It's either fascinating or terrifying (both?) how well the internet seems to know me.

Last week, I shared some thoughts after a horrifying blaze at my grandparents' former home in Victoria. Mentioned in passing was how the "candies in the glass candy dish glommed together and you thought nothing of chipping one or two off for yourself."

I did do a quick search for 'candy stuck together' to see if it matched my memories and it did. Remember the round things with the swirl? The wavy looking things that were just awful? The long, straight ones? Seems like it's been the same for decades. Hint: go for anything orange and you were safe; avoid anything with a little flower design in the middle.

But in terms of any type of online search, that was it. Shortly thereafter, on one of my social m

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