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Oxford-based amateur returning to the hobby

Postby Dan Q » Jan 29th, '14, 16:02



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Hi! I'm an Oxford-based early-thirties computer geek who's breaking back into magic after neglecting the hobby for basically the entirety of my adult life. Doing a lot of reading right now (Erdnase at the moment; Tarbell next!); I'm in the lucky position of working at the Bodleian Library, so I've got access to copies of virtually everything published in the UK for the last 400 years.

I'm felling pretty rusty, though: which end of the wand do I hold, again? I've been getting back into practice by trying out card tricks and mentalism on my co-workers, every lunchtime.

Anybody else based in my neck of the woods?

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Re: Oxford-based amateur returning to the hobby

Postby fiftytwo » Mar 7th, '14, 10:49

Hi Dan!

Marcus here - I think I know you - *squints at your tiny picture* Yep.

Happy to natter at community events we're both at, though I'm not coming up to Leeds this summer...

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Re: Oxford-based amateur returning to the hobby

Postby Dan Q » Mar 7th, '14, 11:40

Your comment reads like a wonderfully-cryptic handshake: thankfully I know exactly what you mean, but I'm pretty sure you'll have a dozen or so magicians here squinting and trying to decipher your riddle.

I shan't be in Leeds either, this year: I haven't been to the community event you refer to in several years, although I hope to get back there "one of these years".

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