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I am pissed-off with you all. Not got that? I AM PISSED-OFF WITH YOU ALL!

Actually not quite all but nearly all. The last miNiZ was put out in late January (2/3 weeks late
– my fault) and this edition was due out in April. I am the Editor but I cannot edit if almost
nobody sends me articles to edit. Out of 158 members, IN 9 MONTHS, I have received only
3 articles, two of which are from one regular contributor and one from a fairly new member.
In addition I have been sent information by a few other members. This was, of course,
gratefully received.

In the past I have virtually written the whole of miNiZ myself but I have been saying for a
long time that I am not prepared to do that anymore. Apart from which I have moved house
during the year to a 13 acre property that needs a lot of my input to ‘bash it into shape’ and
make it easy care long term. If I have to do the whole of miNiZ myself it is the best part of a
week’s work – a week I no longer have.
These are the members (alphabetical order) who have, over the last 9 months, contributed in
one way or another to this edition: David Spaid, Frank Wynn, Graham Ramsay, Hugo Nami
& Jose Fernando Escobar – that’s 6! NOT GOOD ENOUGH
When a new member joins they get a “Welcome Letter.” This includes the sentence: With
membership comes obligation, remember that any club is a cooperative. If members do not
regularly or occasionally write articles for the club newsletter, miNiZ, it becomes very difficult
if not impossible to publish.” Just think about that. Without miNiZ the club will die. Which
means without contributions to miNiZ the club will die. Why are you a member if you want
the club to die? I feel sure that none of you want the club to die, so get writing or
contributing photos of new bottles, snippets of interest to other members etc. IT IS NOT
THAT DIFFICULT.

Enough said, enjoy miNiZ130 and don’t make it the last edition!

David Smith

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Seemed appropriate having just put a bomb under you all!

I was sent this bottle for inclusion in Miniature Bottle Library by Bob Epps
(not a member), who wrote: “ I’m not sure when I got this, but it was at an
international conference for bomb technicians around 2004 or 2005.

Ralf Kording is a German manufacturer that makes a lot of ‘Special’ and
‘Joke’ bottles. I have about 170 photos of Ralf Kording bottles waiting to
be processed for MBL. Talking of MBL, at the beginning of the year I
uploaded Straights from Austria and Switzerland and A to F for Germany. I
am still collecting photos for MBL but for a few months I am having a rest
from procerssing. If anyone wants to help with MBL let me know.

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