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Jean Smith

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Dec 3, 2009, 6:10:57 PM12/3/09
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The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the denizens of the park avoid
after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak, since I
don't seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.
http://www.chuckit.com/

What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?

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EurekaB

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Dec 3, 2009, 6:19:24 PM12/3/09
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Jean Smith wrote:
> The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the denizens of the park avoid
> after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak, since I
> don't seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.
> http://www.chuckit.com/
>
> What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?
>


I have seen people using chuckits!They are much easier on your
shoulder,aren't they?
Are the pink balls handballs?I haven't noticed any of those.

Jean Smith

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Dec 3, 2009, 8:57:04 PM12/3/09
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In article <kKidnYY8vNLi2oXW...@posted.hiwaay2>,
EurekaB <Eur...@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Jean Smith wrote:
> > The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the denizens of the park
> > avoid
> > after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak,
> > since I
> > don't seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.
> > http://www.chuckit.com/
> >
> > What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?
> >
>
>
> I have seen people using chuckits!They are much easier on your
> shoulder,aren't they?

Yea verily. Logan and Winnie's "Mom" said that Krogers sells them cheaply
compared to other outlets.
Today I pitched the ball over the fence and cut their retrieval session at
16 minutes. We loaded up and drove over to Sherwin - Williams to find it
> Are the pink balls handballs? I haven't noticed any of those.
I was just thinking of them as possibly fitting the requirement while not
specifying a brand. I thought they were outdoor handballs from my youth, which
included playing them off concrete walls with small interior corners. But that
didn't bring them up in Google. Those are big fuzzy softball sized things
according to one source. Another said they use the same ball as indoor handball.

The one's I'm thinking of may have been used for stickball, too.

ecub...@gmail.com

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Dec 10, 2009, 6:31:01 PM12/10/09
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On 4 Dez., 00:10, Jean Smith <goterm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the Denizens of the park avoid

> after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak, since I
> do not seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.http://www.chuckit.com/

>
> What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?
>
> --
>  http://northalabamahealthcareforall.orghttp://healthcareforamericanow.org/
>  http://aarp.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/Myths_vs_Factshttp://snopes.com
> Checkhttp://politifact.comhttp://healthcarefactcheck.com/
> Know your stampshttp://www.snopes.com/politics/stamps/eidstamp.asp

Those are SpawlDEENS! (Pronunced as in my NYC childhood 60 odd years
ago.)

Apparently Spaldings are in the middle of a revival.
See http://www.spalding.com/pp_spaldeen.htmllog:
(Unfortunately I can't open this website in Germany... but you should
have no problems.
I got the site from a blog -
http://www.astralgia.com/enyprojects/forum/archives/archive1/messages/2170.html

ecub...@gmail.com

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Dec 10, 2009, 6:34:02 PM12/10/09
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On 11 Dez., 00:31, "ecube...@gmail.com" <ecube...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 Dez., 00:10, Jean Smith <goterm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the Denizens of the park avoid
> > after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak, since I
> > do not seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.http://www.chuckit.com/
>
> > What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?
>
> > --
> >  http://northalabamahealthcareforall.orghttp://healthcareforamericanow...
> >  http://aarp.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/Myths_vs_Factshttp://snopes...

> > Checkhttp://politifact.comhttp://healthcarefactcheck.com/
> > Know your stampshttp://www.snopes.com/politics/stamps/eidstamp.asp
>
> Those are SpawlDEENS!  (Pronunced as in my NYC childhood 60 odd years
> ago.)
>
> Apparently Spaldings are in the middle of a revival.
> Seehttp://www.spalding.com/pp_spaldeen.htmllog:

> (Unfortunately I can't open this website in Germany...  but you should
> have no problems.
> I got the site from a blog -http://www.astralgia.com/enyprojects/forum/archives/archive1/messages...

Wikipedia: Spaldeen
A spaldeen (product called Spalding High-Bounce Ball) is a small pink
rubber ball, somewhat similar to a racquetball, supposedly made from
the defective core of a tennis ball without the felt. It was the more
expensive and more popular version of the pensie pinkie. These balls
were commonly used in street games in the mid-20th century, such as
Chinese handball (a variation on American handball), stoop ball, hit
the penny (try to make a penny flip on the sidewalk), box ball,
punchball, and stickball (a variation of baseball).

ecub...@gmail.com

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Dec 10, 2009, 6:38:35 PM12/10/09
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> punchball, and stickball (a variation of baseball).- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Better yet,
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/spaldeen_spalding_high_bounce_ball/

Wow! such nostalgia!

Jean Smith

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:34:00 PM12/11/09
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In article <4b698779-db98-40f5...@v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
"ecub...@gmail.com" <ecub...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11 Dez., 00:34, "ecube...@gmail.com" <ecube...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11 Dez., 00:31, "ecube...@gmail.com" <ecube...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 4 Dez., 00:10, Jean Smith <goterm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > The dog park is accumulating tennis balls which the Denizens of the
> > > > park avoid
> > > > after the second visit. What would be the right mix for a bleach soak,
> > > > since I
> > > > do not seem to be promoting Chuckit very well.http://www.chuckit.com/
> >
> > > > What are those pink balls that are about tennis ball size but fuzzless?
> >
> > > > --
> > > > �http://northalabamahealthcareforall.orghttp://healthcareforamericanow..
> > > > .

> > > > �http://aarp.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/Myths_vs_Factshttp://snopes..

Thank you very much for your thorough reply. It is strange that there is a
spaldeen website without spaldeens on it. Google knows where to shop for them
though.

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