Discussion:
Studio floor question
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Greg Shenaut
2005-11-03 05:15:40 UTC
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I sometimes use a dance studio in the recreation center of a local
university. This is a fairly new building and studio. It has an oak
floor, which they keep waxed. It has a number of slippery spots, and
I'd like to put together a set of material to convince them to stop
waxing it and to start using something else, such as slip-no-mor floor
cleaner or some other nonslip product.

First, are there forms of dance where a slippery floor is necessary?
There are a lot of people doing hip-hop wearing rubber-soled shoes in
that room. If they or other dancers need a waxed floor, then I'll just
drop the whole thing, because they are in the majority.

Second, what is a good independent source of information on this? I'm
thinking about something that isn't written by a company that sells
dance floor products, that includes some kind of statistics about
things like costs and injury rates, and makes some suggestions about
various products that could be used instead of wax.

I'd appreciate any info on this.

Thanks,

Greg Shenaut
Julie Bove
2005-11-07 02:24:20 UTC
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Post by Greg Shenaut
I sometimes use a dance studio in the recreation center of a local
university. This is a fairly new building and studio. It has an oak
floor, which they keep waxed. It has a number of slippery spots, and
I'd like to put together a set of material to convince them to stop
waxing it and to start using something else, such as slip-no-mor floor
cleaner or some other nonslip product.
First, are there forms of dance where a slippery floor is necessary?
There are a lot of people doing hip-hop wearing rubber-soled shoes in
that room. If they or other dancers need a waxed floor, then I'll just
drop the whole thing, because they are in the majority.
Second, what is a good independent source of information on this? I'm
thinking about something that isn't written by a company that sells
dance floor products, that includes some kind of statistics about
things like costs and injury rates, and makes some suggestions about
various products that could be used instead of wax.
I'd appreciate any info on this.
I don't know much about dance floors, but when I danced, we used rosin on
our ballet shoes to prevent slipping. They sell powdered rosin, but since I
also played violin, I used my solid piece of rosin for my shoes. I simply
scratched the surface to get a little powder and put that on the soles of my
shoes.

Some tap shoes are made with a gripping surface on the bottoms of the shoes.
The taps themselves tend to be slippery. Some people need the gripping
surface. Some do not. It all depends on their age, skill level, and the
types of moves being done. At the studio where my daughter goes, they
advise that the kids get the non slip soles once they reach beginning level
3 because they are doing faster moves and they sometimes slip without that
gripping surface.

Certainly there are times in most types of dance where you want to be able
to glide along the floor. If the floor is too slippery, then that's bad.
But you also don't want a floor that causes you to stick to it. That can
cause knee injuries!

If the problem is that the floor has particular spots that are more slippery
than they should be, then those spots probably have a buildup of wax. Could
be that they are not used as much during dancing, so the wax doesn't wear
off there. I should think you could alleviate that with a light sanding and
then a good cleaning to get any sanding residue up.
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Butzmark
2005-11-07 17:24:29 UTC
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Post by Greg Shenaut
I sometimes use a dance studio in the recreation center of a local
university. This is a fairly new building and studio. It has an oak
floor, which they keep waxed. It has a number of slippery spots, and
I'd like to put together a set of material to convince them to stop
waxing it and to start using something else, such as slip-no-mor floor
cleaner or some other nonslip product.
First, are there forms of dance where a slippery floor is necessary?
There are a lot of people doing hip-hop wearing rubber-soled shoes in
that room. If they or other dancers need a waxed floor, then I'll just
drop the whole thing, because they are in the majority.
Second, what is a good independent source of information on this? I'm
thinking about something that isn't written by a company that sells
dance floor products, that includes some kind of statistics about
things like costs and injury rates, and makes some suggestions about
various products that could be used instead of wax.
I'd appreciate any info on this.
Thanks,
Greg Shenaut
Performance wise, the pros use Marley, a linoleum like stuff that is
rolled out over the wooden floor and taped down. It is only cleaned
with non-oily cleaners like ammonia, so that it does not become slick
from oil. Moisture can still make it slick. Rosin is used on shoes but
some disipline is required to keep the dancers from overdoing it.
bek
2005-11-08 00:43:35 UTC
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If you are renting an area, there is very little that the powers that
be, will help you to make their floors less shiny, and less buffed.
The problem comes when instead of finishing the hardwood with a non
skid surface, they use real wax instead.
I have had many problems with performances that dealt with this
problem.
If one has lots of money, Marley is the way to go. But, most times
that is out of budget, and it needs to be down on the floor for at
least 24 hours to easy out, and be buckle free.

