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Post by Arlon10 on May 13, 2017 8:45:34 GMT
I'm not sure what they have to do with religion, faith or spirituality, excuse me for that. They are trending though so here we go. Maybe they can be an aid to some forms of meditation.
I remember as a small child having a toy made of a button with a loop of thread through two opposing holes in the button tied closed. The button was spun to wind it up. The loop of thread was then pulled to spin it the other way unwinding. As the button started winding up the opposite way the thread was relaxed to allow that. When it was finished winding the loop was pulled again to repeat the process.
The "spinners" on the market today have a gyroscopic effect that might be part of their intrigue. Are some spinners better than others?
Is there an identifiable "best" spinner?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 13, 2017 14:00:59 GMT
Honestly, I don't remember ever hearing about them until about two or three weeks ago. RichiefromBoston on YouTube was asked to do a testimonial for a certain brand of spinner, and he made a video about it, but after clicking on it I didn't watch it all. However, now that you mention it, for him to be asked then perhaps they can have a religious purpose.
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Post by Arlon10 on May 13, 2017 14:13:58 GMT
Honestly, I don't remember ever hearing about them until about two or three weeks ago. RichiefromBoston on YouTube was asked to do a testimonial for a certain brand of spinner, and he made a video about it, but after clicking on it I didn't watch it all. However, now that you mention it, for him to be asked then perhaps they can have a religious purpose. I'm surprised more people don't remember the spinning button toy. It was popular in first year elementary school, not much beyond that perhaps obviously. Didn't you do that in first grade? I did.
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Post by blade on May 13, 2017 17:51:47 GMT
I'm not sure what they have to do with religion, faith or spirituality, excuse me for that. They are trending though so here we go. Maybe they can be an aid to some forms of meditation. I remember as a small child having a toy made of a button with a loop of thread through two opposing holes in the button tied closed. The button was spun to wind it up. The loop of thread was then pulled to spin it the other way unwinding. As the button started winding up the opposite way the thread was relaxed to allow that. When it was finished winding the loop was pulled again to repeat the process. The "spinners" on the market today have a gyroscopic effect that might be part of their intrigue. Are some spinners better than others? Is there an identifiable "best" spinner? Check out metalworn spinners on instagram. or at metalworn.com
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Post by Arlon10 on May 13, 2017 18:45:41 GMT
Check out metalworn spinners on instagram. or at metalworn.com I stopped by 7-11 for a dollar slice of pizza. They still have it for a dollar a slice. They had some spinners on the counter for sale. I asked how much they cost. The lady said $8. I said, "You can keep it for that." I think eight slices of pizza will, over time, maybe two months, be more entertaining. The button toy wasn't even 8 cents. I prefer doing most of my metal craft myself anyway.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 5, 2017 2:55:20 GMT
This just in:
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Post by Catman on Jul 5, 2017 4:01:49 GMT
And now they're causing fires.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jul 5, 2017 5:12:58 GMT
My kids have some, and they are interesting objects. It's amazing how long they can spin for, the engineering (is that the word?) is superb.
They are an interesting toy, but I would not want to be a teacher in a classroom full of kids using them.. teachers should not have to compete for the attention of their students.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Jul 5, 2017 9:32:11 GMT
There's concern in the UK some of the imported spinners are dangerous to children and some stock has been seized by local authorities.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 5, 2017 9:36:02 GMT
There's concern in the UK some of the imported spinners are dangerous to children and some stock has been seized by local authorities. UK (England) now relies on subcontinent born spinners. Monty Panesar and Moeen Ali currently. They should try to produce better spinners if they want to beat Indians and Aussies while touring.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jul 5, 2017 12:53:02 GMT
There's concern in the UK some of the imported spinners are dangerous to children and some stock has been seized by local authorities. That's funny. Reminds me of Kinder-eggs being illegal in America.. They're worried kids are going to gobble up the entire thing and choke on the plastic toys. Amusing when governments treat their citizens like they're all idiots.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Jul 5, 2017 13:14:16 GMT
There's concern in the UK some of the imported spinners are dangerous to children and some stock has been seized by local authorities. That's funny. Reminds me of Kinder-eggs being illegal in America.. They're worried kids are going to gobble up the entire thing and choke on the plastic toys. Amusing when governments treat their citizens like they're all idiots. Well I like to think I am reasonably intelligent, but I can't always tell the difference between dangerous and legal products.
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Post by klandersen on Jul 5, 2017 17:21:13 GMT
I'm not sure what they have to do with religion, faith or spirituality, excuse me for that. They are trending though so here we go. Maybe they can be an aid to some forms of meditation. I remember as a small child having a toy made of a button with a loop of thread through two opposing holes in the button tied closed. The button was spun to wind it up. The loop of thread was then pulled to spin it the other way unwinding. As the button started winding up the opposite way the thread was relaxed to allow that. When it was finished winding the loop was pulled again to repeat the process. The "spinners" on the market today have a gyroscopic effect that might be part of their intrigue. Are some spinners better than others? Is there an identifiable "best" spinner? When I was a kid we had some spinners like that. Instead of a Button there was a plastic disc with two small holes in the center to thread with string and each end of the string would have a little piece of plastic to act as a handle, over time the string would break and the "handles" would get lost so we'd just tie the string on at the ends the thing still worked. I do recall that as you worked the thing there was a "whooshing" sound made it was fun to try to alter the whoosh sound by speeding up or slowing down.
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Post by general313 on Jul 5, 2017 17:26:09 GMT
There's concern in the UK some of the imported spinners are dangerous to children and some stock has been seized by local authorities. That's funny. Reminds me of Kinder-eggs being illegal in America.. They're worried kids are going to gobble up the entire thing and choke on the plastic toys. Amusing when governments treat their citizens like they're all idiots. Given the result of the last election, they may be on to something.
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