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Thread started 08/16/05 6:59pm

Byron

How Much...

How much wire--in feet--does it take to make a standard Slinky toy? hmmm

Anyone know without resorting to Google?... wink






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

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Reply #1 posted 08/16/05 7:00pm

2the9s

Excellent thread!

I'll say 36 feet!
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Reply #2 posted 08/16/05 7:02pm

luv4u

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hmmm
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Reply #3 posted 08/16/05 7:08pm

Byron

2the9s said:

Excellent thread!

I'll say 36 feet!

Nice guess...won't tell you if you're close or not yet, tho..lol smile
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Reply #4 posted 08/16/05 7:09pm

Fauxie

Wait, just saw the pic.

60 feet. smile
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Reply #5 posted 08/16/05 7:11pm

CoJones

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27'?
"be glad that you are free, many a man is not"
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Reply #6 posted 08/16/05 7:11pm

bluesbaby

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I'll say.....35 feet,,,,,did I beat 9s???

Did I pray
did I pray
did I pray




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Reply #7 posted 08/16/05 7:13pm

BabyGirl

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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 biggrin hehehehe
I'm feelin kind of n-a-s-t-y
I might just take you home with me
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Reply #8 posted 08/16/05 7:31pm

DexMSR

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Byron said:

How much wire--in feet--does it take to make a standard Slinky toy? hmmm

Anyone know without resorting to Google?... wink




I'll say "forty"!
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.

BOB JOHNSON IS PART OF THE PROBLEM!!
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Reply #9 posted 08/16/05 7:32pm

DexMSR

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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 biggrin hehehehe


Go 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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Reply #10 posted 08/16/05 7:43pm

Byron

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 thumbs up!
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Reply #11 posted 08/16/05 7:49pm

Fauxie

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 thumbs up!



woot!

Just give me the prize now!

Wait, there is a prize I take it? hmm
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Reply #12 posted 08/16/05 7:50pm

Fauxie

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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Reply #13 posted 08/16/05 7:53pm

CoJones

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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 thumbs up!


When will you tell us who it is???
"be glad that you are free, many a man is not"
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Reply #14 posted 08/16/05 7:57pm

Byron

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 thumbs up!


When will you tell us who it is???

Get a few more guesses first... nod

Whoever guesses right (or closest) gets something...(what the hell, might as well) cool
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Reply #15 posted 08/16/05 7:58pm

Nero

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86 feet?
Insatiable taught me everything I know about balls.

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Reply #16 posted 08/16/05 8:04pm

CoJones

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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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Reply #17 posted 08/16/05 8:04pm

Byron

CoJones said:

Can we guess more than once?

Nope...lol mr.green
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Reply #18 posted 08/16/05 8:05pm

Mach

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi
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Reply #19 posted 08/16/05 8:06pm

bluesbaby

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Mach said:

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi



just had to brag, didn't ya?
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Reply #20 posted 08/16/05 8:07pm

Mach

bluesbaby said:

Mach said:

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi



just had to brag, didn't ya?


hmm


lol hug

is stating a fact bragging ?

razz
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Reply #21 posted 08/16/05 8:09pm

bluesbaby

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Mach said:

bluesbaby said:




just had to brag, didn't ya?


hmm


lol hug

is stating a fact bragging ?

razz

no, but we who might be insecure feel, because we allow ourselves to feel, uneducated, that we don't know the answer. lol
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Reply #22 posted 08/16/05 8:11pm

Mach

bluesbaby said:

Mach said:



hmm


lol hug

is stating a fact bragging ?

razz

no, but we who might be insecure feel, because we allow ourselves to feel, uneducated, that we don't know the answer. lol



eek Oh Lordy

great phrasology mon
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Reply #23 posted 08/16/05 8:12pm

bluesbaby

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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. lol



eek Oh Lordy

great phrasology mon



ain't it though,, mon?
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Reply #24 posted 08/16/05 8:13pm

Mach

bluesbaby said:

Mach said:




eek Oh Lordy

great phrasology mon



ain't it though,, mon?


nod yeah mon


boxed we are threadjackers
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Reply #25 posted 08/16/05 8:13pm

CoJones

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Mach said:

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi

is mine right??? just orgnote me so it doesn't ruin it for the others lol

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"be glad that you are free, many a man is not"
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Reply #26 posted 08/16/05 8:14pm

Mach

CoJones said:

Mach said:

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi

is mine right???


shrug i plead the 5th nod
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Reply #27 posted 08/16/05 8:15pm

bluesbaby

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Mach said:

bluesbaby said:




ain't it though,, mon?


nod yeah mon


boxed we are threadjackers


jackin' the thre--ad. j--ackin the thre--ad
makin' co--pies.

sorry boxed
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Reply #28 posted 08/16/05 8:16pm

Mach

bluesbaby said:

Mach said:



nod yeah mon


boxed we are threadjackers


jackin' the thre--ad. j--ackin the thre--ad
makin' co--pies.

sorry boxed


falloff
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Reply #29 posted 08/16/05 8:21pm

Byron

Mach said:

i know the answer... just wanted to say wave hi

Prove it...post your answer..lol wink
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