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Roger M.

Ahhhh, I should make clear that I wasn't denigrating anybodies product, or belittling the technological advancement of any given magical device. What I said what that ... at heart ... all gravity hold-outs are basically Jack Millers hold-out at their core (a true statement if there ever was one). I ...

Roger M.

I get that there may be injection molding, metal machining, etc on these contemporary hold-outs ... but ultimately they're all still the fishing weight, clothespin, and bit of string that Jack Miller imagined (and sold for $10.00) all those years ago. I you bought his book, and built one yourself .....

Roger M.

I've got a couple of dozen assorted K.C. Card, Drake, Firefly, Powner, Frost, etc editions in good to mint condition ... and I'd not value a single one of them at more than $100.00 ... indeed most (if not all) are worth between $35.00 and $85.00. I've long considered Jason's estimates of assorted EA...

Roger M.

rrath1 wrote:I know of two that will no longer post here. Both deeply invested with money in the subject. When it's time. Waiting on announcements.

So much drama ... but no loss.

Roger M.

Unfortunately Roger M. (or whoever your name is) ......Errrrr, it's Roger M. If you'd like to know my last name, tell me why you need it and I'd be glad to message it to you. Otherwise no need to doubt my name ... that is of course unless you've got nothing of value to contribute to the conversatio...

Roger M.

rrath1 wrote:......
Buy it.
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LOL ... I wouldn't buy a newspaper or a hotdog from you nut-jobs!

Roger M.

rrath1 wrote:The information is the first time anybody knows where M.D. Smith is buried...

Really, would you care to elaborate?

In the absence of a detailed explanation, it would appear that you're:

The floor is now yours ...

Roger M.

Why is the Marshall Smith info posted next to a photo of someone else's grave? That pic is used for a few "Smiths", presumably ones without a photo of the actual stone. Look a little lower on the page and you'll see the same photo, for a different Smith. Scott Lane is involved ... that's ...

Roger M.

To be clear, it's the forum page of 52 Plus Joker, which is: http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?action=register I know these guys frequent the Genii Forum, and I know some Genii Forum members are frequent posters to the Tenyo Forum (Richard!). Not mission critical ... but it would be nice to ...

Roger M.

For those magic forums that use reCAPTCHA v1, please wake up ... IT NO LONGER WORKS , and you can't get any new members!! It's been non functional since the middle of March 2018. A couple of forums I've tried to access, like 52Plus Joker and the Tenyo Magic Forum seem not to realize that when new re...

Roger M.

Bob Coyne wrote:.......The unhelpful response was "that's why you have to buy it."

It sounds too much like a scam.

Roger M.

From the description in the ebay blurb, it would seem to be an item that could be sold, and then re-sold again and again ... endlessly.

It's seems to be little more than some information and a few photos ... and the seller is making no claims of exclusivity.

Roger M.

I don't specifically recall reading about it, and haven't done a search for it ... but is Smith's gravesite anything "secret"? Smith died in 1973 at 100 years old - I'm convinced he told Gardner everything he could remember ... so this ad makes very little sense unless the guy is auctionin...

Roger M.

For me, this was the finest interview Johnny Carson ever did. Johnny was the only guy who could have done this interview, and made it funny, human, and interesting - all at the same time. It is a true example of Johnny's finest work, and a demonstration Johnny as the absolute master of the craft: ht...

Roger M.

Nothing I can see on eBay related to any secret M.D. Smith documents or grave site?

Link?

Roger M.

Mike Douglas totally in on it - he was the sell!

... although Bob could be right, and I could have interpreted it just the way Carson intended it to be interpreted, fake back palm, card already in pocket.

Roger M.

Richard Kaufman wrote:Roger, then you might enjoy a version of Chinese Sticks that I once devised at the age of 14.

.... Dare I ask?

Roger M.

I suppose it depends on your audience. Listening to the crowd, they seemed to either be on the borderline of tears of laughter, or already shedding tears of laughter. Personally, I found it interesting, entertaining, and a very funny take on an ancient card plot. I admire "new" thinking in...

Roger M.

Johnny had a wicked back palm!

Roger M.

I'm not sure any company has ever done more to rip off creators than Magic Makers have. But as noted above, do we really need a review of a Hot Rod in this forum? ... I mean really ... a Hot Rod? I also take issue with the burgeoning multitude of "magic reviewers" who have tag lines simila...

Roger M.

I still don't understand why, as a British citizen with full health care for free, he moved to the USA and then spent $400,000 on health care. Has anyone figured out why he moved here after he was injured? Or am I misunderstanding something. I'm Canadian, and have lived my life under a universal he...

