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Anyone Have Any Tactile Toys?

Discussion in 'Other Every Day Carry Items' started by Doraemon, Jun 3, 2014.

  1. BalancedEdge

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    They're best for those who don't do well with idle hands. Sitting for hours on end in school being lectured, I like to flip the begleri a bit to get my mind off things and keep from wanting to just stand up and walk out.
     
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  3. Nick4305
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    Nick4305 EDC Junkie!!!!!

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    I love large metal old coins to fidget with.
    Nick
     
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  4. mjcc2002

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    I've recently come across Steven Robbins pocket tops on edcknives, too rich for my blood but would love to have one for my desk.


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    Similar topics merged.
     
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  7. Brtsmpsn
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    Brtsmpsn Oh, Canada!

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    Go to a hobby lobby type store and get some lighter cord and stop by Sears and grab a couple of small sockets or grab a couple out of an old tool kit.

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. mjcc2002

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    Brtsmpsn the bag in that picture is that homemade or somewhere for purchase? Don't wanna hijack but I like the way that bag looks


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  9. Brtsmpsn
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    Brtsmpsn Oh, Canada!

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    It is from Australia and very common over there.

    [​IMG]

    The label accurately describes how it is sourced.
     
  10. PirateMetalTroy

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    This is mine. It's a "pen" that's been balanced so you can spin it around in your hand. this particular one has no ink tube, but I've also made one that has a retracting mechanism in it, it's just a little but heavy for spinning.
    [​IMG]
     
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  11. catenate

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    I spent a few hours today, while working remotely with a colleague, absently playing with a Nite Ize #2 locking s-biner. In addition to much twiddling and riding down headphone cords, each lock slides reasonably stably to one of four positions (locked, just unlocked, slid against end curve, forcing bar open), which can be used to note a two-digit base-4 number (eg, from 00, which is 0 decimal, to 33, which is 3x4+3=15 decimal). Possibly useful if you need to keep or remember the count of something less than 16, or possibly entirely too geeky to share on any forum. ;)

    Edit: Thought of another use for the sliders: keeping track of which team is ahead, and by how much, in my son's soccer games.
     
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    A little less common than it once was maybe ;)
     
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  13. Brtsmpsn
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    Brtsmpsn Oh, Canada!

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    That's because tourists keep buying them. Xiii sent me a handful of them and I gave them out for gifts.

    Kept this one though.
     
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  14. vinsanity286

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    Yep, I always like to have something to keep my hands busy. Usually its a knife or a flashlight but after making some tops, I think I found my new fix.
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  15. Anyday Carry

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    I always carry a pack of cards:



    'Nuff said


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    Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

    A little learning is a dangerous thing;
    drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
    there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
    and drinking largely sobers us again.
     
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    My gonads. Great texture. Never leave home without them. They're free. Two is one and one is none. I won't post pics.

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  17. Quantum

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    I giggled. "Nomads gonads"
     
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    I like playing with my husband's tactile toys.
     
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    Captains of Crush (CoC) Grippers No 1250 - helps with the mild arthritis
     
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  20. ManVsLawn

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