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Postby Mandrake » Sep 1st, '03, 15:46



If I may do a Mog for a moment: Heh, Heh :mrgreen:

Good, innit?

Don't forget to check out those extra routines mentioned in Neil's recent posting - absolute gems and scary under the right circumstances!

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Postby seige » Sep 1st, '03, 15:58

I have to admit - my favourite routine is STILL the 'X'd' coin routine.

I am still waiting to see if Neil can formulate an 'X-compatible' Bike deck - meanwhile - I've tried all sorts of things - including baking them in a moderately hot oven - still no joy.

That would be the icing on the cake, IMHO...

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Postby Mandrake » Sep 1st, '03, 16:04

I found some compatible cheapo cards locally - one pack of red, one pack of Blue, 4 dice and a nice little plastic box to keep them all in - all for a quid! The cards are bridge size and the pattern is all over so they look like 'professional' casino cards. That's the angle I'll use - the cards came from a casino and let me show you......etc. Am also getting a second 'Iraq' deck for the other effect. Wikkid stuff!

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Postby seige » Sep 4th, '03, 14:59

I still can't figure how to 'X' regular bikes.

The oven trick was disastrous, although it kind of worked a little bit...

I've also tried varnish - which is even more messy.

H E L P...

(seige's plea from floating in a sea of misery - wanting desparately to try to use X-Bikes)

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Postby Mandrake » Sep 4th, '03, 15:06

As this is a public area, will add some ramblings in the MO section!

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Postby seige » Sep 4th, '03, 15:13

I wonder how the 'public' are interpreting our cryptic messages???

I'm starting to lose track myself... :wink:

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Postby Mandrake » Sep 4th, '03, 15:20

Confused as hell I hope - in view of the methods you've tried so far, they'll probably think this is the Cookery Section and will even now be searching for postings by Nigella Lawson!

(Having mentioned the Culinary Goddess, aka Sex on Legs, Mandrake now retires back to his comfy chair and drools hypnotically - quite a lot.)

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Postby nickj » Sep 4th, '03, 15:30

't'aint just the public who're confused as hell!

I think I may be starting to get an idea of what kind of a thing this is, but I believe that another chunk of my hard cadged student loan might be winging it's way towards a dealer pretty soon.

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Cogito sumere potum alterum.
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Postby Mandrake » Sep 4th, '03, 15:32

Have no fear, it's a good investment and well worth the price!

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Postby Neil_Tobin » Sep 4th, '03, 15:59

mandrake wrote:...they'll probably think this is the Cookery Section and will even now be searching for postings by Nigella Lawson!


Heaven knows I am.

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Postby Mandrake » Sep 4th, '03, 16:02

As you can see, Neil, there are some very keen minds here working on bike compatibility. We probably won't get anywhere but it keeps us out of trouble!

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Postby the_mog » Sep 7th, '03, 13:25

mandrake wrote: We probably won't get anywhere but it keeps us out of trouble!


oh you think so???.... hehe :mrgreen:

Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.. :mrgreen:
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Postby Neil_Tobin » Sep 8th, '03, 00:39

the_mog wrote:oh you think so???.... hehe :mrgreen:


It's not nice to tease them, mog :)

Send me an email with the details, and we'll put it in the next Xpert book. (I'm already testing a method submitted by another member of the Xpert-using community. I'll let you know how it goes.)

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