Roger M.

“Copperfield Trial Over. Victim Loses.” I don’t think he is faking his injuries. The jury certainly did, and his walking about perfectly normally when he thought there were no cameras around didn't help him any when the video footage was played back in court. It's too bad he injured himself, but th...

Roger M.

Personally, if I were a layman ... I'd find a magician only run-around equally as impressive as a group run-around. I'm not sure the group adds much to a layman's take on the illusion. I get that it's way "bigger" in scale ... but I'm talking about impact from a sheer wonder point of view ...

Roger M.

The only thing that was revealed in the court case was that in 2018 ... we don't yet have Star Trek transporters as a part of our daily lives.

Roger M.

I would think, if anything ... confirming by consensus who the actual author was would allow us to investigate in detail what kind of amazing life Erdnase lead between roughly 1892 and 1902 ... I don't think he was doing anything amazing between 1892 and 1902, Roger. By 1892 he had retired as a pro...

Roger M.

I wouldn't call it perfect. He was still found negligent. Indeed, that was exactly my point. Yelling "run, run, run" in and of itself implies an element of negligence, in that you have no idea what the abilities of the person you're yelling at actually are. You're negligent in your action...

Roger M.

And justice is properly served. Some folks want the rest of the world to be 100% responsible for everything and anything that happens to them the minute they set foot outside of their house. Copperfield's stagehands (and by extension, Copperfield) shouldn't be yelling "run, run, run" at a ...

Roger M.

Bill Mullins wrote:A name is only a starting point.

I made a point of saying "confirming by consensus who the actual author was", which would presumably require a whole lot more than just a name in order to reach said consensus ... at least a consensus in this thread

Roger M.

I would think, if anything ... confirming by consensus who the actual author was would allow us to investigate in detail what kind of amazing life Erdnase lead between roughly 1892 and 1902 ... and what on earth gave him the motivation to write EATCT?

Roger M.

The Gardner-Smith Correspondence has long been out of print, and copies don't often come up on the secondary market (and when they do, they carry a premium price). What I should have said was "You can get them on ebay." How about "You can get them on ebay very rarely ". They don...

Roger M.

Well that has to go onto the "must buy" list, doesn't it.

Roger M.

.... If he was really serious about keeping his identity a secret,.... The general thinking has pretty much been that Erdnase wasn't really trying that hard to conceal his identity. Meeting Smith face to face in an unrushed session (probably more than one), giving Smith a cheque (presumably in his ...

Roger M.

Isn't it possible that the pseudonym was created to include the reversal to Andrews deliberately to hide the real name, by hiding a false name in an easily findable place? This is a pretty standard technique. To be a "pretty standard technique", one would have to be able to offer numerous...

Roger M.

To declare Erdnase a de facto magician when we have absolutely no idea who he is borders on a bit silly.

Keeping an open mind until we collectively take some sort of major step forward in identifying Erdnase might be the better idea?

Roger M.

USPCC also makes the Maiden back, which IMO is far nicer and more "reminiscent" of the standard Rider back than is the Mandolin back (which I don't like at all due to the weird, spindly legs of the angel).

Bicycle Maiden back would get my vote.

Roger M.

There will be a new candidate announced later this year that will throw everyone into a tizzy. It's not coming from me, but from someone else. Whether it is true or not, time will tell. As long as any given candidate is proposed along with credible evidence to support their candidacy, why would an ...

Roger M.

A voice of reason amongst this quagmire of quibbling! There would be a lot less "quibbling" if posters didn't show up in the forum with scant (or no) evidence at all and declare that they'd found Erdnase! When those posters then decide they've chosen the hill they're going to die on ... a...

Roger M.

The old nugget that a gambler only needs a couple of moves to put food on the table, while true, isn't representative of all gamblers . There are plenty of experts on gambling today (as there were in 1902) who know a whole lot of moves, and a whole lot of magic ... but they're experts on gambling fi...

Roger M.

In addition to Richards notes about serious personal issues (which can be devastating, and drain one completely of incentive to do anything at all ) I think the most common stumbling block for Kickstarter projects (that aren't a complete scam from the get-go) is the creator simply running out of the...

Roger M.

Further to my earlier post about Harry's show "Wise Guy", the show that he performed regularly at Oswalds ... does anybody know if there was ever any video released of Harry performing this specific show in Oswalds? I've read comments from those who saw the show, and they referenced the &q...

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