I remember standing over a frying pan with parafin wax and colored sands making my own "waterproof" sand that would hold shapes I could tell by feel in the dark water.
Bryan
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- July 31st, 2010, 1:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: No more Sands of the Desert?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6229
- July 27th, 2010, 10:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Flash unit ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2166
- July 27th, 2010, 6:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: hans Klock on Dutch TV
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1312
Re: hans Klock on Dutch TV
I said this, years ago when I first saw Copperfield's trend towards it, "If he keeps on with this 'topping himself' every season, what will he do when he runs out of 'Big' material?" I witnessed a trend of, trying, to create impossible things to defeat. They got more 'out there' and more g...
- July 27th, 2010, 5:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has Genii been hacked?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7250
Re: Has Genii been hacked?
Due to the fact that I have, indeed, found my present wife on the internet, I must take umbrage to the TOTAL negativity to such happenings. I see and understand the funniness of the prospect as one of my nieces told us it was, "sick and wrong". Just know that the prospect has been gaining ...
- July 27th, 2010, 4:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Roughing fluid
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3163
Re: Roughing fluid
As messy as it sounds, it isn't, I have used Chap-Stick, I would not cover the entire card (for ID), I would mae and "X" on both the faces of the double. I used cherry flavored once in a pinch, the deck still smells cherry and it has been 20 years. A warning: In cold weather you need to fl...
- July 27th, 2010, 3:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Super-Natural Levitation?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2334
- February 19th, 2010, 10:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tom Mullica Update
- Replies: 65
- Views: 17464
Re: Sad Tom Mullica News
Tom, The first time I ever heard your name was when Ken Gruenwald told me about you when we would chat during slow times behind the bar. He used to tell me how your Mom would bring you off hours so he could work with you. I have a small video of Ken doing a few effects at a friends house that we tap...
- July 23rd, 2008, 8:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Sleights and effects named after their inventors
- Replies: 65
- Views: 12355
Re: Sleights and effects named after their inventors
The Benzais Friction Palm.
According to David Roth.
Bryan
According to David Roth.
Bryan
- February 21st, 2006, 3:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: How to right good*
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4429
Re: How to right good*
I repeat myself. I called this a casual conversation. So, let me conclude, a person without your perceived literaray skill level has any business comunicating to the best of his or her ability because it doesnt measure up? I would rather muddle through a less than coherant post than to disavow someo...
- February 21st, 2006, 9:47 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How to right good*
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4429
Re: How to right good*
I ask, "Why is it so important to to so precise?" Isn't it only important that the meaning is understood.....after all i would consider this a casual conversation. I think the people who brow beat people because of their literary skill, used or not, just haven't got anything of importance ...
- February 9th, 2006, 10:49 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
Re: carpal tunnel report
Thanx for the heads up.
I appreciate the warning and will heed it well.
Bryan
I appreciate the warning and will heed it well.
Bryan
- February 5th, 2006, 7:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Egg, lemon, orange and canary
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1452
- February 5th, 2006, 7:32 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
Re: carpal tunnel report
Last update: both hands are doing just fine and I am glad i had this done. The scars have a tingly sensation when touched or rubbed against anything but it is diminishing. The deep scar tissue is shrinking due to the massage i was shown for that purpose. Hands feel like they have been rejunvenated. ...
- February 5th, 2006, 7:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: airport security..
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5807
Re: airport security..
I have never flown anywhere where one side of the plane wasn't removed for skydivers so I'm way out of my element here. I think I would call the airlines, explain what I was need ing to do and ask them for thier solution. It may be nothing more than a special procedure of secure drop off so they can...
- January 29th, 2006, 3:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ten Ichi Thumbtie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3216
- January 29th, 2006, 2:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ten Ichi Thumbtie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3216
Ten Ichi Thumbtie
Can someone direct me to or supply me with detailed instructions on the Ten Ichi Thumb Tie.
I knew it years ago and used it alot but have lost the knowlege due to non-use.
Bryan
I knew it years ago and used it alot but have lost the knowlege due to non-use.
Bryan
- January 20th, 2006, 9:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
- January 19th, 2006, 6:44 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
Re: carpal tunnel report
Ok Steve I do have your email.
lol..not much to see just a 1 1/2 inch "cut line".
I am thinking of molding my hands with that "rubbery" mold and making a casting to send to the Hand Clinic. A suitable thank you I think.
Bryan
lol..not much to see just a 1 1/2 inch "cut line".
I am thinking of molding my hands with that "rubbery" mold and making a casting to send to the Hand Clinic. A suitable thank you I think.
Bryan
- January 17th, 2006, 9:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
Re: carpal tunnel report
Pete, Glad to hear you came out on top of your experience. My mother had that and unfortunately the surgery did not "take" and her hands are like gnarled up tree branches. She can do most things and she has changed her keyboard playing enough to get by so I guess all's well for different r...
- January 17th, 2006, 2:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: carpal tunnel report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1490
carpal tunnel report
I have had my right wrist done for 12 days now and today I got my left done today. Right from the start i can feel "ease of movement" when it comes to my fingers in my left...my right although i have twinges and am on 4 lb restriction for 4 more weeks feels pretty good and "loosened u...
- January 7th, 2006, 10:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: As an Xmas present re computer Security.. :)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 393
Re: As an Xmas present re computer Security.. :)
I don't, normally, like free software for cleanning my computer works and protecting me from the virtual nasties.
I have to thank you for posting this it has outshown my expectations and I recommend the software to EVRYONE.
Bryan
I have to thank you for posting this it has outshown my expectations and I recommend the software to EVRYONE.
