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Those that know me will be aware that I talk a bit. Well, to be honest, I talk quite a lot. Some of my blogs are a bit lengthy too, so I have devised a cunning plan for those of you who want to see the photos but don't want to plough through all the words.

If you look to the right of my page underneath the archives list, you will see that I have added a photo album.

Just click on the picture of that handsome fellow there and you will be transported to an album of all my blog photos.

But wait ............

there's more .............

I've also added a few photos of pegs not yet featured in my blog.

I won't keep you .... I can tell you are really excited ....

Bakelite Sniper Comes Good

As an avid collector, I naturally watch for clothes pegs and pins to be listed for sale on EBay.

Some years ago, I was doing my daily search and "6 Art Deco clothespins plastic or bakelite" came up for auction. with a starting price of US$25.

I was hugely excited by these pegs and kept a very close watch on them during the following week. Nobody bid on them at all and the auction was due to finish at 3 a.m. Melbourne time.

I waited until I was just too tired to stay up any longer (2am) and then put in a ridiculously high bid of US$50 and went to bed confident that they were mine.

The next morning, I was up early and eagerly logged on to EBay to confirm that the prize was mine.

Shock, horror, Oh No! Another bidder had waited until the last few minutes of the auction and had captured my pegs for $51 - that's known in the trade as "sniping" and I must admit to being a sniper myself on occasions.

But I was devastated - what could I do?

After a lot of thought I illegally wrote to the winner and asked if he was prepared to sell just one of these precious pegs to me. I told him I was quite happy to pay whatever he asked and quite understood if he wanted to make a profit.

Back came this wonderful reply "I collect bakelite items and I only need one so tell me what colours you would like and I'll post you a couple for free".

How about that - what a lovely guy.

Surfing Man

I have always thought that the sales of a particular washing detergent could be increased if they offered a free clothes peg in each packet.

Well, here it is, courtesy of Surf.

There are two sizes and it looks as if he is wearing a tie.

Does he look a bit rude hanging on the line or is it my imagination?

Softly, softly ....

Well, if you look at my previous posts, you will see that lots of people are jumping on the bandwagon with soft grip clothes pegs.

I've recently been on a trip to the Taranaki area of New Zealand ... where we stayed at the best motel on earth ... and what did I find in one of the shops in New Plymouth?

You've guessed it, another soft grip clothes peg.

This one has been made in China for a company called Varimpo and is sold under the trade name Urbana. Varimpo is a company, based in Canada and America, which has a US and Canadian patent for this peg.

I wonder how many more there will be?

If you find any, I do hope you will let me know!

A Parcel Arrives ....

I've just had a great holiday in New Zealand (where I found 3 new pegs) and on my return I found that a large parcel had arrived.

With mounting excitement I saw that the sender was another peg collector... and the customs form said it contained pegs. Yippeeee!!!

Now I don'tlike to rush things and so to lengthen the suspense, I opened the box, got myself a cup of coffee and pulled the pegs out one by one and inspected them carefully. I then compared them to my meticulously sorted collection hanging all over my hall walls and guess what? In that box there were 54 new pegs to add to my collection. How could someone find 54 more that I haven't already got? It just goes to show how many are out there waiting to be discovered.

All the new pegs have now been measured (with my vernier calipers), had their statistics entered into my database, photographed for your enjoyment, and are now hanging, each in their correct spot, on my racks in the hall.

What a great start to the new peg collecting year. Thank you, my friend!!

p.s. The Rooster peg shown in the photo was also in the post from another collector ... grateful thanks to Mrs. Washalot - I hope you enjoy the ones I have sent to you.

The Answer to the J-Peg question .....

So ..... would you buy them?