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… pictured here are just a few of the lovely bracelets available at now at Beads I View by Pat.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat

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Welcome!
Here’s my thought…

I just thought I try to spread a little Xmas cheer! …or a giggle here and there!

Happy Holidays!!! from Pat J Guhl and
Beads I View by Pat!

There is still time to get your xmas extras to you in time if you order before December 21st, soon! Here are a few suggestions…

featured on opening page at Beads I View by Pat web site…follow this link

…the feather earrings are special order at $25.00 plus $4.80 shipping for any number ordered … not as yet on my site but readily available. Order by sending me an email message at pat@beadsiview.com, and we can make arrangements for the transaction!

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Yes, Yes! I have fun taking quizzes, now. I was so horrible at taking tests in school I would shiver and shake at the phrase “Ok, people, put your books away for a quiz”. My mind would instantly go blank of any recent material that I had studied for the past day or week or ever! And I was a good student. I would do every assignment and study late into the night to be prepared for the next day’s classes. But those few words were my undoing. So why do I like them now? No pressure! I can ‘pick’ which test or quiz I ‘choose’ to take, when to take it and how to weigh the results if it is compared to others’ answers. Now that it doesn’t really ‘count’ for a grade, I like to see how much I know or think I know. So, I present to you another of the many quizzes that I have come across, in a multiple choice format.


 
History ‘QUIZ’ …
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap. 

This is a History Exam for those who don’t mind seeing how much they really remember or know about what went on in their life or the life of a much older friend or relative.








*** Paper & pencil suggested but not required**** I personally got NN correct, what did you get?

1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?

a. On the floor shift knob.

b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch.

c. Next to the horn.



2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?

a. Capture lightning bugs.

b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.

c. Large salt shaker.



3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

a. Cows got cold and wouldn’t produce milk.

b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.

c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.



4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?

a. Blackjack

b. Gin

c. Craps



5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.

a. Suntan

b. Leg painting

c. Wearing slacks



6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn’t tell whether it was coming or going?

a. Studebaker

b. Nash Metro

c. Tucker



7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?

a. Strips of dried peanut butter.

b. Chocolate licorice bars.

c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.



8. How was Butch wax used?

a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.

b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.

c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.



9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?

a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.

b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.

c. Long pieces of twine.



10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

a. Consider all the facts.

b. Ask Mom.

c. Eeny-meeny-miney-MO.



11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. ‘I’ll be down to get you in a ________, Honey’
a. SUV

b. Taxi

c. Streetcar



13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy’s pony?

a. Old Blue

b. Paint

c.. Macaroni



14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

a. Part of the game of hide and seek.

b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.

c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.



15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?

a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring

b. Princess Sacajawea

c. Princess Moonshadow



16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?

a.. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high.

b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.

c. Wrote another pupil’s name on the top, to avoid their failure.



17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?

a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum.

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.

c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.



18. Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?

a. Meatballs

b. Dames

c. Ammunition



19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song ‘Cabdriver’ a hit?

a. The Ink Spots

b. The Supremes

c. The Esquires



20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?

a. Tony Bennett

b. Xavier Cugat

c. George Gershwin


ANSWERS


1. (b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe , took till the late ’60′s to catch on.


2. (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?

3. (c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.


4 . (a) Blackjack Gum.


5. (b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.


6. (a) 1946 Studebaker.


7. (c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.


8. (a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.


9. (A) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your
neck.


10. (C) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.


11. (c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.


12. (B) Taxi, Better be ready by half-past eight!


13. (C) Macaroni.


14. (C) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.


15. (A) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet..


16. (a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.


17. (B) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.


18. (C) Ammunition, and we’ll all be free.


19. (A) The widely famous 50′s group: The Inkspots.


20. (a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.



SCORING (disclaimer: scoring not necessarily the opinion of the post’s author)


17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!


12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you’re getting there.


0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.



I personally got 17 correct and was relaxed taking the quiz. There was no pressure, it was “just for fun”.

The items pictured this time can be found on my “Hair accessories” page at my web site store. These include hair barrettes and hairbands or headbands which I have beaded using bead techniques in various patterns and styles. These are only a few of the unique hand-beaded item available at Beads I View by Pat. Please stop by for gift ideas and use “biv1″ at checkout for a generous special discount on your total order (excluding shipping charges).

