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hmmmm, Seige I'm not sure if I get you m8, are you saying you like bikes?

Look forward to you clearing that one up,
BaB

Also, when you are using gaffs, gimmicks or marked cards of the Bike variety (even when you're just using a normal deck of Bikes) and someone impolitely suggests you might be using 'trick cards' I often say with perhaps an arrogant edge to my voice and a slight chuckle, "Oh my good man, buy these are BICYCLE Cards. They're what everyone uses in America. Do you know nothing." or something like that..

What about Kenco, much better than Nescafe.

Happy Toad wrote:What about Kenco, much better than Nescafe.

Ah, I'm glad someone's playing along!

This is exactly the point - it's totally a personal preference. Why Bicycle cards are the most popular I don't really know... you see them in movies, on most magic shows, demo videos, in the hands of pros etc...

Maybe because they're such good quality? Maybe because they just feel right? Maybe they just handle well.

Who knows. But they seem to be standard issue.

Of course, you can get Piatnik's in gaffed form too, but they just don't look as nice.

And of course - although I love Nescafe - I would MUCH prefer to drink freshly ground Roasted Columbian coffee - we have 2 cups each morning at work... but it's too dear!!!

Similarly - I would dearly love to constantly use Fournier decks - I have a couple, and I love them. But they are too darn expensive for my destructive handlings!

Seige would you mind expanding on why they are so nice?
I'm looking for a new brand and I would be interested to hear your views, thanks, if it isn't too subjective to answer.

Proper coffee, yummmmmmm.
BaB

cart noir coffee served in the longe best stuff around hot or cold.

I've got Bikes and Tally-Ho's and I think over all the Tally's probably last that bit better. After wearing out a deck of bikes, if you go back to hem a week later or so they still have that same worn out feel, whereas the Tally's seems to have revitalised themselves a little bit HOWEVER I still use Bikes as my main deck of choice just because, like everyone has said before, all my gaffes are with Bike stock...

BaBaBoom wrote:Seige would you mind expanding on why they are so nice?
I'm looking for a new brand and I would be interested to hear your views, thanks, if it isn't too subjective to answer.

Well... this is a pathetic attempt at justification - but Fourniers just seem to have that 'je ne sais quoi'...

The back design is not quite as elaborate as Bikes, but is more ornate. I have the blue sort of 'paisley' poker cards, and they just look - er... nice!

They feel a bit more 'brittle' than bikes, and yet handle smoother somehow.

Plus, I've seen Lennart Green using them, and as I've said before, if Lennart were a woman...

LOL

Thanks seige, that has convinced me, I'm getting some, thanks again.


WOW at that coffee, I'm comming to yours for Christmas Tom!
Hope you don't mind, you might want to get some guinness in
BaB

Oooh... BUM...

As a Guinness lover, you need to try this...

Get yourself to Whittards or somesuch fresh coffee house...

Buy some ROASTED beans - try a milder one, they'll advise... now, chew the bean (sounds gross, and for the best part, it is - as you end up with a powdery black tongue!) and just let it around your mouth a while.

Swallow the 'husk' and sip slowly the Guinness. It's divine! (curiously, I don't know who first told me this, but it's a rare treat!)

Alternatively, for you coffee lovers, you can also buy chocolate coated Espresso beans from Whittards too. Espresso beans are violently flavourful, and by coating them in chocolate, it makes them easier and more pleasant to chew.

Talk about a caffeine hit!

Oh, and yes, Fournier's are great... there's something 'antique' about them... let me know how you get on.

ooo I am going to try that seige, that sounds lovely, as a guinness drinker you have to be open to the idea of unusual tastes anyway
I remember the fist time i tried it, a mix of metal and soil came to mind, I wont drink anything else now pint wise (apart from a good irish malt but that's another story).
Nice tip, thanks

and Tom, errrr I've just remembered I have to be at the annual sheep appreciation society this Christmas but thanks anyway.
Phew, I don't think he noticed the quiver in my voice...

Just remember to go for weaker beans to chew with the Guinness... if you go too strong, it really leaves a nasty bitter taste in your mouth.

I like the description of your first taste of Guinness!!! It actually reminds me of what my mouth tastes like in the morning after a Guinness-fest the night before... so there's a lot of truth in it!!!