From: Karin Tari <ktari@avantisystems.com>
To: "'veronica losh'" <vavaballoooon@yahoo.com>,
Subject: RE: Hook Twist
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:12:49 -0500

Rock climbers have a little sack where they keep a bunch of powdery 
substance into which they dip their fingers so that they can get a good 
grip on a rock.  The little sack has a drawstring on it for when they're 
finished with it, but before a climb, they would open it up and it stays 
open.  It is made to hang off a belt, so maybe you could use this for your 
purpose.

-----Original Message-----
Sent:	Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:50 PM
To:	balloon@balloonhq.com
Subject: Hook Twistwist

Hi again,

I'm in a better mood now, and I have a question, which
I will not thwack anyone for answering.  (I promise)
Thad isn't kidding-- We Kansas twisters are frozen all
the way down to our socks.  Maybe that's why I'm a
little cranky.

Actually, this is kind of response to an earlier
question, but brings up another issue.

Somebody asked how to get the stick out of the deep
hook twist.  I use powder on the stick before
inserting it. Baby cornstarch to be exact.  It slides
right out, "jes' like butta."  However, I've never
done this in public, since I don't know a of a good
way to store/dispense the powder.

Any ideas?

Veronica
aka Vavaballoooooooooooon!!!!!!!