tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235385072024-03-12T19:08:06.216-05:00Zeeppo's Knitting BlogA Member of a Dangerous ClassZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.comBlogger1219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-74526925762873221202020-04-23T21:13:00.001-05:002020-04-23T21:13:01.640-05:00My First cooking Segment<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRViyF0EBXM" width="480"></iframe>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-50262861988116215942019-07-02T02:21:00.001-05:002019-07-02T02:21:40.604-05:00Still No KnittingWell still no knitting. Well nothing interesting. So I figure I should be posting some here.<br />
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I have been kicking around the internet archive site and found thing little thing from the fifties. It is a kids show where they threw some circus acts on TV. It was called Super Circus.<br />
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<br />Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-67376756776682952082019-02-26T22:05:00.000-05:002019-02-26T22:05:15.799-05:00New BallsThe quest for new smaller balls continues. Making round balls is a pain in the neck. It has been the bane of the Clown Brigade's existence, that and, mimes.<br />
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When we started the Brigade many years ago we used rubber lacrosse style balls. It was annoying to find ones that were all the same weight. There was also the issue of them bouncing when you drop them. It was simply not fun for new jugglers. So we started making some cube shaped balls. These had he advantage of not rolling when they were dropped.<br />
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We made them in a 5.3 ounce size, these wee the same weight as lacrosse balls. We also had a smaller round 3 ounce ball. We had an even smaller 2 ounce cube shaped ball. We had a great deal of trouble sewing smaller balls.<br />
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For the last couple months I have been messing around with the geometry of the pattern we use. The hope was that I could increase in interior space of the balls. I have just finished the first set of this new pattern.<br />
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They are 1 3/4 ounces and round. They are a pain in the neck to turn inside out. They are also very difficult to stuff as well. On the upside they are even rounder than our previous balls. That is also the down side. They make the larger size balls look almost ovoid in shape. This could be my imagination. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-35372125590130321202018-12-12T20:12:00.002-05:002018-12-12T20:12:51.874-05:00Pineapple Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Besides knitting, clowning, juggling, and writing the great American Novel I am trying to make the best Fruit Cake. I love fruit cake. Frankly it is one of the few secular Christmas traditions that I am interested in.<br />
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I enjoy trying various fruit cakes from several companies. For some reason fruit cake is not a big thing with the bakeries in my neighborhood. So I have been trying to make a great Fruit Cake.<br />
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Well anyway this is a pineapple cake from all recipies. I came out well. It is not dark enough or sweet enough to be the base for a fruit cake. The Mrs. likes it and she is hard to please with sweet pastries.<br />
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It is not too sweet and there are no exotic ingredients. It did take me ten fewer minutes than the recipe called for. I am putting the recipe bellow. Love someone this Christmas folks.<br />
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Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-88845461019227986072018-12-12T01:02:00.001-05:002018-12-12T01:02:48.880-05:00Chief's Message 12/12/2018<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yVjy5mdOXBA" width="480"></iframe>Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-24940507817356892732016-05-03T20:03:00.002-05:002016-05-03T20:03:27.024-05:00Gandalf Meme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just figured I should get back to blogging eventually. I even took a stab a writing a meme today.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-41963163580380075772015-07-22T12:40:00.002-05:002015-07-22T12:40:21.227-05:00The White Man's Flag<br />
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It is odd the way that we as Humans latch onto a symbol. We enshrine
something as important to our society or heritage for countless reasons. Some
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One such symbol is the “Stainless Banner” This is the name
given to the first flag of the Confederacy to have the familiar insert that we
all recognize. The person that created this flag called it the “White Man’s
Flag”. If you do not believe me look up William T. Thompson. He owned a newspaper
and published his thoughts on why he created his flag. This is a quote from him
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“As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of
the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be
emblematical of our cause.”<br />
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This quote was from 1863 at the beginning of the war. No one wrote angry
