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2246 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 4, 2009
2:24 am
Hello All, Ten Men Diamonds Valley: Ten Men come out 17 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_diamondsvalley.png Variation 11 of Ten Men. Ten Men...
2247 Lois Stokes
stringfigure Offline Send Email
Dec 4, 2009
2:59 am
Mele Kalikimaka is how we say Merry Christmas in Hawaii. In addition to our main web page The Ancient Art of Hawaiian String Figures We want to share with you...
2248 Lois Stokes
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Dec 4, 2009
4:09 am
Mele Kalikimaka is how we say Merry Christmas in Hawaii. In addition to our main web page The Ancient Art of Hawaiian String Figures We want to share with you...
2249 Myriam Namolaru
ficellestring Offline Send Email
Dec 5, 2009
5:58 pm
  Hello,   There is no magic there is awesome by Jamis.   http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2009/10/9/there-is-no-magic-there-is-only-awesome-part-3#article_body ...
2250 Myriam Namolaru
ficellestring Offline Send Email
Dec 6, 2009
10:53 am
  Hi,   A review of "Fumble fingers" by Tim Dowling   http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,522829,00.html     What Adrienne thinks about string...
2251 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 9, 2009
7:53 am
Hello All, Ten Men Pearls Valley: Ten Men come out 19 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_pearlsvalley.png Variation 12 of Ten Men. Ten Men Pot...
2252 Jamis Buck
jamisbuck Offline Send Email
Dec 9, 2009
4:11 pm
Nice, Mizz. I like the Ten Men Pearls Valley especially! One correction, one clarification, and one question. :) Correction: in both figures (and in previous...
2253 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 10, 2009
10:02 am
Hello Jamis and All, It is miscode that #5 should be 1,(2)5a. I corrected picture of Ten Men Pearls Valley, and others too. 5 1,(2a 2bh)5a; Jamis' trial is...
2254 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 11, 2009
1:48 am
Hello Jamis and All, Sorry Jamis, It is my mistake that I wrote your 1,(2a 2bh)5a go to another figure. It goes to same figure at all. No difference between...
2255 Myriam Namolaru
ficellestring Offline Send Email
Dec 13, 2009
2:15 pm
  Hello,   I think that this video will end the year brightly. I didn't  understand all what they said, but it's a very interesting video.     ...
2256 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 19, 2009
12:38 pm
Hello All, Ten Men Valley Italian: Ten Men come out 21 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_valleyitalian.png Variation 14 of Ten Men. Ten Men...
2257 Tod
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Dec 22, 2009
10:11 pm
Hi, Am having difficulty learning this code, in relation to the following "Sun Navajo" figure: http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v2/sf_sun_navajo.png 0. paris...
2258 Jamis Buck
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Dec 23, 2009
12:06 am
Yeah, that's a tricky one. The confusion arises in that "N" is not the traditional navaho maneuver. Mizz code defines it differently: it is _always_ the...
2259 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2009
4:39 am
Hello All, Ten Men Pearl up Valley: Ten Men come out 23 http://home.p07.itscom.net/nenemei/v5/sf5_ten_men_pearlupvalley.png Variation 16 of Ten Men. Ten Men...
2260 Jamis Buck
jamisbuck Offline Send Email
Dec 24, 2009
8:28 pm
Hey Mizz, I'm having some trouble resolving the first figure (pearl up valley). The "1 kick" is ambiguous when I do it, since it's hard to tell which is the...
2261 deepspace@...
sdeepspeeds Offline Send Email
Dec 26, 2009
3:52 pm
Hi all a movie to watch during the holidays.... Ce qu'il faut pour vivre http://www.cequilfautpourvivre-lefilm.com/ a production from Quebec In the scene...
2262 mizz
kyoichi_miya... Offline Send Email
Dec 27, 2009
5:32 am
Hello Jamis, Your investigation promote mizz code more workable, thanks. The "1 kick" is ambiguous which is the kick line and which is the target line. In this...
2263 Myriam Namolaru
ficellestring Offline Send Email
Dec 31, 2009
7:49 am
Hello, Happy new year for all the members! What are yours new year's resolutions for 2010? Sharing more string games with others, involve yourself more in...
2264 Jamis Buck
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Dec 31, 2009
6:35 pm
A talk was given in April 1993, at a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, titled "Cat's Cradle of Kindness": http://bit.ly/8zM2Gh The...
2265 okteller@... Send Email Dec 31, 2009
7:16 pm
On the cover of her book she is making Jacob's Ladder. That might be 4 eyes. David Titus <*} }>< Cell 580 695 0782 String is like life, it's what you...
2266 Earl Stokes
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Dec 31, 2009
7:38 pm
Four eyes is listed as four diamonds by Lyle A Dickey in String Figures from Hawaii. It is similiar to Jacob's ladder but made differently. It is commonly...
2267 Jamis Buck
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Dec 31, 2009
9:01 pm
I wondered if Jacob's Ladder might not be the figure she was referring to. I wasn't sure if there was some Hawaiian figure called "Four Eyes". Which book did...
2268 Jamis Buck
jamisbuck Offline Send Email
Dec 31, 2009
9:04 pm
Do you happen to have the instructions for "four diamonds" handy? (Related: I really wish these hard-to-find string figure books could be put online somehow!) ...
2269 okteller@... Send Email Dec 31, 2009
10:29 pm
Her book is just titled "Cat's Cradle" and is an inspirational sharing of her personal experiences. David Titus <*} }>< Cell 580 695 0782 String is like...
2270 Myriam Namolaru
ficellestring Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
8:13 am
Hello, A splendid figure Mark, thank you. I saw also the instructions in BISFA 3, 1996 p 186. But the instructions in the video are better. I hope we'll see...
2271 Earl Stokes
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Jan 1, 2010
6:05 pm
Aloha Jamis, ... Lyle A Dickey in String Figures From Hawaii on pages 18-34 discusses the series and variations of the diamond figures from 1 to 6. He starts...
2272 Jamis Buck
jamisbuck Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2010
4:45 am
Thank-you! Also, good to know about the Bishop Museum. Do you have contact information handy for them? I'm sure Dr. Google can help me out there, too, so don't...
2273 stclaa Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2010
9:59 am
In november 2008 Dickey's book on Hawaiian string figures (along with the one on Fiji string figures in the same series from the museum) was still (new, a...
2274 Earl Stokes
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Jan 3, 2010
4:56 pm
As of today a search of Periodicals Service Company index does not find either book. Aloha from the Big Island and Lois & Earl The Ancient Art of Hawaiian...
2275 isfa
isfa... Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
1:49 am
The cover of Ms. Okazaki's book "Cat's Cradle" can be viewed at Amazon.com. The figure she appears to be making is the standard "Jacob's Ladder/Osage Four...
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