....oh and 'this one' is all about pat - unable to help tina, in the final analysis....."trapped by her own program" replies BI online...which ran along the lines of telling her partner (remember the 'onion bed'?...lol) that i would buy her bumblebee-design-teacup at morrisons....with two 'black dots' under the glaze, at the bottom of the cup.....the dots were supposed to represent him 'n' her....lol...and so not part of the patina, anymore, let us say....as it goes, eh?

 https://mary2point5.tumblr.com/

https://flashbak.com/trapped-under-glass-in-vintage-pulps-32571/?utm_content=buffer32626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 "I can’t begin to explain it. Vintage Pulps (primarily sci-fi pulps) simply couldn’t resist having a dame encased in glass on their covers. Sometimes it was ice, sometimes it was an invisible force field – it didn’t matter, as long as it was a transparent enclosure of some kind. I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for this, but until I find one, I’ll continue scratching my head at the seemingly endless pulp covers of gals under glass."