Respectfully submitted,
Pat
Beads I View by Pat – store

By now you know that I love to learn. When I came across the following, thanks Zoe, how could I resist. I thought of you, right away and wanted to share it.

This is a quiz for people who know everything !!! I found out in a hurry that I didn’t. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers. No cheating! If you get the answer wrong, you’ll probably remember it even longer. Use the information at a party to impress you friends with your knowledge. That could be another post. Useless Factoids… should I do that one next? In the mean time, no grades are given for your answers, although you might want to come back later and see how many of the answers you remember.
This is just for fun!
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1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward ???

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables ???

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside ???

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn’t been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle ???

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ‘dw’ and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them ??? (ah, come on, no looking at your keyboard)

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter ‘S’.

Answers To Quiz:

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. Boxing

2. North American landmark constantly moving backwards. Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons … Asparagus and Rhubarb.

4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside … Strawberry.

5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle ??? It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear=2 0buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)

6. Three English words beginning with dw. dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. Lettuce.

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with ‘S’. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

Please feel free to drag your friends by to check it out and compare your results to theirs, if you want to.

Pictured are handmade bracelets from Beads I View by Pat found in my bracelet/anklet category pages. I love to make bracelets that are lightweight and fun to wear. The first is a Swarovski crystal bracelet/anklet in deep siam red and crystal ab beads on stretch material, the next is a hex style woven stretch bracelet using faceted shiny brown/bronze beads, and lastly one of my favorite spiral rope style beaded bracelets in a beautiful capri blue color.

Respectfully submitted,
Pat
Beads I View by Pat

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Welcome! Hola! Guten Tag!
Here’s my thought…

I signed in today to do a blog post and I wasn’t staring back at me! I don’t know how I did it, but I must have deleted my own picture. Maybe that’s a good thing. Do you ever get tired of looking at the same ole’ “you” sometimes. I do. So, I’ve decided to go with the flow and change my picture more often and be me every day! Why? Because I change every day. The only thing wrong with that is that I seem to be changing faster than I used to. Maybe that’s why I don’t really like pictures to be taken of me. I can see how far I’ve come and sometimes it’s just not a pretty picture. No picture turns out the way I expect it to. Why? Because I’m not the same as yesterday, or even an hour ago, or oops, there… I changed again! Oh well, its still all good, as long as no one starts throwing rotten tomatoes at me. Enough of that.

I really wanted to present something that was sent to me that I found curious, but true, thus I am calling them “truisms”.

1.A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They’re the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12.. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.

16.. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20.. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, ‘What the heck happened?’

22. Just remember — if the world didn’t suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn’t like a box of chocolates. It’s more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Pictured are a few of the many items found at my store including, Swarovski Rivoli style 10mm earring studs, a colorful beaded necklace with leaf and other beads and I also have selected Sterling Silver rings available…

Respectfully submitted,
Pat
Beads I View by Pat – store

Promo code”biv1″ at checkout is good for 10% off entire purchase, excluding shipping and handling.

Beads I View by Pat

Welcome! Ole! Guten Tag!
Here’s my thought…

I signed in today to do a blog post and I wasn’t staring back at me! I don’t know how I did it, but I must have deleted my own picture. Maybe that’s a good thing. Do you ever get tired of looking at the same ole’ “you” sometimes. I do. So, I’ve decided to go with the flow and change my picture more often and be me every day! Why? Because I change every day. The only thing wrong with that is that I seem to be changing faster than I used to. Maybe that’s why I don’t really like pictures to be taken of me. I can see how far I’ve come and sometimes it’s just not a pretty picture. No picture turns out the way I expect it to. Why? Because I’m not the same as yesterday, or even an hour ago, or oops, there… I changed again! Oh well, its still all good, as long as no one starts throwing rotten tomatoes at me. Enough of that.

I really wanted to present something that was sent to me that I found curious, but true, thus I am calling them “truisms”.

1.A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They’re the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12.. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.

16.. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20.. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, ‘What the heck happened?’

22. Just remember — if the world didn’t suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn’t like a box of chocolates. It’s more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Pictured are a few of the many items found at my store including, Swarovski Rivoli style 10mm earring studs, a colorful beaded necklace with leaf and other beads and I also have selected Sterling Silver rings available…

Respectfully submitted,
Pat
Beads I View by Pat – store

Promo code”biv1″ at checkout is good for 10% off entire purchase, excluding shipping and handling.

