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Posted:
----------- Spinning@... Update -----------
Dear all
we have moved to a new location.... se here for the new treead
[Old link]
see you at the rag factory..
this is why we have moved...
We had discussions in the pub on Tuesday regarding the use of the market for spinning@spitz and thanks to friends we have a much clearer idea of what’s going on:
Unfortunately we are not allowed back into the market for our workshops. It seems that while we have been out the market for the work, there has been a change of management. The new management appears to want to “increase the value” of the market area (gentrification is the term being used). This has led to many of the existing tenants not being invited to re enter the market, our selves included.
The st’georges residents association would have had no idea we would not be allowed back in, so although annoying its not their fault. We still have contacts in the market and we don’t want to cut out any future possibility of re-entering the market at a later date by kicking up a fuss, especially when there is no chance at all of us using the space in the current climate.
We need to do 2 things… 1. Find a temporary place to play ASAP… (see top) and 2. Find a permanent new home… to help us move forward we need your help. Please think of the people around you, be it your parents, friends, colleagues etc and see if there is anyone who may be able to finds us a new home… put the feelers out there.
If you find somewhere that fits our criteria (see below) then please get a contact name, a number or email and if appropriate, have a brief chat with them as a recommendation or personal contact makes a huge difference. If they are interested, forward their details to me and I will then chase it up.
We require an indoor or covered outdoor area with adequate lighting able to house up to 100 people on a Tuesday evening within 10mins from a tube and centrally located. We also require power to run a portable stereo.
On another note we have decided to have a Xmas party to raise some funds to help us secure a new spinning@..... ‘s venue. The confirmed date is Thursday 20th December in a Brixton from about 7.30 pm to 1 am. More details to follow.
Hopefully we will get sorted very soon and in the meantime we will meet at the poet next week and maybe look at ice skating, bowling or something else there after.
Huge hugs
Kev and the guys at spinning@.... ‘s
EDITED_BY: Dom (1208047279)
----------- Spinning@... Update -----------
Dear all
we have moved to a new location.... se here for the new treead
[Old link]
see you at the rag factory..
this is why we have moved...
We had discussions in the pub on Tuesday regarding the use of the market for spinning@spitz and thanks to friends we have a much clearer idea of what’s going on:
Unfortunately we are not allowed back into the market for our workshops. It seems that while we have been out the market for the work, there has been a change of management. The new management appears to want to “increase the value” of the market area (gentrification is the term being used). This has led to many of the existing tenants not being invited to re enter the market, our selves included.
The st’georges residents association would have had no idea we would not be allowed back in, so although annoying its not their fault. We still have contacts in the market and we don’t want to cut out any future possibility of re-entering the market at a later date by kicking up a fuss, especially when there is no chance at all of us using the space in the current climate.
We need to do 2 things… 1. Find a temporary place to play ASAP… (see top) and 2. Find a permanent new home… to help us move forward we need your help. Please think of the people around you, be it your parents, friends, colleagues etc and see if there is anyone who may be able to finds us a new home… put the feelers out there.
If you find somewhere that fits our criteria (see below) then please get a contact name, a number or email and if appropriate, have a brief chat with them as a recommendation or personal contact makes a huge difference. If they are interested, forward their details to me and I will then chase it up.
We require an indoor or covered outdoor area with adequate lighting able to house up to 100 people on a Tuesday evening within 10mins from a tube and centrally located. We also require power to run a portable stereo.
On another note we have decided to have a Xmas party to raise some funds to help us secure a new spinning@..... ‘s venue. The confirmed date is Thursday 20th December in a Brixton from about 7.30 pm to 1 am. More details to follow.
Hopefully we will get sorted very soon and in the meantime we will meet at the poet next week and maybe look at ice skating, bowling or something else there after.
Huge hugs
Kev and the guys at spinning@.... ‘s
EDITED_BY: Dom (1208047279)
Perspective allows us to live in a world of incomprehensible possibility, simply by blinding us to almost all of it… We’re not horses, yet we all wear blinkers...