letters of protest to his paper. No one threw away his idea for the flag
because he thought it was supporting the subjugation of the slaves. Everyone in
the Confederacy was pretty much cool with his view on the subject. <br />
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not flown over the capital of South
Carolina or on it’s grounds for decades after the
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Carolina only needed to put the flag up after the
Civil Rights Movement won a few victories. How can anyone, with a straight face,
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It would appear the South did not need reminded of their heritage
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The current defense is that the flag, being a battle flag,
represents the valor and bravery of the Confederate Soldiers. As a Yankee I see
I view the actions of Southerns as treasonous. No matter how you cut it they
thought they were not going to get what they wanted under the Lincoln
Administrations. Did they wait to see if a deal could be struck? No they raised
an army and killed hundreds of thousands of their brothers. </div>
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There is a story that took place shortly after the war that
involved Robert E. Lee taking communion with a Black Man. The quote I found on
it as follows:</div>
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(AUGUST 1905): 360. "Col. T. L. Broun, of Charleston, W. Va., writes of
having been present at St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Va., just after the war
when a negro marched to the communion table ahead of the congregation. His
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Two months after the evacuation of Richmond
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and on a Sunday morning in June, 1865, I attended St. Paul's Church. Dr. Minnegerode [sic]
preached. It was communion day; and when the minister was ready to administer
the holy communion, a negro in the church arose and advanced to the communion
table. He was tall, well-dressed, and black. This was a great surprise and
shock to the communicants and others present. Its effect upon the communicants
was startling, and for several moments they retained their seats in solemn
silence and did not move, being deeply chagrined at this attempt to inaugurate
the "new regime" to offend and humiliate them during their most
devoted Church services. Dr. Minnegerode [sic] was evidently embarrassed.<br />
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General Robert E. Lee was present, and, ignoring the action and presence of the
negro, arose in his usual dignified and self-possessed manner, walked up the
aisle to the chancel rail, and reverently knelt down to partake of the
communion, and not far from the negro. This lofty conception of duty by Gen.
Lee under such provoking and irritating circumstances had a magic effect upon
the other communicants (including the writer), who went forward to the
communion table.<br />
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been present. It was a grand exhibition of superiority shown by a true
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This is a quote from a witness that clearly did not like
Black People. There is some question of if this happen or not. We do know that
is daughter was arrested in 1900 for defying Jim Crow laws by sitting in the “Colored”
Section of Street Car. She clearly learned this behavior from somewhere. And it
is likely that it was from her father who has been held up by many as a moral
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One thing that we do know was that Robert E. Lee was the
President of what was then Washington University, now Washington
and Lee University. He was buried there at the
beloved institution that he helped turn around from some lean years before his
tenure. During his time there the Confederate Battle Flag was never flown over
any pat of the campus. In fact at his burial on campus he forbade use of the
flag or uniformed Confederate Veterans. If anyone on the planet could have
justified having that flag represent them it was him. He understood that is was
not appropriate. The man that sent thousands to die and kill under that banner
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Today was the third time I took the blue plastic balls to
juggling at CMU. They continue to hold up and there may actually be hope that
this material will work. The denim and duck cloth start to become rounder when
they are broken in. Also the seams on the cloth ball’s seams tend to flatten
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Well they survived their first go round with throwing. A
dozen or so folks threw them around today. The only complaint was that they
were not filled enough. This was fairly obvious to me as well. It will be fixed
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Experimenting with Gillie Balls continues. One of the major
issues we have with the gillie balls is that they are made of cloth. Hospitals
would prefer that the balls had a plastic surface. All things we where being
equal we would just juggle lacrosse balls. We did make the larger gillie balls
the same weigh as them for this reason. We also have some places that will not
let us juggle lacrosse balls because they think we will destroy the equipment.
On an odd side not no one has said we cannot juggle clubs in a hospital room.