Here’s my thought…

I sometimes buy the strangest things at a garage sale.  At least that’s the the way it seems to my husband sometimes.  But he knows me and we agreed a long time ago, “never buy anything at a  garage sale (or a craft fair) unless we know where it’s going to go.  So, with this in mind, we set out on our bikes (trike for me) to just take an early Saturday morning ride and maybe hit a few of the neighborhood sales.  We had stopped at a couple of sales on our tour when unbeknownst to me (he usually follows me in the bike lane) he turned off to follow a sign that I hadn’t noticed.  Riding onward,  I noticed that he wasn’t following  (if he really needed me he’d call me, cell phones mandatory on a trip like this).  I saw a sign for a sale just 2  blocks  before  our original starting point, and followed it into one of the mazes that flanks the circle around the lakes where we live.  ”And what to my ‘wandering’ eyes should appear?”  A “waterbed” (water not included) …complete with shelved headboard and 6 under the bed drawers.  It was made of pine and had a few stickers, kid’s stuff, on it, and about a quarter inch of dust and grime.  It had potential!  The kicker was that they were asking just $15.00!  Now, I had been trying to think of how to better organize my bead repository, my bead room, and this seemed like the perfect solution.  The parts to the bed were laying un-neatly stacked by the side of the driveway and my mind was working overtime putting it together in my head and justify the  buy.  It consisted of headboard, two sets of 3 drawer base side rails, two long trim boards, and a header and footer board.  It also included the plywood pieces (2) upon which the waterbed form was meant to rest.   I thought it was a fair price, so I didn’t even dicker on the price with the soon to be former owners, and it was mine.  My next thought, call Denny!  And speak of the devil… he came riding up the street.  It was a good thing, too, because I only carry about $10.00 and I needed a few more from him to actually complete the transaction.

Did he question my why and where concerning the purchase?  No, but I volunteered it.  Storage!  We only had to ride the short distance back to our house and get the RAV4 to take it home.  

The pieces sat in the garage for a week and a half before I had a chance to clean them up. I used very mild soap and water and a good hard spray from hose, couldn’t hurt it! I then destickered it, let dry in the AZ sun.  Further assessment of the finish, told me it had solid pine drawer fronts, all handles secure, drawer glides in good condition, with a little white grease powder lubricant, they functioned very well.  The finish was in good shape so that I only gave it a good coating of Scots Liquid Gold.  Beauty!  

How did it get repurposed?  Just like I pictured with a little adjustment in thought about the use of the side boards.  This is how it went together.

1.  Need to be raised off of floor. I had 5 styrene bin drawers that had been stacked in the space where the new unit was to go.  Ok, that’s my base.

2.  Need – stabilizer where  1 drawer unit will rest – answer:  use the two finished edge 2 x 10″ side rails, adjust them to proper length so they don’t overhang the sides of the units.  (Denny’s idea) cut off about 8″ of overhang, thank you, sir.

3.  Need – stabilizer between the 2 drawer units – answer: use 1 piece of plywood, with the extra overhang,  between the styreen drawers and that unit. 

4. Need – Top of Entire unit – answer: use 2nd piece of plywood, with the extra overhang, it forms a cubby-like area right next to my printer for my ream of paper and extra supplies.

5. Finish off by placing the headboard shelf unit on top of the newly set up drawer unit.  Place my canvas lined baskets on top for extra storage, personalize with a few accessories, fill the drawers in an organized fashion with the “stuff” from the 3 cabinets that it replaced and “Voile’”.    My garage sale water bed find, is now my no nail, stable, super storage space, chest of drawers!  And, I even have one empty drawer…. ummmm,  MORE BEADS!

I realize that a true pro job could have been done with glue and nails and a base of well formed 1 x 2′s, and more, adding to the price and time spent completing of the project.  I may do that in the future.  We’ll see.  In the mean time this is just what I needed for now.  My total time in the project was maybe 4 hours including bringing the original pieces home.  With these things in mind, I am very happy with my Garage Sale – DIY – Waterbed, storage unit.

And this:  

Little Sue was standing in front of her mirror with her eyes closed.
“Why are you standing there with your eyes closed?” asked her sister.
“So I can see what I look like when I’m asleep,” she replied.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat

Beads I View by Pat – store

Purple pressed glass beads with Czech frosted faceted crystal beaded necklace… Use promo code “biv1″ for 10% discount on total order (excluding shipping and handling).

