From: sirtwistalot@juno.com
To: laststraw@thelaststraw.com
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:40:24 -0800
Subject: assessing value pt II

Hello again~

In one of Tmyers books, he has a line, "The more space a balloon occupies
the more valuable it becomes." Perception is everything! As I myself
learn new thing and use them, my value does go up. The question then
becomes, how much are you willing to pay for any given knowledge and is
it worth it?

A good example for me is, I  recently bought Dewey's Amusing Rubber 
Antics. there are 34 listed gags, there were 2 I could use. All the
others, I had read on the list and guide or  from other people. I paid
$4.00 for the book and got 2 good gags, I got my monies worth.

On the other hand, I bought a video back in the day : Balloon twisting
for fun and profit by Keith Johnson for which I paid $25.00 and to be
honest, the video sucked!! With just the guide and Dewey's Dewey's New
balloon Animals book, you would be able to find work (I myself used Capt
V's book and Dewey's) and would have saved yourself some cash.

Perception is everything. I myself like an honest write up (such as Tmyer
does), so that I can objectively decide, if I wish to buy a book or a
video. The danger with videos, is the return policy on most of them. 

Having said that, I learned a lot from a video (which I no longer have:
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH), Comedy magic with balloons vol 1. What I LOVE about
this video is, it showed you his show complete with kids, and then he
explained how the different tricks where done. You learned his routine
and his secrets, THEN  you could change it to suit your style.  I think I
paid $25.00 for that video, I got my monies worth.

Anyway, I do agree with you that perception counts for everything!

Just me Sir T

P.S. If nothing else this topic has got me thinking, thanks for your
input Joel

Sir T
Vegan's understand that gentleness cannot be a product of violence,
harmony cannot be a product of strife, and peace cannot be a product of
contention and conflict.