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Spontaneous Knots
May 15^th, 2006 at 5:28pm

OK, you are out slinging, and all of a sudden your sling feels wrong, one cord is too short ... you look at it and the release cord has tied a knot in itself.

Has this happened to you? What is the most complicated knot you've seen form spontaneously?

I just read an article on knots in Wikipedia, and I learned that American Indians call the overhand knot, "the knot that ties itself." I can truly attest to that! But I have also seen a figure-8 knot in my release cord. I have not seen anything more complicated, yet, but I wonder...

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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2006 at 5:32pm i have had a simple overhand knot towards the end of the release cord before, a few times if i remember correctly. perhaps it has something to do with the way the cord whips around itself after certain style throws. what style do you use?
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Re: Spontaneous Knots
Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2006 at 5:58pm

I used to have that problem years ago with my personal rigs. The most complicated knot I've seen to date involved a highly specialized sling, employing a much higher leverage ratio than normal, which ended up whipping itself into a Laguardian knot. They ended up having to cut out air travel for quite some time.

Ewww, that was bad.....yet some how I can't delete it.

Go ahead Dale, I deserve it.

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Dale Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1581 California, USA Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #3 - May 15^th, 2006 at 6:03pm Ow! LaGuardia ... Gordian ... Ow! TechStuf, the only consolation I have, when dealing with someone like you, is what my Punster friend said to me once ... "You think you have it bad? You only have to listen to the ones that make it out of my mouth; I have to listen to them ALL!"
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Yahweh Bless you in Yeshua Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Matthew 11:25-30 Posts: 1700 Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #4 - May 15^th, 2006 at 6:10pm LOL! BTW, what is this 'Gordian' of which you speak? I did a google search for "Gordian Airport".... Guess what.... There is NO 'Gordian Airport'! Trying to trick me Dale? I'm telling you... It won't work! TS
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Dale Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1581 California, USA Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #5 - May 15^th, 2006 at 6:16pm "cut out air travel" -- and you say you didn't know about the Gordian knot? Riight... We are having a positively giardian outbreak of bad puns here.
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Yahweh Bless you in Yeshua Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Matthew 11:25-30 Posts: 1700 Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2006 at 6:47pm Yes, the proportions of which are 'monumental'...... Bwaaahaaahaa! TS
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #7 - May 15^th, 2006 at 9:01pm Another one worthy of a Laurel, and Hearty Handshake! lol
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Yahweh Bless you in Yeshua Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Matthew 11:25-30 Posts: 1700 Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #8 - May 15^th, 2006 at 9:39pm Yeah, or maybe a Palm frond and a secret handshake.....eh, BK? TS
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #9 - May 15^th, 2006 at 9:49pm Ah, you're getting into that DaVinci Code stuff now. 8)
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Yahweh Bless you in Yeshua Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Matthew 11:25-30 Posts: 1700 Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #10 - May 15^th, 2006 at 10:08pm No, personally I quit writing backwards and looking into mirrors when I was 12. 8) TS
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CanDo Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1652 New England, USA Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #11 - May 15^th, 2006 at 10:28pm haha, I write backwards fairly often. I'm left handed, it's just smoother for me. You don't need a mirror to read it either.... It sure can draw some strange looks though
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Yahweh Bless you in Yeshua Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Matthew 11:25-30 Posts: 1700 Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #12 - May 15^th, 2006 at 10:33pm Not to impune your integrity.....but I'm gonna need to see a video clip on that one! I just tried to write backward and about got an aneurysm. TS
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Re: Spontaneous Knots
Reply #13 - May 16^th, 2006 at 2:32pm

TechStuf,
If I remember, Leonardo da Vinci was a southpaw, and all his journals were written right-to-left, so that I would have to hold his writings up to a mirror to read them. Is that what your cryptic remark referred to?

Try writing backwards with your left hand, not your right (er ... you are a "northpaw," aren't you?). I tried it, somehow my brain can translate the motions and backwards write can I. Not very legibly, but it worked!

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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: Spontaneous Knots Reply #14 - May 16^th, 2006 at 2:41pm leonardo davinci is supposed to have written things backwards like that so that noone could steal his secrets; he was purposefully writing in a code.
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