Here’s my thought…

I sometimes buy the strangest things at a garage sale.  At least that’s the the way it seems to my husband sometimes.  But he knows me and we agreed a long time ago, “never buy anything at a  garage sale (or a craft fair) unless we know where it’s going to go.  So, with this in mind, we set out on our bikes (trike for me) to just take an early Saturday morning ride and maybe hit a few of the neighborhood sales.  We had stopped at a couple of sales on our tour when unbeknownst to me (he usually follows me in the bike lane) he turned off to follow a sign that I hadn’t noticed.  Riding onward,  I noticed that he wasn’t following  (if he really needed me he’d call me, cell phones mandatory on a trip like this).  I saw a sign for a sale just 2  blocks  before  our original starting point, and followed it into one of the mazes that flanks the circle around the lakes where we live.  ”And what to my ‘wandering’ eyes should appear?”  A “waterbed” (water not included) …complete with shelved headboard and 6 under the bed drawers.  It was made of pine and had a few stickers, kid’s stuff, on it, and about a quarter inch of dust and grime.  It had potential!  The kicker was that they were asking just $15.00!  Now, I had been trying to think of how to better organize my bead repository, my bead room, and this seemed like the perfect solution.  The parts to the bed were laying un-neatly stacked by the side of the driveway and my mind was working overtime putting it together in my head and justify the  buy.  It consisted of headboard, two sets of 3 drawer base side rails, two long trim boards, and a header and footer board.  It also included the plywood pieces (2) upon which the waterbed form was meant to rest.   I thought it was a fair price, so I didn’t even dicker on the price with the soon to be former owners, and it was mine.  My next thought, call Denny!  And speak of the devil… he came riding up the street.  It was a good thing, too, because I only carry about $10.00 and I needed a few more from him to actually complete the transaction.

Did he question my why and where concerning the purchase?  No, but I volunteered it.  Storage!  We only had to ride the short distance back to our house and get the RAV4 to take it home.  

The pieces sat in the garage for a week and a half before I had a chance to clean them up. I used very mild soap and water and a good hard spray from hose, couldn’t hurt it! I then destickered it, let dry in the AZ sun.  Further assessment of the finish, told me it had solid pine drawer fronts, all handles secure, drawer glides in good condition, with a little white grease powder lubricant, they functioned very well.  The finish was in good shape so that I only gave it a good coating of Scots Liquid Gold.  Beauty!  

How did it get repurposed?  Just like I pictured with a little adjustment in thought about the use of the side boards.  This is how it went together.

1.  Need to be raised off of floor. I had 5 styrene bin drawers that had been stacked in the space where the new unit was to go.  Ok, that’s my base.

2.  Need – stabilizer where  1 drawer unit will rest – answer:  use the two finished edge 2 x 10″ side rails, adjust them to proper length so they don’t overhang the sides of the units.  (Denny’s idea) cut off about 8″ of overhang, thank you, sir.

3.  Need – stabilizer between the 2 drawer units – answer: use 1 piece of plywood, with the extra overhang,  between the styreen drawers and that unit. 

4. Need – Top of Entire unit – answer: use 2nd piece of plywood, with the extra overhang, it forms a cubby-like area right next to my printer for my ream of paper and extra supplies.

5. Finish off by placing the headboard shelf unit on top of the newly set up drawer unit.  Place my canvas lined baskets on top for extra storage, personalize with a few accessories, fill the drawers in an organized fashion with the “stuff” from the 3 cabinets that it replaced and “Voile’”.    My garage sale water bed find, is now my no nail, stable, super storage space, chest of drawers!  And, I even have one empty drawer…. ummmm,  MORE BEADS!

I realize that a true pro job could have been done with glue and nails and a base of well formed 1 x 2′s, and more, adding to the price and time spent completing of the project.  I may do that in the future.  We’ll see.  In the mean time this is just what I needed for now.  My total time in the project was maybe 4 hours including bringing the original pieces home.  With these things in mind, I am very happy with my Garage Sale – DIY – Waterbed, storage unit.

And this:  

Little Sue was standing in front of her mirror with her eyes closed.
“Why are you standing there with your eyes closed?” asked her sister.
“So I can see what I look like when I’m asleep,” she replied.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat

Beads I View by Pat – store

Purple pressed glass beads with Czech frosted faceted crystal beaded necklace… Use promo code “biv1″ for 10% discount on total order (excluding shipping and handling).