So I am not following the logic. Still, when I run my own hospital I will make
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Anyway last year we tried making gillie balls out of the same
plastic material we made the end of juggling batons out of. This failed
miserably splitting on the seams after a week. With the success we have had
making tartan balls with interfacing on the inside we are trying a plastic with
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I made up a set of these and the first thing I notices is
that there is too much room on the inside of the balls. Since we make them to
weigh the same as lacross balls they are not filled by volume. So the first
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This was a rather nice plate of sushi from the good people at Little Asia. This was a very yummy Monster Roll.<br />
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You may notice in the background a few of our juggling balls. We have the always stall worth Briggy Ball in black and red to the right of the picture. To the left was have a brand new set of balls in Andrew Carnegie's tartan. <br />
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Still messing around with Sushi. This is a recent plate with a few of my favorite rolls. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-62919536444777408522014-06-09T00:01:00.000-05:002014-09-18T00:01:54.233-05:002 Year Birthday for Briggy Balls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The oldest set of Briggy Balls in the Brigade is two years old. Not a bad life span for a couple of pieces of duck cloth. The Duck cloth does appear to last longer than denim and it comes in a nice array of color. <br />
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These double stitched balls have also been through the washing machine a few times.So all and all not bad for some practice balls.<br />
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Here they are on our kettle stand getting ready for an evening of fun on the South Side. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-47253149143158305282014-05-22T00:11:00.000-05:002014-09-18T00:11:45.027-05:00Baby Gillie Bals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am working on some of the smaller gillies balls. There are three ounces and perfect for most children and small people. With the juggling classes this summer I am sure we are going to go through a few of them. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-67527580195817811062014-03-18T20:52:00.000-05:002014-04-01T20:54:15.799-05:00Ides of March March with Monkey<br />
Samantha Ann's monkey went along with us on the Ides of March March. <br />
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Here is Monkey with a drummer. Maybe he is a drummer mime. Well he was very loud.<br />
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Here is Monkey with Mandy the spritual leader of the ides of March March. I think Monkey and the octopus have a date.<br />
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Here is Monkey with Ramone.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-32030028715028108142014-01-03T01:15:00.000-05:002014-01-03T01:15:04.753-05:00Making Balls AgainMiss Thurmon made a bothersome discovery a couple weeks ago while at a juggling practice. One of the lacrosse balls we were using was a great deal heavier than the others. This meant that the scale I have been using is off. So this week I picked up a used postal service scale. Sadly it also means that a lot of the balls that I have been making have also been off.<br />
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So for the last week I have reweighed all the round bean bags we have made in the last couple months. I am adjusting their weight and stitching them back up. I figure by Sunday I will have all the practice balls fixed. I may even be able to make a couple new sets.<br />
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Anyway after weighing all the balls they balance out at 5.3 ounces. This also puts them in the mid range for what lacrosse balls are supposed to weigh. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-49512293278263585322013-12-24T12:11:00.000-05:002013-12-24T12:11:08.600-05:00Some Juggling and a Death Threat<br />
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<br />Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-34137723674432412252013-11-30T18:35:00.001-05:002013-11-30T18:35:53.012-05:00Kettle Stand OneEverything has to start somewhere. For the Brigade our fundraising activities started standing kettle for The Salvation Army. Since we have been apart from the Army we have not done a great deal of fundraising until this year. We have done some hoagie sales and a little of this and that. This spring i got out and stood a little Kettle for the Brigade.<br />
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By the way standing kettle is standing outside a store with a bucket and ringing a ball. I do own a bell but I rarely used it. Usually i would juggle and sing Christmas Carols. I should probably have mentioned this sooner. <br />
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Anyway tonight I have my stand ready, my carol cards and juggling balls. I always feel like the holiday season is starting when I get out there on a kettle. If you want to stop by I will be at the Combodican Kitchen on the South Side. Which by the way has the best Seafood Wontons in the commonwealth.<br />
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Over the years I have stood kettle at lots of stores and have never recomended one on my blog. The <a href="http://cambodicankitchen.com/cambod/cambod-ican.html">Cambodican Kitchen </a>will be the first. If you want some good food this is the place. It is also the only restaurant that I stop at weekly. And it is not because I stand kettle there. There were lots of places I stood kettle near and would rather bring a sandwich than eat the food.<br />
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Maybe someday it will mean something. As for today the Cambodian Kitchen is our first Kettle Stand.Kettle Stand One.<br />
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Be safe out there and keep your stick on the ice. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-80984289270000505192013-11-28T22:30:00.001-05:002013-11-28T22:30:06.085-05:00Package for Someone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have had this package for one of the members of my troupe for a month or so. When I do not have it I see this person. When I have it I do not see this person.<br />
