) ;D ;D ( £1.99 ) :o
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Butterscotches would cause problems, Carolyn. ;D
Put your hand in to grab one, and you'll be stuck with the jar on your mitt.
Nobody would bother to try to get a parma violet out. The lid would be kept on securely, to keep the stink in. ;D
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You would have a hard time getting your hand in this jar it is only 2.25 inches wide at the top ! ;D ;D
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So, it's big enough to hold a full wrap of parma violets, but not big enough for any real sweets at all.
Unless it's for a packet of those new sugar-free ones, which have writting on the side of the packet, in very small print, that "overconsumption may have a laxative effect", but don't tell you how many are "overconsumption".
8 of the tiny little blobs is "overconsumption", I discovered.
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Think I might give those sweets a miss :o ;D ;D
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You just have to be careful to "enjoy them responsibly". ::) ::) ::)
Yet another oxymoron. ;D
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Well, given what my diabetes medicine does to me, it might not be a bad thing. I must confess I am not aware (being a colonial) of what parma violets are.
Carolyn
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_Violets
They taste and smell disgusting and were a proper violet colour in the olden days
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They are hideous things, not even fit for the board's cafe! ;D
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That leaves you with a moderation problem, Anne. Where are you going to put this wibble, now it is all contaminated? ;D
Carolyn, the sugar-free sweeties are made by a brand called Sula. They are quite nice - like a "boiling" - a hard thing for sucking on. But they are small. And they do have a laxative side effect if you eat 8.
I can't stop eating sweeties once I start. Not until the packet is finished. :-[
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Licorice allsorts consumed in quantity have the same effect Sue, as my son's father found out the hard way! :D (I did tell him before he ate a whole 500g packet of them in one sitting.)
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I've had to give up liquorice. It affects my guts and waterworks very badly.
I only discovered that when trying to drink fruit teas - they contain liquorice extracts and have no warnings about it. When I contacted the manufacturer to complain about the lack of warning, they said they couldn't do it, because that would mean they were making medical claims for the tea.
As a food substance, they did not legally need to provide any warnings about the contents! :o :o :o
But your son's father would have found out, the soft way. :P ::) :-[ ;)
I've found dried apricots make wonderful "sweeties", but they have similar side effects when you eat a whole packet.
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See my problem is not sweeties at all. I'm more of the crisps persuasion, myself. Ever so hard to stop at just a few!
Carolyn
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Have you ever tried apple crisps? Sweet ones. They are rather good.
You can combine crisps and sugar and do double the damage. :D
Or stay off the sweet ones, and get to feel smug and self-righteous about it, because you could be doing worse? ;D