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"I have been on HOP for a long time now and I am curious...I always see everyone elses random pictures at the top of the HOP pages and it makes me wonder. I have never seen my own pix up..."
"Ok so after having billing problems with lycos I switched to canada based bravenet about a year ago. Recently I bought another domain and account. So I log on today and that new account..."
"OK, I am sorry to blight your otherwise relaxed browse through the forums, but I find myself in a genuine time of need and I know you, the HOP community, are a mightily knowledgable and..."
"Hey guys,I'm currently putting together a powerpoint presentation for an aids hospice charity organisation that will be emailed out to various people who have money.My only problem is t..."
" The name speaks for itself, since im not from here, but do find myself in the center from time to time, and I am fidning myself here now today. If backwards ol' (roysten vasey) prest..."
"if wrapped devil stix hav fire burning on them, wat makes them not slip of the control stix. normal devil stix hav rubber in the middle bt this cnt b the case with the wrapped stix as t..."
"Hi, someone might have the same experience: I've been spitting fire (using lamp-oil) for several years and then developed an allergy (i'm told this is "normal") so i stopped.but i did i..."
"ive recently decided to learn poi and find this site wonderful for information not only for seasoned pro's but for beginners as well! I just have one question... is it quite common to e..."
"I received a visa gift card for my birthday from some people at work. I want to order some new fire heads from HOP with it but it will only cover about half the cost. Does anyone know i..."
" ok this stuff totally confuses me i've been spining without fire for about a year and a half now and i think i'm finaly ok enough with it to add fire i have a good set of wire poi t..."
Posted: by house_of_mill
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"Hi folks my friend booked someone to work at Stretford arndale but they decided they couldnt do it and neither can I.So if your used to working with kids can juggle plus do other bits o..."
"i'm just beginning to teach myself poi, but my boyfriend has been spinning staff for a while. his birthday is coming up and i wanted to make a carepack for him, but i have no clue what..."
"a while ago i got some boric acid and mixed it with torch fuel and when i lit it it was still yellow............i dont know if i did something wrong......??? please and thank u"
"Emergency!I made some people come out and play with me and now they're moaning that the paraffin won't come out of their clothes. Any advice welcome - I really don't want it to put them..."
Posted: by Kyle03
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"Does anyone have measurements for wire wool cages?"
"does anyone else have this problem or is it just me that's a bit dizzy.i'll watch a video or read some tips here then pick up my poi, start spinning & completely forget what i've ju..."
"Help!Just spent the last 5 hours getting rid of a whole load of nasty-pc-destroying viral exe's. But can't get rid of one hiding in my recycle bin The bin's empty, but the location of ..."
"Hey I was wondering what the best products for me are right now (i prob wont be doing fire spinnin because im only 13 really want to though)? Was wondering if anyone has any poi things ..."
"hey i'd like to know what is the best fuel to use ....... . and how you get a long tail of fire?plz help"
"i have tried and tried and tried and i just cant get fishtails with my staff.....im of course not going to give up but a few hints and tips would be greatly appreciated thank you!"
"can i link to the most recent post in a thread?eg. a link that when people click on it will take them to the most recently posted reply in a particular thread. Rather than a link to the..."
"I'd consider myself a fairly advanced user of Excel, but i'm currently struggling...Is there a way to make excel not let you enter the same thing twice?i.e. I'm creating a table, but if..."
"so i'm finally thinking of buying a mac i'm looking at an imac g4 (1.25ghz) with a 17" screen:i'll be using it for layout and graphics mainly (running quark and adobe cs2) but would li..."
"Hey I just made a purchase and my HoP points are not coming up can someone tell me what is happening??? "
"I just bought fuzzy orange poi on a nylon cord since I'm just learning, right? Well, I need to shorten the cord about an inch and a half and by the looks of it, I have to untie the cord..."
"hello,I've just started getting myself into firedancing and like everyone else that starts from scratch I'm a complete newbie. I'd ask a few minutes of yer guys time and answer some of ..."
"Who knws what the story is with there images of a "flying flame" between the peoples hands. its as though the flame is hovering there. is it magic or just illusion?"
"Okay, so I've been doing this for about 3 weeks, and I adore it. Its my favorite thing to do, but, I suck. I'm 19 and I hate to be shallow, but people over 30 creep me out sometimes, s..."
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"iPhone SecurityI wouldn't buy one even if it was secure... just for the fact that it only has up to 8gb of memory... that's just poo!... give it 12 months and it will be 30gb."
"well i've got a blacklightand then one day it stopped working, it might be the bulb has gone, anyone know the bulb life?anyway i looked and the cheapest i could find one for was £6, an..."
"erm.......i have about 15 vids sat on an old server which is going to be pulled out of commission soon.Looking for a place to put the falmouth & ireland vids really - anyone want to..."
"hey allemaal!komende zaterdag (07-07-07) ben ik gevraagd om op te treden bij Pirates of amsterdam (www.piratesofamsterdam.nl)ikzelf kan helaas niet deze datum, en ben op zoek naar mense..."
"k, just a quick one because I might potentially cave in and bring it back to the shop- trying to put music on it, but in whatever format, original mp3 (15+mb track) or 6+mb converted aa..."
"as some of you may know, I've been working away in China. In a couple of weeks I'm going to leave my school and spend a fortnight travelling to a few places I want to see before I go......"
"Where can I buy wick? I've been hunting quite literally all day, and I've got nothing.I've been to Lowes, Hobbytown USA, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Longs, Rayleys, Safeway, and several other sto..."
"I've been having to research an issue concerning the Arts and I chose to look into the new Licensing Act and how it's affecting small circuses and Street PerformersSo...I was wondering ..."
"Hi all.I'm having some trouble trying to find or create a video relese form for a performance I’m going to be filming soon. I thought with all of the creative people on this forum som..."
"Anyone any good at PHP?Im having problems setting "register_globals" to off, and cant figure how, where or why.Its set to "0" in php.ini, but im still being told it is "on" Anyone?"
"What should I look for as signs of when its ready to put out the flame before it burns the wick. I've been just guessing on poi and staff for the past month I've been doing this, I did ..."
"ok, so a couple days ago i jump on my pc and click on the forum shortcut to HoP i have embedded at the top of my browser, and when it opens only the technical/moves and international bo..."
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"HiLook I'm just interested in thing named Dragon Tail (i really don't know how it's real name, but in Poland we called it Dragon Tail). It looks like this: http://www.crazytoys.pl/galer..."
"Gumbie question, sorry. I can do a forward weave, and a reverse weave no problem. But I can't work out how to switch between them, and I can't find a guild to it either.I tried doing se..."
"My girlfriend has just purchased some kevlar and poi heads off this site and i just wanted to know if i have to condition the wicks before i spin with them. I read online somewhere that..."
"Ive seen the move where people look like they are "spraying" fire from there poi while they spin.I'm assuming this is just done by not spinning off your poi first. If im wrong point me..."
"Can anyone give me some instructions on how to liquid dance, i totally suck at it. i've been trying it for a long time, without anything to help me, no instructions, nothing. can some..."
Posted: by _Poiboy_
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"hi, me and my friend are thinking of starting a fire spinning group, so i wanted to ask if any performers have any tips for starting out, and for performing in general?also some tips fo..."
"So I lit up new poi last week and put them in a zip lock bag when I was done.A few days later I noticed some condensation in the bag and took them out. I went to light up last night and..."
"So, this might be the place to ask some questions...First of all, I'm looking to buy my very first set of poi... Everybody recommends sock poi with detachable tails (if any tails), but ..."
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