These are the so-so solutions we did for the waxed floor problem.
1: Keep a small spray bottle with you at all times, and spritz the
bottom of your shoes, the water seems to give traction on the floor.
2: use rosin not the powdered type but the rock rosin, and scrunch your
shoes into it before taking the floor. Problem will be rosin build up
on both the floor and your shoes.
Mostly, it will combine with the wax and you will need to scrape the
bottom of your shoes a lot, so that you don't wind up with shoes that
are "waxed" on the bottom.
3: Another solution, which is about the best for waxed floors, get a
thin sole of rubber put onto the bottom of your shoes, or bottom and
tips of pointe shoes,
You can get a shoe smith to do this, but I don't know the cost, and you
will have to quide them through the process as to where you need these
pieces of rubber.

If the floor is being used also for ballroom dance, you will not get
them to stop waxing the floor. Ballroom likes a slick (fast) floor,
where are ballet likes a slow floor.

Good luck!
Bek
the land surfer
2005-11-21 14:40:11 UTC
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Post by bek
If you are renting an area, there is very little that the powers
thatINSERT SIM CARD
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ok you can sit down now

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because your reading a lethal kadaitcha man's diary fuckwit

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now that th rabble have departed


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why have i got a girl peeing on my desktop ?

"umm maybe you scared a few girls"


arent they supposed to sit down to pee ?

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blind melon
'no rain'
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bin wonderin about that

th clouds are gatherin but

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humid as fuck today

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got a call at lunchtime

the epa got us


can ya come down and

help clean up th creek and drain


prefer to stuff my unicycle up th drains

rather than shovel em


fuck man

that is a fuck of a lot of red oxide


i apologise for my testicles answerin th phone

i'll go see my dealer when we


get done


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i did


she was out


so kuta lady looked after me



ta




he's a good boy

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swear i was a
maori boy
with three and a half foot shoulders










dont talk to me




liek i'm a fuckin dog








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U2
'desire'
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thanks man

th blue balls were goin spare



everybody's had a serve today

they're all much happier with me now


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no

th land rover didnt get finished


they're back under th fuckin thing

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car wants his trailer back

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yeah right car

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who rebuilt yur kombi for ya ?

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you'd desire yur trailer back


it'll come back when he's finished with it

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the red hot chilli peppers
'track no 06'
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Sopranos- Theme Song
'Woke up This Morning'
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th abc werent reporting it

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"how long were we not medicated ?"

long enough

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scuse i

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so young fella


can ya see me


bein a minder

knockin on doors


demanding money

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not everything is

as it first appears

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i only did it

seventeen years

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no-one ever

gets me



on th first

read

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thought i missed bein a

toecutter

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"bein a lethal kadaitcha man

"not good enough for you jennifer ?"

"it's a license to kill for fuck's sake"


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i'm just psychic

see things before they happen

"crap"

+++

are ya gunna point th bone of death at osama or wot wiz ?

