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I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
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benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
Add water and watch it run away? :-?
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fifenwhistle wrote:
benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
Add water and watch it run away? :-?
Much as I was thinking. Suppose I'd better try it ... tomorrow ...
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benhall.1 wrote:
fifenwhistle wrote:
benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
Add water and watch it run away? :-?
Much as I was thinking. Suppose I'd better try it ... tomorrow ...
Ooooh! What colour?
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My wife gave me some plastic fish that I bought myself (for myself) when we went to the beach this past summer.
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mutepointe wrote:My wife gave me some plastic fish that I bought myself (for myself) when we went to the beach this past summer.
Mutey...I just tried to picture you in real-life action. It was hard.
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emmline wrote:
mutepointe wrote:My wife gave me some plastic fish that I bought myself (for myself) when we went to the beach this past summer.
Mutey...I just tried to picture you in real-life action. It was hard.
I thanked her.
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dwest wrote:
fifenwhistle wrote:
benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
Add water and watch it run away? :-?
Much as I was thinking. Suppose I'd better try it ... tomorrow ...

Ooooh! What colour?
It's in four separate little sachets - very bright colours - green, blue, orange and purple.
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I think that I am the one that gives the strangest presents to my family. This year I gave my mom Strawberry Daifuku. 50/50 chance she will love it or hate it. Not strange, but to a midwestern woman, it might be off in texture, and odd.
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benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wM692T2BXM

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MikeS wrote:
benhall.1 wrote:I also got hydrophobic sand. Does anybody have any clue as to what I'm supposed to do with it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wM692T2BXM

It's an endless minute of fun.
Er ... right. Thanks Mike. That actually looks like more fun than I had imagined. I really should have a go in a bit ...
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Even I am at a loss as to what to do with the waterproof sand other than to re-gift.
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Charlene wrote:This: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/a ... -115644955

The liquid is supposed to do strange things when the weather changes. So far the crystals have all been at the bottom. It's supposed to snow tonight and rain for the next couple of days, so we'll see if this thing actually works.
I was actually hoping to get one of those (Amazon has a couple of very inexpensive versions) but didn't :(
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benhall.1 wrote:Suppose I'd better try it ... tomorrow ...
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day ...

So?

Say, Ben ... helicopter, magic sand ... Do you think your kids could put me on their Christmas list, too? I'd like a miniature trebuchet. :P
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MTGuru wrote: I'd like a miniature trebuchet.
Miniature trebouchet? Would that be one that was scaled down to knock down the typical suburban home? I just dismantled ours.

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