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
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Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
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Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
i just noticed your monkey has a willy, or am i wrong?
i just noticed your monkey has a willy, or am i wrong?
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
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Location: London
Posted:
That's its tail
or possibly its bellybutton
it's hard for me to tell, because for strange webfiltering reasons i can only see my monkey as a big white square when i'm at work.
That's its tail
or possibly its bellybutton
it's hard for me to tell, because for strange webfiltering reasons i can only see my monkey as a big white square when i'm at work.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
i'll be there tonight.
as will johnny moohaahaa.
monkey, your play is a rip-roaring rollercoater of emotion - its sure to be a hit when it opens in the west end.
have you cast the part of the whale yet?
if not, i'd like to read for the part at some point - i think you'll be pleasently suprised at my ability to recreate whalesong with my two front teeth, a bucket and a metal comb.
not to mention the fact that i have lots of black and white clothes that have been repeatedly mistaken for an orca costume...
cole. x
i'll be there tonight.
as will johnny moohaahaa.
monkey, your play is a rip-roaring rollercoater of emotion - its sure to be a hit when it opens in the west end.
have you cast the part of the whale yet?
if not, i'd like to read for the part at some point - i think you'll be pleasently suprised at my ability to recreate whalesong with my two front teeth, a bucket and a metal comb.
not to mention the fact that i have lots of black and white clothes that have been repeatedly mistaken for an orca costume...
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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enthusiast
352 posts
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
enthusiast
352 posts
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Posted:
How [censored] am I?
I only went and exhausted myself walking round london all day. Got back to my hostel and collapsed on my (very tiny, very shoddy) bed and fell asleep. Woke up around 9pm went "AAAARRRRGGGHHHH" but phone was being [censored] and couldn't even ring and see if things were still happening.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to come back down to london again at some point.
How [censored] am I?
I only went and exhausted myself walking round london all day. Got back to my hostel and collapsed on my (very tiny, very shoddy) bed and fell asleep. Woke up around 9pm went "AAAARRRRGGGHHHH" but phone was being [censored] and couldn't even ring and see if things were still happening.
Oh well, I guess I'll have to come back down to london again at some point.
One day i'll learn to resist gravity...
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Clubbles Jugs
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
Posted:
ah wah wah wah a wah wah
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: London, Wales (UK)
Pooh-Bah
2,211 posts
Location: London, Wales (UK)
Posted:
See you later Will, will come down to say hi for a while, but more alive than I was last week : )
See you later Will, will come down to say hi for a while, but more alive than I was last week : )
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
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25 posts
Location: London
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Location: London
Posted:
Right, I definitely have proof. Every (like all of about 10 (but this is why..)) time I try to post, something goes horribly wrong. Usually my computer eats the post, once a power cut did it, once I think I hit the 'back' button or something and it disappeared; this time I survived reading all the way to the bottom of the page but was then momentarily distracted by Kat's kitten (helloo Kat (&kitten)) only to be attacked by the very last piece of my otherwise-really-nice lasagne. I think I pressed too hard on the plate and the fork slipped (the horror the horror.) I don't get it, or maybe I do, this thread doesn't like me, or it could be computers, perhaps it's my fingers! Oh no, it's my fingers!! This is not good. They're faster than my eyes (or is that my hands?) and I'm not sure that they sleep, and there are more of them than of me. And I need them to Poi! ..Aaaaahhhok. I will train my toes, problem solved..
Right, all this aside, I'm hoping I will be able to post that someone left their keys at Spitz last night..!! A set of 5 including 3 door and a probable work key - ASSA Sweden type.
Anybody know anyone newly homeless and fired?
I'm still 07779 322 530 if anyone needs it..
Apart from that, helloo, goodbye, and now you and my once-white t-shirt know why I don't get on here so much.
P.s.
There once was a man called Sim,
Who was given a blim on a whim,
He prodded and poked it,
Eventually smoked it,
And the rest of the story’s his grin.
