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Unfortunately I cannot remember where the above came from. It is a good illustration of how easy it
is to look at a bottle and think “I’ve got that.” Keeping a list of your minis is essential but, if you collect
variations, a photographic record is a must.

Finally, a bit of fun. https://talktotransformer.com/ is supposedly a state of the art AI (artificial
intelligence) site that generates coherent paragraphs of text one word at a time. Try it out by giving it
the first few words (mine in bold in this example).

Miniature bottle collecting is not a new art. It dates back to the late 1800s, when it was practiced
by European immigrants who made their living from bottle collecting. It is a very old tradition that has
become much more popular today. In fact, it is so popular in Europe that the practice of buying
bottles and then filling them with alcohol has become more popular in France, Italy and Spain than it
is in the United States. (funny, I didn’t know any of that!)

Writers have no need to worry yet as this is the best it could do after a number of tries.

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