I like wax seals and I'm always looking for excuses to use them.
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@futurebird @floatybirb If you're a wealthy recluse who's masterminded an elaborate cross-country treasure hunt for your friends, enemies, and potential heirs, of course.
@liferstate @futurebird there should be one of those airplane magazines that tries to sell expensive nonsense, but all the expensive nonsense would only ever be used by wealthy recluses who need to plan elaborate cross-country treasure hunts.
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Next, cabbages...@reillypascal @futurebird
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@liferstate @futurebird there should be one of those airplane magazines that tries to sell expensive nonsense, but all the expensive nonsense would only ever be used by wealthy recluses who need to plan elaborate cross-country treasure hunts.
* Dueling Pistol Set
* Numbered Wax Seals
* Combination Lock Opened By Secret Word
* Puzzle Key and Lock (a key that is made of multiple pieces that only open the lock when combined)
* Identical poisoned and not poisoned petit fours
* Invisible ink and developer
* automatic remote triggered smoke signal generator for use in standard fireplace
* Book: Two Dozen Cyphers to Vex the Young and Avaricious
* Gold coins which stain the fingers with invisible substance for days. -
@reillypascal @futurebird
(Waiting to see if that needs explaining…)...?
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“The time has come,' the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —
Of cabbages — and kings —
And why the sea is boiling hot —
And whether pigs have wings.'” -
“The time has come,' the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —
Of cabbages — and kings —
And why the sea is boiling hot —
And whether pigs have wings.'”My dad used to quote this line and it stuck with me. I have no idea if it’s common knowledge or just a thing he likes.
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* Dueling Pistol Set
* Numbered Wax Seals
* Combination Lock Opened By Secret Word
* Puzzle Key and Lock (a key that is made of multiple pieces that only open the lock when combined)
* Identical poisoned and not poisoned petit fours
* Invisible ink and developer
* automatic remote triggered smoke signal generator for use in standard fireplace
* Book: Two Dozen Cyphers to Vex the Young and Avaricious
* Gold coins which stain the fingers with invisible substance for days.Notice To Our Valued Customers:
Due to Changing Times, and Popular Sentiment we have stopped using "deadly" poison in our famous cakes, little "drink me" bottles and gummies. Our new modern formulation will merely cause an inconvenient sleeping period. We understand the disappointment this may cause to our more traditional patrons.
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My dad used to quote this line and it stuck with me. I have no idea if it’s common knowledge or just a thing he likes.
I always considered it to be be a very ominous quote since it's what the Walrus says to the oysters just before cooking and eating them.
"So when will the fun you promised begin"
"well... it's about to begin for me... let me explain... in a round about way..."
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I like wax seals and I'm always looking for excuses to use them. So, when I noticed that a few of the places that sell seals and wax are now offering numbered wax seals... well what are these used for?
They are even selling the tacky "peel and stick" variety which means people are really using them for something... but what?
The sets may include metal seals in the numbers 1-10 or 11-20 etc up to 100.
1-10 is most popular.
@futurebird How big are they?
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@futurebird How big are they?
normal seal sized? About 2cm or so
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normal seal sized? About 2cm or so
@futurebird Huh. Game tokens or chits?
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@futurebird Huh. Game tokens or chits?
Well normally wax is used to seal an envelope closed, or as a kind of signature for a contract or formal letter.
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Well normally wax is used to seal an envelope closed, or as a kind of signature for a contract or formal letter.
@futurebird I know, I have one. I thought someone was selling the little token-sized wax bits in the image, not the metal seals that would create them.
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@futurebird I know, I have one. I thought someone was selling the little token-sized wax bits in the image, not the metal seals that would create them.
They are selling both, so you can do the seals yourself, or, if you don't want to mess with wax just use the sticker versions.
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* Dueling Pistol Set
* Numbered Wax Seals
* Combination Lock Opened By Secret Word
* Puzzle Key and Lock (a key that is made of multiple pieces that only open the lock when combined)
* Identical poisoned and not poisoned petit fours
* Invisible ink and developer
* automatic remote triggered smoke signal generator for use in standard fireplace
* Book: Two Dozen Cyphers to Vex the Young and Avaricious
* Gold coins which stain the fingers with invisible substance for days.@futurebird @floatybirb @liferstate Set of graduated doses of iocaine powder
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@futurebird @floatybirb @liferstate Set of graduated doses of iocaine powder
Obvious item for the list!