"kuta wants reassurance he's alive"


+++

we cant be that lucky

"yes we can"


"filling three contracts at once"

"is not unheard of"

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death threats are

just part of breathing

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i been mungrelated by th cops

more times than i'd like to


admit

for death threats

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no th funny thing is man


if i'm serious about killin ya

i dont threaten ya


i just

point th bone of death


and



do my tribal singing


some time around

seven days later


THUD

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tellin you about it

makes no difference


to th outcome

just


sweeter

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poke yur nose up osama

i'm a black tracker and

nobody has my balls

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sick of watchin this shit on th


tv



one man can make a difference



even a background singin

invisible one


+++

i'm a freak osama

an out there


psychic freak

with two minds in one body


i dont work as a minder

on th carnival anymore


i'm freelance

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dr death

successfully sung to death in 12 days


by aboriginal australian

lethal kadaitcha man [ deadly magic hitman ]



dr azahari - tick

+++


<<<<< smile >>>>


greetings


+++


welcome to



reality


+++


in here is my business card


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no-one's answering th phone

do th words


fuck off and go away


offend ?


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hey john

dont forget th

australian soccer team


they didnt pay


th witchdoctor




32 years that curse lasted


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should i make out a bill ?

"dont be vulgar"

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went off to make a coffee


th nephew in a punchy mood

ok


young fella

sparring time



you little bugger

arent you gettin quick ?


never got one in but


he faces left

he faces right


he never faces


you




you steal my tricks mate


well done


you get a tick

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got a real

agggressive style


no wonder he cleans em up

i want you in a


martial arts class

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if he really kicks

i'll come back to training

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a kick bag


under th back verandah


i think we can arrange that

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man


you got marko's genes alright




fuck


+++

your grandfather
was a fighter


put away th murderer shit
and look beyond it


i looked into my fathers eyes
over a set of fists


again

eerie

+++


how am i gunna broach this

with little brother


uncle genie's

blowin thru in a couple weeks



leave it with me

+++


he's only my height

but man



th fuckin reach

+++


so alright young fella

i know yur currently servin suspensions



does that umm

not givin em a target to think about


work good for ya ?


+++


shite yeah


they never know



where it's comin from


<<< big shiteating grin >>>


+++


who taught you that move boy ?


+++


ya go to training

to be content

with th knowledge


ya can

open his chest cavity


cause

th fastest way to a man's heart

is thru his chest



although after

five years on that unicycle


my leg speed is

doesnt matter which leg


moves first

you never know


which one's gunna clobber ya

"first"


"it's"

"usually both"



"i dont believe in wasting momentum"

flywheel rider


"si"

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i dont need a gun

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or th stuff they stick in bullets


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licensed to kill

by my religion


oldest religion in th world

aboriginal australian belief

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do i get
007 back

?

i whacked dr death kutaman


"ok"

+++
xtc
'senses working overtime'
+++

and i diverted their attention to

dr death from th bundaberg hospital saga


it's nicely clouded

"obfuscated ?"


oh yes


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i like that

not talkin unless i'm stoned


"never see"

"me"

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ya dont wanna face the

lethal kadaitcha man


when his nuts are hurtin bad


them women stink ya know


fukin pheremones

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i know it's supposed to calm down

after puberty


not with my genes

we're naturally long lived

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scribe
'not many'(remix)
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you didnt land one punch man

i've had three cones


since crawlin outta th drain

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yur grandfather hit me enough



not that i'm

gunna shove that in yur face


i did tell ya what age

i took him on though


we stop now or

th furniture starts gettin hurt


<<< smile >>>

wrong footed ya


+++

nah man

lead off th wrong


foot

ride yur unicycle first but


it's a big part of yur training

+++


my body is balanced

wherever i am

i can leap from

+++

when ya can

ride yur unicycle


stick


young man



in th surf


and carry yur most precious mp3 player

confident


ya aint gunna kill it



then you get a

yellow belt




one step up from

white belt learner

+++


we dont do tips

fuckin childish crap

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white
yellow
green
blue
brown
black
red

and no dans

+++

i can ride my stick
in a thirty knot breeze

in a foot of water [surf]
blindfolded

thru three intersecting waves
two coming in

one going out
i'm a red belt

+++

i surf th land on my stick

+++

fuck i had a good surf

saturday night

+++


th calves are still


pumping

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sade
'sweetest taboo'
+++

th oversize unicycle tyre was

losin traction

predictably

th most
awesome slides



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i know this nice smooth
nicely swept drain

with no rocks in it
land surfer dude


"<<<smiel >>>"