Right, I definitely have proof. Every (like all of about 10 (but this is why..)) time I try to post, something goes horribly wrong. Usually my computer eats the post, once a power cut did it, once I think I hit the 'back' button or something and it disappeared; this time I survived reading all the way to the bottom of the page but was then momentarily distracted by Kat's kitten (helloo Kat (&kitten)) only to be attacked by the very last piece of my otherwise-really-nice lasagne. I think I pressed too hard on the plate and the fork slipped (the horror the horror.) I don't get it, or maybe I do, this thread doesn't like me, or it could be computers, perhaps it's my fingers! Oh no, it's my fingers!! This is not good. They're faster than my eyes (or is that my hands?) and I'm not sure that they sleep, and there are more of them than of me. And I need them to Poi! ..Aaaaahhhok. I will train my toes, problem solved..
Right, all this aside, I'm hoping I will be able to post that someone left their keys at Spitz last night..!! A set of 5 including 3 door and a probable work key - ASSA Sweden type.
Anybody know anyone newly homeless and fired?
I'm still 07779 322 530 if anyone needs it..
Apart from that, helloo, goodbye, and now you and my once-white t-shirt know why I don't get on here so much.
P.s.
There once was a man called Sim,
Who was given a blim on a whim,
He prodded and poked it,
Eventually smoked it,
And the rest of the story’s his grin.
Perspective allows us to live in a world of incomprehensible possibility, simply by blinding us to almost all of it… We’re not horses, yet we all wear blinkers...
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Woah!
Its a lesser spotted Spacemonkee!
Woah!
Its a lesser spotted Spacemonkee!
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
dude.....that's inspired me to post too - lol....
Errrrm sorry for not being there to bludgeon people into giving up cash for spin but work is being as enjoyable as waking up to find a burglar having broken into your house, stolen everything including your bed, and them having masturbated all over your face in your sleep.......and I'm on call so getting no sleep or time away from house. This has taken my total spitz misses up to 13, I'm obviously distraught about it but my princess kept me company last night so all is not as bad as it could have been......oh no I tell a lie, I left her in bed this morning coz I was on an early shift ....only to be kept waiting around for an hour doing nothing and could have turned up to work later.......and I forgot to eat my cheesecake which was in the fridge....it is officially as bad as could have been.
(*Goes of to fit arm into a meat grinder*)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, hope all you sexy kiddies are having loads of fun (I thought I'd use sexy and kiddies next to each other so the post gets loads of hits from people looking up child porn), and that you on't miss me toooooo much (hahahahahaha as if).
Love hugz and psychadelic drugz - xxxxxxxxxxxxx
EDITED_BY: SmallBoy - x (1126893384)
dude.....that's inspired me to post too - lol....Errrrm sorry for not being there to bludgeon people into giving up cash for spin but work is being as enjoyable as waking up to find a burglar having broken into your house, stolen everything including your bed, and them having masturbated all over your face in your sleep.......and I'm on call so getting no sleep or time away from house. This has taken my total spitz misses up to 13, I'm obviously distraught about it but my princess kept me company last night so all is not as bad as it could have been......oh no I tell a lie, I left her in bed this morning coz I was on an early shift ....only to be kept waiting around for an hour doing nothing and could have turned up to work later.......and I forgot to eat my cheesecake which was in the fridge....it is officially as bad as could have been.
(*Goes of to fit arm into a meat grinder*)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, hope all you sexy kiddies are having loads of fun (I thought I'd use sexy and kiddies next to each other so the post gets loads of hits from people looking up child porn), and that you on't miss me toooooo much (hahahahahaha as if).
Love hugz and psychadelic drugz - xxxxxxxxxxxxx
EDITED_BY: SmallBoy - x (1126893384)
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
aww, a smallboy. isn't he cute?
aww, a smallboy. isn't he cute?