Bryan
- October 16th, 2005, 10:07 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Strange Spectators
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2428
Re: Strange Spectators
Years ago, must be al least 20, I was perfoming behind the bar and for variety I'd add a mind reading effect just for laughs and I noticed a small group, 3 to 4, fallowing me up and down the bar watching intently from not so afar. I was taking a break and they approached me and asked if i could join...
- October 13th, 2005, 3:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Chris Angel Billet Switch
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1487
Re: Chris Angel Billet Switch
I remember the trick that called for it. It was a prediction piece with 5 jumbo cards on display. You show the bulldog clip with a mini card folded in half and protruding from the clip. After a totally free choice from the five cards the clipped card is removed, unfolded and shown to match. This, I ...
- October 13th, 2005, 3:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Chris Angel Billet Switch
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1487
Re: Chris Angel Billet Switch
I'm not sure because it has been a long time since i needed a billet switch that the bulldog clip is the switching device..I am not at liberty to disclose how it operates.
I saw it described for a mini card switch years ago.
Bryan
I saw it described for a mini card switch years ago.
Bryan
- October 3rd, 2005, 11:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1801
Re: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
I am considering the need for surgery after my doc tor said That the splints I wear on each wrist have a 50/50 success rate. As it stood when I decided to see a doctor: I play my guitar for 5 minutes and my left hand went numb..you may think that feeling nothing would help but it also makes knowing ...
- September 18th, 2005, 7:42 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1801
Re: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
I have had the "surgical center" experience with a knee surgery a couple of years ago. I found the same general results as you describe. Except when I was coming out of the anesthetic I wanted to get up and go home so i had a nurse throw herself over my chest to hold me down..I guess, by r...
- September 18th, 2005, 3:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1801
Re: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Wow! I went to look at the report and got page cant be displayed. I am an inquisitive type so I just went to his main site and no good their either. Then I went "one step further" (catchy line heh?) and typed in <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://jamesriser.com">http://jamesriser.c...
- September 17th, 2005, 3:14 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1801
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
I have been losing feeling and control in my hnads for some time steadily growing worse over months. I just got diagnosed with Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and was given a 50/50 chance it will be taken care after a 3 month dual forearm wrist splint. My question: Has anyone had any experience wit...
- August 21st, 2005, 7:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
Yes, I posted on the board where he posted the original request.
Bryan
Bryan
- August 21st, 2005, 3:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
My wheelchair has two 12 volt motors on it (one for each side) and it holds two gel batteries it moves fast enought to scare people out of my way in Walmart. I don't think I need faster.
Bryan (Get Out Of My Way) Dreyfus
Bryan (Get Out Of My Way) Dreyfus
- August 19th, 2005, 4:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
I figured you would spot that.
I am not that thin or that graceful except when I'm wheeling around in my wheelchair. I couldn't pass a drunk test even when not drinking anymore.
Bryan
I am not that thin or that graceful except when I'm wheeling around in my wheelchair. I couldn't pass a drunk test even when not drinking anymore.
Bryan
- August 19th, 2005, 9:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
Actually Jerry all I commented on was the actual post, I copied and pasted the following (the complete post): "The Magic of David Masters : This video was shto in Las Vegas NV. with only two year's experince in magic.Here is the Link <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.putfile.com/me...
- August 19th, 2005, 7:34 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
OOPS, Ed I misread your post and replied incorrectly. Ed, I think (opinion coming) just as there are natural laws or rules like the sun coming up begins the day, the sun (seems) to move across the sky marks the timing of the day and the sun sets to end the day that there are laws and rules for an en...
- August 18th, 2005, 5:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
Well, The video isn't of me. I never said it was but I am grateful for the critique. The fellow in question posted this (on a different forum) and asked for a critque. When I replied, in essence, the same as you, he flamed me badly and called me names. I just wanted to know that my assessment was co...
- August 17th, 2005, 7:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
Jerry,
I don't subscribe to Geni...would it be possible to paraphase what is in the first four paragraphs?
Not that i want you to get into hot water for anything.
Bryan
I don't subscribe to Geni...would it be possible to paraphase what is in the first four paragraphs?
Not that i want you to get into hot water for anything.
Bryan
- August 17th, 2005, 4:40 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
- August 17th, 2005, 12:03 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Re: Video Critique
Thank you for your response.
Can I ask you what you thought of the magic and how it was done?
Thanks again
Bryan
Can I ask you what you thought of the magic and how it was done?
Thanks again
Bryan
- August 17th, 2005, 10:41 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Video Critique
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3289
Video Critique
I have a video I would like critiqued. It is at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=422163655">http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=422163655</a><!-- m --> constructive critism welcomed. Basic questions and feedback: How's the handling? What would you rate the qualit...
- April 29th, 2005, 6:38 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Let's Talk Magic Internet radio broadcast
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1026
Let's Talk Magic Internet radio broadcast
Hello All, In Sept of last year I began broadcasting over the internet and monitoring my chatroom for that live input from listeners. Check out my list of guests coming soon to see if you would like to listen and join in with your questions. I have just aquired a servewr that will boost my capabilit...
- January 22nd, 2005, 10:26 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Let's Talk Magic Internet Radio Broadcast
- Replies: 0
- Views: 282
Let's Talk Magic Internet Radio Broadcast
Hello All,
Tonight (Sat 22) My guest will be Doc Eason.
Join the chat room and ask your question(s).
No player is needed it plays as you open the page.
www.letstalkmagic.com
cya there,
Bryan
Tonight (Sat 22) My guest will be Doc Eason.
Join the chat room and ask your question(s).
No player is needed it plays as you open the page.
www.letstalkmagic.com
cya there,
Bryan