Wow, my first rude question from Ebay!

Send them this -- they don't deserve more, or less, from you:

~~~The name of the glass frit I used on that set of beads is called "Raku Jitterbug"....Most lampwork bead buyers are familiar with this fact.

~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce

can I add a "neener neener" to the end? Pleeeeze?? ;) Oh, I haven't hit send, but I really wanted to... I know I need to rein in my sarcasm, but it was fun to write!

Solid Gold........oh honey I like you. I wish I could tell you not to send it, but since I'm pissed at an eBay seller right now, and want to send my own scathing note to her, I'm just not in the mood to be eBay friendly;-)

Don't get down there with the dumbbunny...rise above.

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

and this was the right place to share your writing of it!!!....now, be the grown up that the original question-that-wasn't-a-question-asker wasn't!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

I agree with Sooz. You never know where someone so rude as to post that message might also post your reply. Better to take the high road here.

For what it's worth, I love your beads and I especially like the look of the Raku set. I would bid on it, but I've already spent this month's beading budget...and wire budget...and clay budget. Well, you get the picture.

Also, I don't know squat about lampwork (yet) but I've seen metal clay projects that mimic Raku, so I knew what your title meant even without being familiar with the glass frit that you used.

I think that whoever sent that post must have had a bad day. As we say here in south Georgia, the person who sent that post needs some sugar!!!

okay, I sent the polite version... man, being a grown up sucks! ;) Well, at least I got to vent to you guys!

Tink Check here for available work:

Just be sure to ban their id from bidding first! :-)

-Su

ROFL - as much as that reaponse might make you feel better - I agree with the others, send the polite one. You're better than that person. :)

Well, gee, even I know that.... I took pottery classes back in the dawn of time, and made a Raku tea cup. It had a sort of metallic finish to it, almost like AB, but much subtler.

Now, I see lampwork that has a similar subtle nacreous lustre to it, and think "Gee, that looks like raku." Is the glass used produced in a reduction atmosphere? That would do it.

Also, back in the dawn of time, I was employed at a company which did glass coating for military and aerospace applications. One of my tasks was to dye clear pyrex tubes a ruby red. This was done by first firing the gold-based slurry onto the tubes, washing the slurry off and firing the tubes again in a reduction atmosphere. Sometimes a batch would go bad and come out with a rather pretty rainbow lustre on them.

Voila! Glass Raku!

Arondelle

Not unless you want to see your reply on every beading forum in the Internet. I agree with Sooz. Restraint has it's own rewards.

Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

so, now that I have taken the high road, I am assuming that most of us agree that it was pretty rude of her? I mean, geez! Is she an activist for the advancement of pottery glazing or something? Is this a new group I don't know about? Perhaps we should alert Val, she may be her next target! ROFL! Oh, I was peeved, but now I just think its funny. :D Anyone else have strange or crazy comments from Ebay to share?

I'm thinking she's one of those people who LOVES to catch what she *thinks* is a mistake, because then she can be superior and *correct* it. Bah.

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:32:23 -0400, Peggy wrote (in message ):

And, nothing on the Interent ever goes away completely. Unless you want your grandchildren or your boss to see it, don't hit that "send" key.

As we say in southern Massachusetts, the person who sent that post needs to get laid.

Kathy N-V

Oh, yes. Definitely. I don't blame you for being annoyed, Candace. :)

She has "Smissues"

And should we tell this person that aquarium beads aren't real aquariums? ;)

HAW!!!!