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
more post like that please you two... in fact mr.spacemonkE, it's such a rare treat i'm not even that fussy what you write...
more post like that please you two... in fact mr.spacemonkE, it's such a rare treat i'm not even that fussy what you write... It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Ok, been told to pass it on.....for anyone that remembers Dark Fairy Queen (Or Lyndsay as she is affectionately referred to by the police), she'll be at Spitz tomorrow......for anyone that doesn't remember her, come down tomorrow and you will do for the rest of your miserable days - xxxxx
Ok, been told to pass it on.....for anyone that remembers Dark Fairy Queen (Or Lyndsay as she is affectionately referred to by the police), she'll be at Spitz tomorrow......for anyone that doesn't remember her, come down tomorrow and you will do for the rest of your miserable days - xxxxx
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
she was there last week too.
i hugged her. To an observer it might have looked something like this:
RECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION
or from her perspective, like this:
RECONSTRUCTION
RECONSTRUCTION
you weren't there though. You lazy.
she was there last week too.
i hugged her. To an observer it might have looked something like this:
RECONSTRUCTION
RECONSTRUCTIONor from her perspective, like this:
RECONSTRUCTION
RECONSTRUCTIONyou weren't there though. You lazy
. "Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
yes i was u blind [censored], I was away the 2 before that coz of work read previous post regarding burglar wanking on your face metaphore - lol xxxx
yes i was u blind [censored], I was away the 2 before that coz of work read previous post regarding burglar wanking on your face metaphore - lol xxxx
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Posted:
Ive missed you Cam.
Ive missed you Cam.
member
104 posts
Location: London
104 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Howdy ho,
man there be lots of posts in this thread....
Neways, as I'm going to be missing my normal spinning at Clapham this month I was thinking about maybe popping by at Spitz.
Hope you guys are as nice as the people at Clapham were when I first went
Anywhos, how does it work....is it just a matter of turning up and dropping things (which I tend to do a lot )
Hope someone I knows is gonna be there....
Howdy ho,
man there be lots of posts in this thread....
Neways, as I'm going to be missing my normal spinning at Clapham this month I was thinking about maybe popping by at Spitz.
Hope you guys are as nice as the people at Clapham were when I first went
Anywhos, how does it work....is it just a matter of turning up and dropping things (which I tend to do a lot
)Hope someone I knows is gonna be there....
If you're getting hit, move faster...
Check page 30 for Directions
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
hee hee i should be going either this week or next
hee hee i should be going
either this week or next back
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
check the time & date of my previous post and WEEP you pathetic manchild
Written by: SmallBoy - x
yes i was u blind
check the time & date of my previous post and WEEP you pathetic manchild
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
last week was fun but i got horrendously drunk and was probably loud and rude.
this week i shall come along, spin some poi (need to practice for the weekend) and leave quietly 
cole. x
last week was fun but i got horrendously drunk and was probably loud and rude.
this week i shall come along, spin some poi (need to practice for the weekend
) and leave quietly cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
UCOF - Awwww, love you honeybunnysweetycaksesbubbleboos
Immortal ninja - Yup, drop lots of things, make our rubbishy juggler types feel better about not knowing how to spin something sensible lol
Linden - Have we met?
Simian - Ahhh man child.....I thought that's what we call your occasional girlfriends hehehehehehe
Cole, you weren't horrendouslky drunk, I'm the only one that does horrendously drunk.....and you were quite sensible....Eva on the other hand was horrendously drunk muhahahahaha
And.......I got a phone call at 2am saying your taxi to birmingham will be there in 4 hours, go fix a computer (which is what I'm doing)......can't see me getting back for spitz so, *ankers, w*nkers, wa*kers, wan*ers, etc etc.......
Catch you all for cuddles and money next week - xxxx
Oooo ooo ooo orange bandana means teachers......
(Thats bandana monkey, not banana)
UCOF - Awwww, love you honeybunnysweetycaksesbubbleboos
Immortal ninja - Yup, drop lots of things, make our rubbishy juggler types feel better about not knowing how to spin something sensible lol
Linden - Have we met?