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"ya dont think ?"


nah

+++


i did bitch to th all

about th drains

havin rocks in em


i liek to zip up th outside drains

and this one leads into a


tunnel



havent tried that


i will need a light

paulie


"ok"


+++


ya got a great eye
little brother

for detail
but ya'd never make a car detailer


that orange slime mould from there down
is natural cover for what we're

pullin out in solids
ok


<<<smiel >>>
did he even return ?



dickhead

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all they wanted us to do was

throw it up on th grass

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it's just red oxide

th old biddy's



on th phoen and

whingin


<<<smiel >>>

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the land surfer shall return

and blow yur


everlovin mind

+++

i'll give ya somethin to whinge about

+++


"comin downhill jennifer"
"in th pipe"

"liek river surfin"
"but on a unicycle"


"in th storm drain"

fuckin kuta man

+++

we'll need brakes


"BITCHSLAP"




ow


sorry

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mika
hopped into this song

saturday night

i was boppin along

just

singin wot comes out


thanks for th compliment
you are very kind


and i turned and
hey mika

you heard the


james brown car alarm ?



OW

OW

OW

OW

OW

at a hundred decibels


drowned yur pissy new little pig amp man


sorry dude



hey ?



oh ok


<<<Smiel >>>

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i shit on th song


he picked it back up


i even sang some of th words


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it works but

better than th cop carhorns


nearly got that sound


barped back at it


satdy night


and th dickless tracy

did a little hop


<<<Smile >>>

lose soem weight dear


no

there isnt a copcar comin down
the fortitude valley mall


just a kadaitcha man

mimic


pullin a little jape

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shaggy
'carolina'
+++

ah no

we'll go spanish which means

cuban right mika ?

<<<smiel >>>

+++



sung a whole album of jewel
before i hit th street


---


i dont um

so much


plagiarize yur songs as much as

yur voice

+++

then of course

i wander somewhere

they never heard before


long and wailing and

sounds so wrong and




they stop

and listen


is religious singing from


the tribe's kadaitcha man

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best compliment ever

singing


it's fuckin wrong

but it sounds right


you keep doing it

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i love th opposite thing

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i'm a freestyle singer

never know

what's gunna cum out


+++



rock spider was into me

between squidgey girls dancin to our drummin


why do they go so apeshit
when you cum liek a girl

in th music


?




"cause it's"

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.


"well wrong man"

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p.s.


oh ok

thanks

+++

you are not a character in my book


+++


well wrong man reclines

+++


"dunno about that jenny"

+++
Robbie Williams&Nicole Kidman
'somethin stupid'
+++


"that's to get me back is it ?"

+++


get a big black dog up ya paulie

+++

"that's me off for drugs"

wait for me

.
.
.


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sing me a rainbow

+++


now

or i'll club you with this cricket bat

+++
my drug hell
'girl at the bus stop'
+++



girl at the bus stop

stop laughing at me


i've gotten self conscious and

i'm runnin out of ways to compliment you


+++

lady


i tell ya

th look yur boyfriend gave me



really

curb yur enthusiasm


this is th third time

you;ve walked back


he's getting a little peeved

fuck you can dance


this drum is alive rock spider

+++


if yur boyfriend

drops dead


out of th blue like

you know where i am

+++


a great dancer

+++

"cmon jenny"

"you wouldnt off a guy to fuck a great dancer would ya ?"

fuck yeah

+++

"glad this is psi fi"

