From lm03_cif Mon Feb 3 00:02:32 1992 Received: from gawain.cif.rochester.edu by uhura.cc.rochester.edu (4.1/1.16) id AA26811; Mon, 3 Feb 92 00:02:29 EST Received: from uhura.cc.rochester.edu by gawain.cif.rochester.edu (4.1/1.15) id AA19045; Sun, 2 Feb 92 23:59:33 EST Received: from troi.cc.rochester.edu by uhura.cc.rochester.edu (4.1/1.16) id AA26808; Mon, 3 Feb 92 00:02:23 EST Message-Id: <9202030502.AA26808@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> From: lm03_cif (Larry Moss) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1992 00:02:23 -0500 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.3 5/22/91) To: balloon@gawain.cif.rochester.edu Subject: Re: Balloon making tip Status: O On Feb 2, 6:23pm rh@craycos.com (Robert Herndon) writes: > My solution is to stuff about 20 balloons into every pocket I've > got, well before I start making anything. I do this far from the > madding crowd. When I need to exit, I just finish up the balloons > from the one pocket I've been most recently working with. That's what I do, but another technique I've found works is to fall over dramatically from exhaustion. It usually gets a laugh and sometimes free drinks to help me regain my strength. :-) I wouldn't recommend that if you're getting paid, but if you're just fooling around in a park it works well. > P.S.: Where are people getting their balloons these days? I haven't > bought any for five years or more, and my freezer is beginning to run > low. I used to buy at The Balloon Box, but that was back when a gross > of 260Es was $6.00. What do they go for now? The last price I saw for > a gross was $13.00. Please include an address or phone number (for > the supplier). And I thought $11 was outrageous when I heard that. Try T. Meyers Magic. I just got their catalog recently. It's $6.50 per gross. Less if you buy in bulk. 1509 Parker Bend Austin, Texas 78734 (800) 648-6221. Does freezing the balloons really preserve them? I've had problems with balloons that I've had in coat pockets in cold weather. Admittedly they're not in sealed packages anymore at that point. Larry