[OT]Happy Chanukah

Quickbeam said:

garyh:
I agree -- no muss, no fuss when it comes to the holidays. My parents chose to host Hanukkah every year; my wife's family handles Xmas; and we throw the shindig for Thanksgiving. Easy .

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Hanukkah with her folks and Xmas with mine is easy, but since we're in NoCal and our folks are in SoCal (but 50 miles apart), we had to split Thanksgivings this year and do two different days. Not to terrible, but a bit of a hassle.

the Jester said:

Good lord, what a fantastic idea! Heh... talk about alternative forms for dice...

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Apologies for sidetracking this thread for a second time , but I thought you might be interested in the teetota (dreidel-like spinning tops) pictured below including 3-,6- and 10-sided ones...

Zander said:

Apologies for sidetracking this thread for a second time , but I thought you might be interested in the teetota (dreidel-like spinning tops) pictured below including 3-,6- and 10-sided ones...

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Cool where ya find these?

By the way - Dreydels are great 4 sided dice. Spinning to roll is oodles more fun then rolling

--*Rob

THG Hal said:

Cool where ya find these?

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You're going to get me kicked off the boards for threadjacking!

The large blue and red ones at the back and the split d6's on the right came from a store called Village Games in North London.

I can't remember where I got the black one on the left. They were floating around on Ebay about a year ago.

The red one in the centre I got on Ebay. It was a prototype 10 'sided' one. AFAIK it never went into production.

The small Put'n'Take one came from Historic Games/Rose & Pentagram. They do lots of cool dice too. If you contact them, please mention that Alexander from the Dice Maniacs' Club put you in touch.

Zander said:

You're going to get me kicked off the boards for threadjacking!

split d6's on the right came from a store called Village Games in North London.

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Will check out the link and I was interested in the split ones also ***oh well, have to go to London for vacation then***

Gah, must bring dreidel to next game requiring d4s.

Hope you all are having a swell holiday. My kids are more of the sufganiyot than the latke persuasion, alas.

If you use a teetotum/dreidel as a d4 (or for any other game), you might like to know that most teetota/dreidels can be spun on their handles...

Hold the teetotum so that its handle is pointing downwards and the vertex you'd normally spin it on is pointing up. The palm of your hand should be facing up with the teetotum's handle held between your thumb and index finger. Now spin the teetotum. As you release the teetotum, quickly withdraw your hand. The teetotum should land handle down and continue to spin. If the teetotum is vertical when you let go and the axis of rotation is along the length of the teetotum, it won't tumble onto its side the moment it lands. With practice, you can even throw the teetotum some distance and get it to continue spinning on its handle.

Spinning a teetotum this way doesn't serve any purpose. It's just a bit of fun.

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A simple way of making a d6-teetotum (maybe that should be 't6'?) is to attach a short handle to a vertex of a d6. Simply make a hole in one corner of a wooden d6 and insert a short stick so that it protrudes just far enough that it can be grasped firmly between two fingers. Glue the handle in place and voila a d6-teetotum. I have a couple of these.

garyh said:

Her family is Jewish, and mine is secular (I'm converting).

Happy Hanukkah, everyone!!

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ouch! you know what that involves, right?

tleilaxu said:

ouch! you know what that involves, right?

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Well, THAT part was done when I was born. Just have to take classes now.