+++


we watch th ppl
who fall asleep

listening to th music
they a little too shitfaced sometimes

th pretty girl
asleep

on th upper bench
satdy night


we were content to let ya alone
and th crowd let you alone

which i thought amazing
so pretty

all three of us
muso's were

watchin to see th pretty girl
wasnt bein monstered by one of th drunk boys

"or girls, this is th valley"
no-one monstered ya

th same service we provide
for our black brothers and sisters

we provide
for our white brothers and sisters

sorry folks
we've gone a little

elevator music
with edge


keepin th mix sweet


+++

robbie's turned up

i watch it later in peace


cheers

+++

they talkin cars

+++


hmm

i went to play

rehab
it dont matter


before


i've gotten it off ya twice

hang on

i'll see if i've ticked it

might have been really out of it

+++

nah it's not ticked

but it will be

when waiting is

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it dont matter

+++

i could grab it ftp

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live
'lightning crashes'
+++


when th pirate net account dies


we hang our heads and




have a really big smile

+++

th afro
is now

fully feral

+++

bunged up in a hairtie at th mo

humid as

+++

went to get a drink of water before

a fuckin pirate starin at me


in th mirror

fit healthy

a white and black beard- nearly full goatee



got this clump of



pure white


and th wild curls that

no brush sees


have escaped everywhere
and



swaying in th breeze




i know this man's past
i see


ghosts of my ancestors

staring back at me


from my features


dutch men of th sea



pirates all

+++

uncle genie's
movin closer to home

only two hours away
and still got th yacht

takes him
three trips to move

+++
Marianne Faithfull
'Pirate Jenny'
+++

wot part of th family moved to south africa ?

+++


we were
expensive

work for th dole
labourers


had a range rover with a trailer
parked up inside th verge

+++


i saw her look at us
and

paulei was doin th work so
i was watchin her


shennanigans
did a triple take at th rover


bet ya nobody tells us off for that either
ya owd bitch


+++

yur kiddin arent ya ?


"wot"


he reckons i cant park my five ton truck in th middle of th road

it's blockin everybody


i'll just check



yur wrong


i just have




right

twenty cartons of coke and

make it quick



th coke truck hasnt been yet

+++


cant wait to see is face

from th barstool of course

with a beer


when he fronts to sell em coca cola

at his price

dill

+++


move ya mungrels
we stil got three ton to shift

+++


fuckim dude

ya dont get th truck unloaded by
listening to ppl

i hear fuckin nuthing


park in th middle of an intersection

and stare th fuckers down



i unload now

+++

cop this withering stare pudknocker

i'm goin thru this gap

regardless

+++


reckless abandon

well yeah


it might look like that but

i cant put a ship on th rocks


cause i try to


+++


i aim for th rocks

it never goes where it's aimed


they claim there's nobody at th wheel

but we've never hit anything


you ever touch that wheel again

without permission


i'll kill you

+++

that's not a threat
it's a promise
there is a difference

+++


the ship parks itself

scares fuck out of th natives


+++

i dunno really

we were making this



automatic steering rig

to hold a set course


and that crazy bastard over there said

let god hold th tiller



it has three cams and

they all upset each other

spinning


and it
activates th tiller


it's completely random

+++


th boat knows where it's going

let it go there


we have plenty of supplies and

deep water


+++

i'll met you in th middle of th ocean

in th next meeting of th pirate clans

+++


there's no date set

no flyers put out


no location given

to assemble at


and yet

the clan meets

on th same day


in th same place

in th middle of th ocean


sometimes three months
sometimes

nine months


apart




the great


pirate raft




bobs



untethered



and always
and forever more


in th middle of th big ocean


+++


if you cant find it

yur not meant to find it


it's about magic

after all

+++

if you dont have
a sensitive onboard
anymore

how can you call yurself a pirate ship
if ya cant attend meetings
on time and in th right place

without being fucking told

+++


it's your communications system man

+++
hunters and collectors
'the slab'
+++


ta paulie

+++

did we
or did we not know

th jack was lying in wait
were we warned young man ?

fuckin oath we were warned
we just didnt heed our own warning

is this a plus or a minus ?
good man


remember that feeling
when we both

ahh


coppers


and i said


radar on th way to redcliffe



was on th way back


hate it when it does that

and so fuckin obvious



but it is

as you correctly


got


a plus

+++


i drove into th servo
smiling

out of juice in th diesel ute and
lookit that

drive right up to th pump
arent i top shit , done it again

and stop
get out

it's th petrol pump
diesel pump is over

there
hmm


positive or negative ?



