They do spin tricks with them, a couplr of the ones i ordered dont have them
On May 6, 2017 9:42 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Why the three bearings in the arms? Why not just a chunk of cheap metal > there? > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, May 05, 2017 9:30 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy > > I just ordered a bunch of various spinners, cause my kids into them, I got > them from china, I am not afraid of lead > but these things retail between 5 and 10 bucks... or more each. I can find > them for more than 150 for 100 in any of the models > good markup for any retail shop or ebay store when you only need to dump > 10-20 percent of your inventory to ensure profit on a product > as long as youre insured for lead poisoning. > > Looking at my desk, which is cluttered, I assume there are three guys on > this list whos desks aren't cluttered, the bulk of stuff in my desk, aside > from the reams of printouts I intend on reading but couldn't anyway because > Ive jotted so many notes on them are project components, a nut with a > bolts, a mechanical pencil stripped to its parts, a gigeapc with a couple > cutoff patch cables, some rj45 ends with the clips shoved inside each > other, a paperclip holder with a bunch of ferrous shit in it, a couple rare > earths, broken ink pens whose clickers still work, in other words a bunch > of junk I fidget with. 4 bearings in a housing with a set of bearing covers > is genius, even if they don't even have the complexity of two legos > > anybody remember finger boards, the little skateboards... somebody became > a millionaire off those because back then china pretended they weren't > ripping everybody off. I just bought a 65 dollar raspberry pi 3 kit with > case, power supply, heat sinks, Bluetooth remote, 16gb card (think its a > bootleg?... lol) > > On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I bought a travel trailer about two months ago. It was only 5 years old >> but tires were sun rotted. Blew all four. Tore the crap out of everything. >> >> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017, 5:17 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's amazing how much better car tires are.... >>> >>> Not just the grip/traction, but the reliability. I remember how it was >>> not uncommon to have tire problems while growing up...it seemed like you >>> were changing a tire somewhere along the road way too often. Yet somehow >>> today it seems like I never have to change a tire. >>> >>> With that and the improved vehicle reliability, long road trips aren't >>> quite the adventure they used to be.... >>> >>> -forrest >>> >>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Some things are certainly better. Car tires for one thing. >>>> >>> >>>> *From:* Gino A. Villarini >>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 5, 2017 1:49 PM >>>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy >>>> >>> All you guys romancing about the good'ol days… >>>> >>>> Know what, today is better than yesterday! Remember when slavery was a >>>> thing? When people traveled continents by boat? Hey even when you had to >>>> defend yourself against predators…. >>>> >>>> >>> From: Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Jason McKemie < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM >>>> >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> >>> >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy >>>> >>> Definitely. I remember playing with one of my dad's old gyroscope toys >>>> at my grandma's. Wish I knew what happened to that. >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> *Gino A. Villarini* >>>> President >>>> Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I had a toy gyroscope as a kid. I think that was a much better toy >>>>> than this fidget spinner thingy. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >>> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >>> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >>> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >>> >>> >
