Found a nice bottle dump today.

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Has Rapunzel on it. Lol. Pretty awesome.

 

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Went back to the dump. *Facepaw.* Lol. I hadn't meant to, but went further down the road after Church and deep into the woods. Oldest bottle I found (in the woods) was dated to 1948. Close to what I think was part of a 1950s bus (the tail lights would have been like those fins on some older cars!) I found a 7UP bottle and a couple others. Eventually I found my way closer and closer to the dump. At one point I tried picking up what looked like a very old can, only to discover half of it was lodged in the base of the pine that grew over it. I could only read "BREWING CO. / ESTABLISHED 1889 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN" on it. I eventually got even closer, and found a FLEECY WHITE bleach bottle from the '40s (?). I got back to the dump-- someone bought the house. I found a whole bunch, by the oldest tree there, of what would have been such exciting finds... had they not all been broken (awesome '50s, maybe even '40s, round-mouth milks.) Did find the unique-looking green bottle you'll see. I also brought out the top to that lighter I had found! They're both made in Balboa, so... it has to be it. The can I also brought out. I can see paint beneath the rust. And I could read "...ALUBE" and "ERICAN OIL" and the symbol is of the same colors as the American Flag so.... American Oil? Dunno what the "...ALUBE" is part of. The holes to pour it out are in the bottom, not top. The can's intact, so I returned with it. Also found another ACL dressing bottle.

 

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Fleecy White:
Wasn't too far from the road among other old bottles that were of no interest to me.

 

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The lighter now complete with it's top!

 

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Should have brought my camera. The box turtle was gorgeous! I haven't cleaned any of these bottles yet. So, they're some dirty as you can see.

 

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An interesting side-note: Today at Church they had people 0-20 read parts of a psalm, then 21-40, then 41-60, then 60+... The interesting thing is they had alerted all but two of us high-schoolers of something going on at Portage Lake Bible Camp, where most anyone young was (both services have child-care till grade six. This was first service. Service two has Sunday School for everyone else.) I derailed my train of thought... So, basically, like three people were under 20. Only one of us were being loud enough to be clearly heard. That would be me... So! What does the Worship Leader do? Oh, nothing but call me down in front of like 200 people to read the Psalm before the whole congregation. I get up, like a good little bear, but then realize, "Great... I can't read the board." My new glasses are busted, so I had to wear my old ones and couldn't see the screen back there (we weren't using Bibles.) So I tell him, "I can't see it" and point. So he has to tell me the words to say, and I'm trying to read them and keep my voice steady as I woke up sick with a strained, deep voice. Needless to say, it was a horrible and embarrassing moment for me. And he hopefully will not do that again... Lol.