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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 7697637, member: 51"]I've definitely poured salt out by accident when checking the bottom for marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reminds me of a story a few decades ago. An antique dealer friend took me to a house where she sort of knew the sellers. They were selling a bedroom set. The set was in the basement and the owner and I went downstairs to take a look while my friend stayed upstairs. All of a sudden we hear all these noises coming out of the ceiling, sort of rattling and scraping, and feet moving something around. Anyway, get upstairs and owner says, "What was all that racket?!" and my friend kind of winked and says, "Oh I was just dancing a bit." </p><p><br /></p><p>The minute we were both back in the car, she says "OMG!!!! I picked up a pottery vase to see the mark and all this stuff poured out!" Embarrassing, but hilarious!</p><p><br /></p><p>Cx... definitely let us know if you can get that lid off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 7697637, member: 51"]I've definitely poured salt out by accident when checking the bottom for marks. Reminds me of a story a few decades ago. An antique dealer friend took me to a house where she sort of knew the sellers. They were selling a bedroom set. The set was in the basement and the owner and I went downstairs to take a look while my friend stayed upstairs. All of a sudden we hear all these noises coming out of the ceiling, sort of rattling and scraping, and feet moving something around. Anyway, get upstairs and owner says, "What was all that racket?!" and my friend kind of winked and says, "Oh I was just dancing a bit." The minute we were both back in the car, she says "OMG!!!! I picked up a pottery vase to see the mark and all this stuff poured out!" Embarrassing, but hilarious! Cx... definitely let us know if you can get that lid off.[/QUOTE]
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