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the Earl of Whirl

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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #45 on: January 23, 2020, 03:37:00 PM »
I keep trying to get to the source of the year long schedule of events for Miamisburg.  I feel like it should be the 22nd but I want to be coordinated with the city.  I just talked with the people at Dabble art studio and they seem to be on board with us.  I have my fingers crossed that they will run a top decorating contest.
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2020, 05:08:48 PM »
The 29nd would make it further from Worlds, but I don't know if anybody is planning to go to both Budapest and Miamisburg.
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2020, 06:38:44 PM »
Quote from: Kirk on January 22, 2020, 11:35:23 PM
Quote from: Jeremy McCreary on January 21, 2020, 09:06:19 PM
How about the ones that grow on trees?
Oh, That kind!  Well living in Georgia for so long I have not had a buckeye in my hand in a while.  However we played with the smooth, hard, shiny nuts as kids.  Whilst they are not spherical they are not pointed either.  As I recall they would not spin to well.  Sort of like a Short Circuit top with a metal point.  The moments of the various axes are too similar to be a top, I suspect.  They make great worry stones or fidget toys. The smooth irregular shape has a great feel.

Spent several years in Ohio, but so long ago that I remember too little to assess topworthiness now.

Totally agree about the hand feel, though. And as a kid who threw rocks at every opportunity, I also loved throwing buckeyes.
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #48 on: January 24, 2020, 01:03:58 PM »
Quote from: ta0 on January 23, 2020, 05:08:48 PM
I don't know if anybody is planning to go to both Budapest and Miamisburg.

I am.  ;D
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #49 on: January 24, 2020, 01:18:07 PM »
WOW!!!  Good luck with all your travels, Mark.  I look forward to hearing your stories.

We are on with the 22nd.  I just got word from the city of Miamisburg and we are all on the same page.  If you can, please put us on your schedule.  It will be another great spinning time in the Burg on that fourth Saturday in August in the year 2020!!!
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #50 on: January 24, 2020, 03:27:32 PM »
 :o I'll see you in Budapest, Mark, but I cannot make Miamisburg the following weekend.

I added Miamisburg to the calendar, and it appears to be also Jim Neff's birthday  :)
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Re: Spinners from Ohio
« Reply #51 on: January 28, 2020, 05:42:08 AM »
Quote from: the Earl of Whirl on January 24, 2020, 01:18:07 PM
WOW!!!  Good luck with all your travels, Mark.  I look forward to hearing your stories.

We are on with the 22nd.  I just got word from the city of Miamisburg and we are all on the same page.  If you can, please put us on your schedule.  It will be another great spinning time in the Burg on that fourth Saturday in August in the year 2020!!!


Nice! Thanks for the kind words. Good to know the dates as well. Looking forward to it! :)

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 :o I'll see you in Budapest, Mark, but I cannot make Miamisburg the following weekend.

I added Miamisburg to the calendar, and it appears to be also Jim Neff's birthday  :)

Cool! Sounds like a plan. Should be fun. I'm so grateful the World came to my backyard in 2019. Budapest should be great, the venue looks pretty slick. :D
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