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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20047 |
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Well I didn't know you could still buy this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Original-Spirograph-Generation-Artist/dp/B00EB3I61C/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1421688089&sr=1-1&keywords=spirograph although it appears from the reviews that there's no way to hold the thing down whilst you draw. I'm sure I used to pin mine to a board. Edited by chopper - January 19 2015 at 11:25 |
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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![]() My cousins had this game and I loved playing it when we visited them even though I was probably too young to know any of the answers.
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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My, what well dressed children. |
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My mother worked for the company who turned down Scrabble, as they said it would never catch on. [edit] Unlike their wildly popular: ![]() Now who doesn't still pay this one eh? Edited by Jim Garten - January 19 2015 at 09:02 |
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Stool Man ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2007 Location: Anti-Cool (anag Status: Offline Points: 2689 |
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Exactly ten years ago, in January 2005, I made the decision to explore the world of Progressive Rock. With the exception of Pink Floyd, who I grew up with from the age of ten, I'd always avoided prog and instead listened to classic rock & pop, blues, avant garde weirdo nonsense, and numerous other sorts. I'd had a few of the obvious albums over the years, but not many at all, and rarely more than one album by any band apart from Floyd.
On making my decision, the first bands I newly discovered that I loved were Traffic, Jethro Tull, Caravan, and Focus. And then I discovered this place, and here we are ![]() |
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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They're all Scottish, it must sound like the celestial choir invisible compared to their national instrument.
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ExittheLemming ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
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I'm not Australian but I live there and yes, I think you're right. They can of course be pressed into service as a dicincentive for the indigenous whipper snappers to ever encroach on your property ever again (but you never heard that from me right?...) |
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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20047 |
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timothy leary ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
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I heard in Australia they are called whipper snippers.
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timothy leary ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
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I have a troy bilt, it will always be known as a weed whacker. When I do battle with weeds am I looking to trim them.....no..... I whack them right flush with the ground.
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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![]() Microsoft once owned the trademark "ballpoint"
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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![]() String Trimmer = S'Trimmer.
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timothy leary ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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Aye, my weed-whacker is a machete, though more often than not the weeds win.
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Jim Garten ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
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Hmph! ... I think our friend means 'strimmer' |
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timothy leary ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
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Thanks looks great. I like the look of wood.
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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The thicker the gage the longer the length will need to be and the lower the resulting tone (much like any stringed instrument), it will also need a larger volume sound box.
I originally made mine to fit in a sash window, but moved to a house with different windows before it was finished so it is only about 3' wide so can be tuned to a similar pitch-range as a violin. ![]() The tuning pins are home-made dulcimer pins (nails with the heads cut off and filed to take a spanner).
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timothy leary ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
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If different gages of weed whacker nylon string were used I think it would provide more sound. I am interested in the process because it seems really open to using different materials. I am interested in building an upright free standing version to place somewhere in the yard. i am sure the neighbors will be thrilled. Any imput?
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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That would probably work as I think it is the roughness of the string that sets up the vibration as the air flows over them. I think the pristine steel strings were just too smooth.
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