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OK guys, you provoked me! After I implied that I thought the Elmsley was so basic that it must be in RRTCM, and you proved me wrong - I went on a mission of bookworming...

I even went to the extent of buying a paperback copy of RRTCM to see if it was different to my Hardback edition. Nope - only the running order.

So, I set to looking through my collections... books, pamphlets, notes, histories etc... and it would seem that most of my literature is pre-1970...

Apart from a little book called Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtleties - by Jerry Mentzer. Here, you'll find Flushtration, Elmsley Count, Buckle Count, Biddle move and MUCH more. It's pretty plain, but illustrated by reasonable photos.

On the rather dull cover, it exclaims that this is 'a book of Basic Card Techniques'. Well, it's only basic in the way it's taught - the techniques are actually relatively advanced - certainly a 'next-step' from RRTCM.

OK, thanks for calling me 'Wrong'. You see, it paid off... and I admit it - the Elmsley is NOT in the RRTCM. I stand corrected!

well......I think you should stand quietly in the corner and reflect on what you have done.

There are millions (maybe) of budding magicians that are now in a stunned and bemused state of flux over your "throwaway" comment that the Elmsley is in RRTCM....Sir, how dare you come grovelling back with your shallow, pitiful excuse for an apology. Do you think we are all IDIOTS!!!!!!!. Treat us with some r-r-r-respect....<sob>......this is all too much..

.....I-I-I'm s-sorry....I'm going to have to lie down....