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How Much... How much wire--in feet--does it take to make a standard Slinky toy? 
Anyone know without resorting to Google?... 
2the9s - 36 feet fauxie - 60 feet CoJones - 27 feet bluesbaby - 35 feet BabyGirl - 80 feet Mach - 80 feet Dex - 40 feet Nero - 86 feet Sweeny - 100 feet Anxiety - 48 feet ... [Edited 8/16/05 21:30pm] | |
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Excellent thread!
I'll say 36 feet! | |
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moderator2the9s said: Excellent thread!
I'll say 36 feet! Nice guess...won't tell you if you're close or not yet, tho..lol  | |
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Wait, just saw the pic.
60 feet. [Edited 8/16/05 19:11pm] | |
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27'? "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" |
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I'll say.....35 feet,,,,,did I beat 9s???
Did I 
did I
did I
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my husband says 80...he lives for this stuff....he asked me the other day how many curls were on shirley temples head LOL
i guess it doesnt take much for some people  heheheheI'm feelin kind of n-a-s-t-y
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Byron said: How much wire--in feet--does it take to make a standard Slinky toy?
Anyone know without resorting to Google?...
I'll say "forty"! The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.
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BabyGirl said: my husband says 80...he lives for this stuff....he asked me the other day how many curls were on shirley temples head LOL
i guess it doesnt take much for some people heheheheGo get a tootsie roll lollypop and have him count the licks to the center! Whap! The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.
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2the9s - 36 feet
fauxie - 60 feet CoJones - 27 feet bluesbaby - 35 feet BabyGirl - 80 feet Dex - 40 feet One of you is pretty damn close...lol  | |
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Byron said: 2the9s - 36 feet
fauxie - 60 feet CoJones - 27 feet bluesbaby - 35 feet BabyGirl - 80 feet Dex - 40 feet One of you is pretty damn close...lol 
Just give me the prize now! Wait, there is a prize I take it?  | |
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Whatever, my thinking is that it's definitely going to be one of the higher guesses. Each loop must be around a foot once unfurled and there are a lot of loops. | |
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Byron said: 2the9s - 36 feet
fauxie - 60 feet CoJones - 27 feet bluesbaby - 35 feet BabyGirl - 80 feet Dex - 40 feet One of you is pretty damn close...lol When will you tell us who it is??? "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" |
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CoJones said: Byron said: 2the9s - 36 feet
fauxie - 60 feet CoJones - 27 feet bluesbaby - 35 feet BabyGirl - 80 feet Dex - 40 feet One of you is pretty damn close...lol When will you tell us who it is??? Get a few more guesses first... 
Whoever guesses right (or closest) gets something...(what the hell, might as well)  | |
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86 feet? Insatiable taught me everything I know about balls.
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Can we guess more than once? "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" |
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CoJones said: Can we guess more than once?
Nope...lol  | |
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i know the answer... just wanted to say  hi | |
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Mach said: i know the answer... just wanted to say
hijust had to brag, didn't ya? | |
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bluesbaby said: Mach said: i know the answer... just wanted to say
hijust had to brag, didn't ya?
 
is stating a fact bragging ?  | |
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Mach said: bluesbaby said: just had to brag, didn't ya?
is stating a fact bragging ? no, but we who might be insecure feel, because we allow ourselves to feel, uneducated, that we don't know the answer. | |
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bluesbaby said: Mach said:
is stating a fact bragging ? no, but we who might be insecure feel, because we allow ourselves to feel, uneducated, that we don't know the answer.  Oh Lordy
great phrasology mon | |
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Mach said: bluesbaby said: no, but we who might be insecure feel, because we allow ourselves to feel, uneducated, that we don't know the answer. Oh Lordy
great phrasology mon ain't it though,, mon? | |
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bluesbaby said: Mach said: Oh Lordy
great phrasology mon ain't it though,, mon? yeah mon
 we are threadjackers | |
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Mach said: i know the answer... just wanted to say
hiis mine right??? just orgnote me so it doesn't ruin it for the others
orgnote edit [Edited 8/16/05 20:14pm] "be glad that you are free, many a man is not" |
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CoJones said: Mach said: i know the answer... just wanted to say
hiis mine right???  i plead the 5th | |
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Mach said: bluesbaby said: ain't it though,, mon? yeah mon
we are threadjackersjackin' the thre--ad. j--ackin the thre--ad makin' co--pies. sorry | |
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bluesbaby said: Mach said: yeah mon
we are threadjackersjackin' the thre--ad. j--ackin the thre--ad makin' co--pies. sorry  | |
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Mach said: i know the answer... just wanted to say
hiProve it...post your answer..lol | |
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