Hello, I´m searching the book of Paturi Félix "Schnurfiguren aus aller Welt". I know that now it is not in print. Perhaps do you know where I could buy it? ...
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Eddie G. Sterchi
sterchi@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 6:17 pm
Hi All, Just thought you might be interested on how my string figure performances went for 1999. I basically do a 30-45 minute presentation telling a story...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 2:14 am
Myriam, Try amazon.de (German Amazon.com) for Paturi's book. According to their database they can ship a copy in 2-3 work days. Hopefully this information is...
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philipdnoble@xxxxxxx....
Jan 6, 2000 11:15 am
Dear Myriam, Try the internet second hand books. powells.com do english titles but maybe there are others that will do German titles ? Just a possibility happy...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 7, 2000 10:32 am
Dear Philip, Thank for responding. I tried Powells.com. Nothing. I think perhaps somebody knows sites of used books or out of print in German? Happy New Year, ...
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Dana F. Scott
dfscott@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:06 am
Myriam, Perhaps you can try the publisher (Hugendubeil) in Munich. The book was published in 1988 and contains 144 pages. Good Luck! Regards, Dana Scott...
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Dana F. Scott
dfscott@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 8:26 am
I believe the correct spelling of the publisher is Hugendubel. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 8, 2000 2:12 pm
Hi Dana, Thank for responding. Amazon. de tried the publisher. The book is out of print. Thank Myriam ______________________________________________________ ...
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okteller@xxxx.xxx
Jan 15, 2000 12:16 am
Dear Ed, Keep up the good work. Before you know it you might be doing this full time. It is a great life. Since my 1999 Miata has 66,000 miles on it and I have...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Jan 17, 2000 6:00 pm
Edd and Dave, You two are doing a great job of encouraging more people to become interested in string figures. I can't imagine what it would be like to show...
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Brian Cox
briancox@...
Jan 22, 2000 12:03 pm
Hello to the group For those who like to tell and see stories in a performance setting, a little festival I helped to start about 3 1/2 yrs ago that has it's...
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Belinda Holbrook
holbrook@...
Feb 4, 2000 4:32 am
There is a wonderful article in the New York Times today entitled "String Games: More Than Just Child's Play". It quotes or mentions several of our ISFA...
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Jonathan Neufeld
jonneuf@...
Feb 4, 2000 6:02 pm
That's great to get an article in a prominent newspaper like the Times. I've barely read it, but that Feb. 3, 2000 article looks really neat and informative....
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Mark Kirtley
kirtley@...
Feb 5, 1994 11:38 pm
Hello! I noticed there was some recent action on this mailing list, so, assured that there are some listeners, I thought I'd post an observation. Only that if...
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okteller@...
Feb 6, 2000 4:05 am
Dear Belinda and all, You should have seen Mark, Will and his wife Lilly and I when we got the word that the article was in the NY Times. You would have...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Feb 7, 2000 3:11 am
Mark Kirtley (a.k.a. newcomer) and all, Your four-diamonds construction is great fun. Here's a six-diamond construction which Dave Titus recently shared with...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Feb 8, 2000 12:01 am
Mark (Kirtley) and the group, Your method for forming 4 diamonds with simple crossings is ingenious. At Brillo Nuevo near the Amazon River they make similar...
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Mark Kirtley
kirtley@...
Feb 8, 1994 11:20 pm
Hello Mark, Will, and all. ... Thanks very much for your responses! Mark, your challenge for a way to make 8 Diamonds using the technique of the Oklahoman...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Feb 11, 2000 9:28 pm
I got this from Nina Mollica. If anyone lives near Reading, PA, you might want to check it out. Maybe we're missing a bet. Perhaps we should have a string...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Feb 24, 2000 12:07 am
To the Group, Earlier this month many of us were excited about the article describing string figure web sites in the New York Times. ...
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okteller@...
Feb 26, 2000 4:16 pm
Dana Scott wrote on 12/28 that if you untwist the finger and thumb loops at the end you get a smaller but pleasing figure and asked if there were any...
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Dana F. Scott
dfscott@...
Feb 27, 2000 7:06 am
Dear David, Thank you for your response. I am pleased to see that others have discovered this twist on the Apache Door hinges :-) I am still wondering, though,...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Mar 5, 2000 2:55 am
To the group, I've posted 10 more Jenness figures in the Arctic String Figure Project, numbers 91 to 100. http://www.isfa.org/arctic/jenness.com Please let me...
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VZB13277@...
Mar 5, 2000 5:56 am
Hello, everyone!! In Japan, a new magazine will be published in this April. It is "Nikkei Network". In thet advertisement poster, a string figure is used. It...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Mar 5, 2000 10:42 am
Dear Will, You can make frog from "osages diamonds". I know this from a book in Japanese. P.S.:The adress for Jeness is: http://www.isfa.org/arctic/jenness.htm...
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Tim Kennedy
tkennedy@...
Mar 5, 2000 8:22 pm
Thanks and a tip of the hat to Will Wirt for the 'Pair of Trousers' figures. In 1983 I tried for two weeks to make this figure (one hour a day) from the...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Mar 5, 2000 8:41 pm
Dear all, I found the story of the "Maui´s lasso" in the book of Jack London "The Cruise of the Dazzler" (1902). The story is a little different of the story...
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Mandolajoe@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:51 am
I found these, and thought you might be interested. http://www.nma.gov.au/coasting/recreation/a8_5.shtml http://streetplay.com/photos/galleries/haiti/ ...
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MAP
MAP@...
Mar 6, 2000 10:01 am
Will I'm doubtless the nth to let you know that the .com on the end of http://www.isfa.org/arctic/jenness.com should be .htm Sorry to be so quite these days...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Mar 7, 2000 1:33 am
Thanks Myriam and Martin for pointing out my error in the URL for the Jenness figures. It should have been http://www.isfa.org/arctic/jenness.htm Ted, credit...