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Of course it is books and it is heavy when you are toting it around in a bag of juggling stuff.<br />
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When I tell them it I had it on my person yesterday I think they think i am messing with them. So i am posting it here. For what ever reason I am getting into wrapping things in brown paper. I am trying not to use tons of notebooks to save tree but I am wrapping things in paper. That must be some kind of mental illness. I am sure that someone will make a drug that cures this but causes temporary blindness or make you need to wear a diaper. <br />
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Well there is some random poorly spelled stuff. Thank you for listening. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-43626122585897930012013-11-03T22:28:00.000-05:002013-11-03T22:28:20.598-05:00Random Talk About Making Balls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-69434179392095794152013-10-21T21:53:00.000-05:002013-10-21T21:53:30.370-05:00Ridewood Church Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alakazi and I had a show this week end. It rained a bit. Actually it drizzled the entire time. Even with the rain fun was had by all. We did realize that we do not have funny colored umbrellas.<br />
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Well just checking in. Be safe out there and keep your stick on the ice.Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-73754559828411250822013-10-13T00:52:00.001-05:002013-10-13T00:52:12.881-05:00My Play ListIf you listen to the play list on my phone it is nuts. There is only one radio station that half as nuts as the music that I choose to listen to that is WRCT. In the middle of the night that sometimes have a DJ Filling Dead Air. Well that it what it says on thier web site when you tune in over the web. i apparently live on the back side of a hill from thier transmitter so I get a clear signal over the web.<br />
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No one appears to advertise on this station so it is not cluttered with any of that. For some reason I always tune in the middle of the night. So I had no idea that it was a college radio station. I suppose I should have guessed because of the lack of advertising or pledge drives. <br />
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With any luck there will be juggling on Sunday. I think I am going to put in a request.<br />
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Be safe out there and keep your stick on the ice. Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10552432763067040023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23538507.post-36464099603416735212013-10-12T13:32:00.000-05:002013-10-12T13:32:10.690-05:00Facebook needs Customer Service<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Facebook continues to be a pain the neck. The Brigade has a
facebook page where we put up our practices and events. Members check what they
are showing up for. When it was working it was a nice thing. Sadly it is not
working. People who have left the group accidentally cannot be invited back. I
have tried over and over and not been able to figure it out. Of course there is
no customer support from facebook. There are tons of ads and if you click the
wrong thing they try and sign you up for a video game advertised by a half
naked cartoon. I wonder if female members get the same half naked cartoon or if
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Well anyway. I would like to fine a social network site that
all of the Brigade members can log into and get regular updates of what we are
doing. That is the sad thing about facebook. Surely they have made money off
the tons of adds that are plastered through out the thing. Heck now I am
getting ads that appear to be entries from other users. Of course they are put
in because everyone has learned to ignore the ads on the sidebar. You would
think they had made enough money to have a customer service department. Maybe
they have made their money by convincing a new generation of customers that
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Juggling balls have been a minor obsession over the last
couple of years. I have sewn them, knit them, crocheted them, filled balloons
with sand, slit open ball pit balls and turned them into juggling balls. They
have been stuffed with sand, wood pellets, BBs. ball bearings, ground up walnut
shells and even water. They have been cube shaped, pyramids and now sort of
round. As for the round we have tried all kinds of ways to make them round. We
have tried six pieces, ten pieces and even one horrible experience making them
like a mini soccer balls. The closest on the round we have gotten to is making them
like a baseballs. Odd how the one sport I like to watch turns our to know the
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Tonight I am going to bed after making one ball that is the
closest we have ever gotten. A millet filled baseball shaped juggling ball. It
is still not perfect but it closer than I have gotten thus far. The newly
minted ball is sitting in bed with me as I type this before I turn in. I locked
all the cats out of my bedroom so they will not play with it. In the morning I
will stuff two waiting shells with millet and sew them up. If all goes as
planned I think this will be as good as we can make them without industrial
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I would like to thank the members of my clown troupe and the
Masters of Flying Object Juggling Club at CMU. Their feed back and testing has
been invaluable. Also none of them have tried to have me committed for my
obsession and have been down right polite about it. </div>
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When all is said and done it looks as if these balls will
cost around 2 dollars a set to make. That is not bad. Heck it down right
affordable when you consider most juggling balls are ten dollars or more a
ball. As I look at the finished ball on the pillow next to me I realize two
things. First my quest to make the best juggling ball I can make may be at an
end. Second I need a girl friend.</div>
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Thank you all for you time, help and understanding. Now I
wonder if I can make a decent juggling club. </div>
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