Simian - Ahhh man child.....I thought that's what we call your occasional girlfriends hehehehehehe
Cole, you weren't horrendouslky drunk, I'm the only one that does horrendously drunk.....and you were quite sensible....Eva on the other hand was horrendously drunk muhahahahaha
And.......I got a phone call at 2am saying your taxi to birmingham will be there in 4 hours, go fix a computer (which is what I'm doing)......can't see me getting back for spitz so, *ankers, w*nkers, wa*kers, wan*ers, etc etc.......
Catch you all for cuddles and money next week - xxxx
Oooo ooo ooo orange bandana means teachers......
(Thats bandana monkey, not banana)
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
member
57 posts
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
57 posts
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Posted:
i'm leaving soon. A little nervous as it will be my first time If you are going along and see someone looking lost wearing a black fleece and a dark blue bag say hello to me
See you all later
i'm leaving soon. A little nervous as it will be my first time
If you are going along and see someone looking lost wearing a black fleece and a dark blue bag say hello to me See you all later
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Go say hello to everyone else.
And give them a from me too.
Go say hello to everyone else.
And give them a
from me too. member
104 posts
Location: London
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Location: London
Posted:
Hey that was cool.
Thanks to all the really nice people there making it all friendly and stuff.
Should be along from now on...
although its hard to find a spot to swing a rope dart around without killing neone
Neways see you alls around
K
Hey that was cool.
Thanks to all the really nice people there making it all friendly and stuff.
Should be along from now on...
although its hard to find a spot to swing a rope dart around without killing neone
Neways see you alls around
K
If you're getting hit, move faster...
Check page 30 for Directions
newbie
8 posts
8 posts
Posted:
Ok so spitz is on tuesdays from six(is that every tuesday), so when is anyone at clapham common?. Ive only seen one other person doing poi in the flesh so i need some help and someone to teach me. im 17 and been doing it 4 2 months (since reading festival) but dont know at what lvl i am.
Ok so spitz is on tuesdays from six(is that every tuesday), so when is anyone at clapham common?. Ive only seen one other person doing poi in the flesh so i need some help and someone to teach me. im 17 and been doing it 4 2 months (since reading festival) but dont know at what lvl i am.
newbie
8 posts
8 posts
Posted:
oh and are the nearest stations farringdon and Barbican
just to make sure ill be going to the right place
oh and are the nearest stations farringdon and Barbican
just to make sure ill be going to the right place
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Or Liverpool Street station.
and its on from 7 util 10
Or Liverpool Street station.
and its on from 7 util 10
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London
3,149 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Hmm, farringdon or barbican are in the area, but would be a bit of a trek.
Liverpool street, Aldgate East and Moorgate are all closer...
Look in the clapham thread for clapham info, but i warn you, it's getting chillier down there. brrrrrrr.
and you don't know what lvl you are? Hang on...
*checks PoiSons label*
it says here that you're level Delta Twelve. Which is ok i guess.
Hmm, farringdon or barbican are in the area, but would be a bit of a trek.
Liverpool street, Aldgate East and Moorgate are all closer...
Look in the clapham thread for clapham info, but i warn you, it's getting chillier down there. brrrrrrr.
and you don't know what lvl you are? Hang on...
*checks PoiSons label*
it says here that you're level Delta Twelve. Which is ok i guess.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
I'm a beginner and I've been doing it for 3 1/2 years if that clears it up......a few people almost made it to intermediate but they gave up....it involves dislocating shoulders at will apparently
I'm a beginner and I've been doing it for 3 1/2 years if that clears it up......a few people almost made it to intermediate but they gave up....it involves dislocating shoulders at will apparently
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
Pooh-Bah
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
Posted:
hey, just in case anyone's interested....i'm bringing knitting stuff to spitz tonight as a few people said they wanted to learn. anyone who's still got time to go home & grab their needles, get going!
i'm also bringing some spares and some wool if you just wanna have a go
hey, just in case anyone's interested....i'm bringing knitting stuff to spitz tonight as a few people said they wanted to learn. anyone who's still got time to go home & grab their needles, get going!
i'm also bringing some spares and some wool if you just wanna have a go
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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