positive

but humbling

+++

"and funny"

+++

i got good karma

mostly


king ralph th car

breaks down in th driveway

+++


godzilla

th f350


unicycle carrier
dropped a leg

shit a rear eaxle

right on th driveway lip



just got home


lookit this one little brother



+++


parked up my goodies bike


after graham's been at it

chopped off th rear two seats


and pedals

and made an aussie ute


big arse chopper


for one



had just pumped up th rear tyre and


ducked off to roll a preflight ciggie



big boom
in th front yard



hmm
that tyre aint goin anywhere


ok unicycle


i'll take you to th shop


+++


after these bongs


+++


oh great god of synchronicity

+++

it's all ya are isnt it

+++

the
synchronicity


engendered from

all that chaos


infinite chaos


+++

a crazy world where only
opposites make sense

+++


to make an infinitely large universe

you must have a building block


an infinitely small


building block


+++

can make it as big as ya like
if ya make it out of

nothin

+++


reality
is actually

made from
bullshit


that fuckin sucks

+++

have a real hard time
believin th yanks were right about life


cause they sure keen on
bullshit


+++


if no reality
makes reality

the opposite of chaos ?
"synchronicity"

+++

oh great god of synchronicity

you have been

especially kind to me

+++


i'm a believer

+++


yur not out there

are ya cloister ?

+++


huge power

from an atom

really really small

+++

with bullshit
you can sell anything

with truth
you have nothing to sell

+++

th universe is absurd

+++

its ok universe
us humans are tricky

we dig th
opposites thing

hardwired into th universe

rules



for every action
there is an equal and opposite

reaction

+++


i take
five billion nino particles and


sorry
i make them out of nothing


you just have to build fast
they all think they are there


+++

so if ya build yur electron bomb

will it be a planet buster dude ?

+++


just wondering

+++


well there's gotta be a way

there's always a way


it's one of th rules

+++

everything is possible

+++


somewhere sometime


+++

it's infinite

+++

i think i finally understand infinite

+++


what's this

mass


shit you keep talkin about

i'm psychic

i see it but


it's not there

+++

must be
th

X ray vision


that comes

with th kadaitcha man package

+++

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.
.


hey marko

coffee in hand


gvie me a tick

and let me spell dad


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.


john english
'handbags and gladrags'

+++

how do

he's got your eye



sorry

i'm not writing for you


paulei said ya can tlak to me


you chose th song old man


you were a peasant

she was brought up by maids


i am not

mirroring your past

ya murderin cunt



i dint kill either of my last two wives

last i heard
they were both still alive

can do it
just by thinkin about it dad


i have to watch my

thoughts


it's not as hair trigger as a police special though

<<<Smile>>


ya got time to change yur mind


dead in milliseconds as
against dead in seven days

is still dead



stop smilin ya prick


he's gunna walk over his dad



just like you did




he fuckin near got me dad



he's got speed but


no grace



he's got her genes dad

th dancer in em


will

put im back on th uni lookin for

a more gracefull fighting style



dead flexible

nothin to hit


always present two views

"evrything is confused"


if he gets any better

i'll have to go back into training


and kick shit out of th old bag

+++


not kickboxing hey ?

i got a kickboxing mate


+++

just rememeber one thing young fella

yur grandfather taught me how to fight


+++


if ya decide to go burko one day

make it a hospital visit


and run

no matter who ya are


i'll find ya

i'm a black tracker


we can follow ppl thru water

+++

sorry dude
baseball bats are so

american
we use cricket bats


we're aussies
and we got a shitty sense of humour

so we
stick th cricket bat up yer arse

wide side first
dry


and then
we beat shit out of yur face with it

for havin th fuckin audacity

+++

it takes a hammer

th bone crack is


spine chilling


+++

you asked for th bone of death cunt
it's gotta enter somewhere
we just clearin a path

