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Horse chestnuts = buckeyes. Here in Ohio they are lucky items.

Of course, we're all a little nuts. ;)

And osage oranges (hard green things that look like brains) are the things that keep away spiders.

I think this might come in handy...(tongue in cheek)
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-s...AdIdZ546097900

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Originally Posted by Littlebearquiltingboard (Post 6421375)

I don't know if it's true but I've been told that horse chestnuts are used to keep spiders away.

Fresh ones sure keep me away...
Some of the creepy crawlies in the basement sure make me think I might be willing to try one though.

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Originally Posted by Macybaby (Post 6421508)

I bet that 66 was bought used, and that is why it was cheap. Easy to find out with the model number. It could easily have been 10-15 years old in 1925 that the original owner traded in on a new side clamp with an electric motor on it, or one of those new fangled 101's that had recently come out!

Did they stop making the 66 back clamp in 1923, or was the last set of serial numbers that would use them allocated in 1923? There are machines too that took years to leave the factory, hence why you see 1948 machines with centennial decals on them.

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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane (Post 6422011)

Wasn't the centennial in 1951?

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Originally Posted by miriam (Post 6421301)

maybe they were for luck
maybe they were hiding them for roasting later - but just 1?

I thought horse chestnuts were poisonous, so I looked it up. Turns out they can be used to make soap or shampoo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum

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Originally Posted by Macybaby (Post 6421508)

Yeah, could have been repossessed, too. I'm surprised that Singer didn't change out the presser bar, though. Or maybe that was an option available for an extra charge. Or, maybe they were of the same mind as some modern-day collectors -- Machines should be kept in their original state and should be outfitted only with the attachments available at the time of manufacture ;)

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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane (Post 6422011)

Good point. I don't know the serial number cutoff. Maybe Cathy knows. I think the price points to Cathy's explanation, though. I think prices always went up, in absolute dollars. Adjusted for inflation they did go down. But $45 was a lot of money in 1925. Maybe the $7 allowance was for cash. The brochure I have says "Liberal discounts for cash."

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Originally Posted by mlmack (Post 6422055)

Wasn't the centennial in 1951?

Yes. I think she means that some machines manufactured in 1948 would not be sold until 1951, at which time they would get the centennial badge.

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Originally Posted by Sheluma (Post 6422212)

Yes. I think she means that some machines manufactured in 1948 would not be sold until 1951, at which time they would get the centennial badge.

So much for my reading comprehension.

This one is in St. Louis,MO. They must have really good stuff to smoke there. The treadle cabinet looks like it may have been out in the rain.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/4177004734.html

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Originally Posted by purplefiend (Post 6422229)

This one is in St. Louis,MO. They must have really good stuff to smoke there. The treadle cabinet looks like it may have been out in the rain.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/4177004734.html

"The black enamel paint is in very good condition with no damage other than some faint wear."

Really? Doesn't look very faint to me, unless they think the areas where there is still paint are where it is worn.

enough faint wear to make me faint... at least at the price.......