Got your spinner fidget yet?

[J-Mech]

I'm using Android now. Don't be lazy.

[john hall]

Originally Posted by olds45512

I was going to suggest we take up a collection to buy you one of these things so you have something to occupy your time.

Can we get Sam one in Cadet yellow?

[ambrola]

I still have no idea what the he$$ you guys are talking about.

[Shrewcub]

Originally Posted by ambrola

I still have no idea what the he$$ you guys are talking about.

You're lucky! Ignorance can be bliss!

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by ambrola

I still have no idea what the he$$ you guys are talking about.

Why don't you try looking it up? I had no idea what they were either but after a 10 second Google search I'm now fully aware of what they are.

[Cub Cadet 123]

There's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back.....

Cub Cadet 123

[sir_lancealot]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

At least here I got an education and can type in complete sentences, and use capital letters where they belong.

Originally Posted by green 4 acres

I'm usually on Android ...it sucx to capitalize ,punctuate 100% of the time .

Punctuation. Saving lives for years...

Let's eat grandma!

Let's eat, grandma!

[john hall]

Originally Posted by olds45512

Why don't you try looking it up? I had no idea what they were either but after a 10 second Google search I'm now fully aware of what they are.

Long story short its a gizmo you hold between two fingers and spin it real fast--made of plastic with some pretty decent bearings. It is a tool developed to help children with ADHD. Turns out kids without that disorder enjoy playing with them, so it has ballooned into a toy instead of a medical "tool". The craze has gotten so widespread that many schools are banning them due to the distraction.

I think my whole family would like one. Every year when we get the corn planter out, Dad and my son are amazed at how long the press wheels coast. I swear a couple of them will coast for 5 minutes. But what do you expect, its an IH machine.

[cadzag72]

I teach middle schoolers, and they are at craze level now, to the point where some of my more mechanically talented students are modifying them to spin longer. I myself like them because I used to reach at a school for autism and they would be very useful there; however, I do see the side of banning them because standing in front of a room filled with them is like being in a snake pit with all the hissing bearings. Being a WW1 aviation nut, I like to use them to explain how gyroscopic forces affected WW1 pilots with rotary-engined planes. Anyone interested in a really cool engine, search YouTube for "Gnome rotary" or "le Rhone rotary" to see what I mean. I'm not talking Wankels here, these things the entire engine spins around a stationary crankshaft. To cut a rambly post back to the point, airplanes with these engines would naturally dive somewhat when turning right and climb when turning left, so as a pilot you had to be ready for that. These spinners are a cool hands-on way to demonstrate that tendency without so many words.

[J-Mech]

We must be really bored...... I can't believe this thread has 29, or....30 posts.