+++


yur right dad

he is a cunt

+++
Sopranos- Theme Song
'Woke up This Morning'
+++


kuta's just

chillin


it's a cool religion

+++


i wasnt till i became ambidextrous

that i


realised


+++

you and little brother are both left handers

+++


both ambidextrous


he still walkin rooves




pulled up an error today

one in


fifteen years is

outstanding




not happy less he's whingin
sorry

just thought i'd
throw that in



stop laughin dad


+++

mum


i'll call yur sister honest


yur brother's still mad


the sea's got im




little brother


bought and sold

a stack of littlies


i wat a 85 foot ketch of course



robbies brother

brucie


had this concrete ketch

we



sailed out to th tall ships but




wind fell from th sails


th new technology diesel

didnt



and we sat becalmed as





any






in th middle of th

bay




huge sheltered moreton bay


watchin th tall ships



huggin th island


and catchin a favourable breeze








i'll leave out th shark that tried to eat my toes



sorry mum
[CRACK]

fuck

thunder outside




she's arrived




hi sweetie

we felt you coming



a thunder storm





mother

how dare you freak me out



"gave you yur first joint wth her sister"





i need a cone




.
.
.



he's got
marko's

fire


little brother th tamest boy in th family

i'm somethin else


aries pisces cusp boy girl

called

.
.
.

water fire

+++

i love you mum

it th most
in flmamable sustance there is

at what temperature does it


BURN




gotta be


the most combustible substance


there is



I AM
.
.
.
WATER FIRE


LETHAL KADAITCHA MAN

OF THE RELIGION OF KUTA



"the wizard of aus"
Post by bek
be, will help you to make their floors less shiny, and less buffed.
The problem comes when instead of finishing the hardwood with a non
skid surface, they use real wax instead.
I have had many problems with performances that dealt with this
problem.
If one has lots of money, Marley is the way to go. But, most times
that is out of budget, and it needs to be down on the floor for at
least 24 hours to easy out, and be buckle free.
These are the so-so solutions we did for the waxed floor problem.
1: Keep a small spray bottle with you at all times, and spritz the
bottom of your shoes, the water seems to give traction on the
floor.
Post by bek
2: use rosin not the powdered type but the rock rosin, and scrunch your
shoes into it before taking the floor. Problem will be rosin build up
on both the floor and your shoes.
Mostly, it will combine with the wax and you will need to scrape the
bottom of your shoes a lot, so that you don't wind up with shoes that
are "waxed" on the bottom.
3: Another solution, which is about the best for waxed floors, get a
thin sole of rubber put onto the bottom of your shoes, or bottom and
tips of pointe shoes,
You can get a shoe smith to do this, but I don't know the cost, and you
will have to quide them through the process as to where you need these
pieces of rubber.
If the floor is being used also for ballroom dance, you will not get
them to stop waxing the floor. Ballroom likes a slick (fast)
floor,
Post by bek
where are ballet likes a slow floor.
Good luck!
Bek
Butzmark
2005-11-08 13:57:20 UTC
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Post by Greg Shenaut
I sometimes use a dance studio in the recreation center of a local
university. This is a fairly new building and studio. It has an oak
floor, which they keep waxed. It has a number of slippery spots, and
I'd like to put together a set of material to convince them to stop
waxing it and to start using something else, such as slip-no-mor floor
cleaner or some other nonslip product.
First, are there forms of dance where a slippery floor is necessary?
There are a lot of people doing hip-hop wearing rubber-soled shoes in
that room. If they or other dancers need a waxed floor, then I'll just
drop the whole thing, because they are in the majority.
Second, what is a good independent source of information on this? I'm
thinking about something that isn't written by a company that sells
dance floor products, that includes some kind of statistics about
things like costs and injury rates, and makes some suggestions about
various products that could be used instead of wax.
I'd appreciate any info on this.
Thanks,
Greg Shenaut
I recalled one other thing I've seen some shows do and that is to mop
the floor with water with coke in it (not diet). I don't know what the
proportions are so you'd have to experement.
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