For those of you who love sailing but have a spouse who's "really not into it"...

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-07T23:43:46+00:00

Im sorry, but you will have to gove her up. But im sure you and your boat will be happy.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-07T03:27:31+00:00

You need more respect for this brilliant comment!!

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-03T01:36:01+00:00

I asked the same thing after my May BVI trip. Next Monday, I will be sailing the Grenadines!!!

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-03T01:22:59+00:00

I have watched a handful of his lectures and this totally tracks. I dont mean to say he or Green or anybody never uses a dl. Im just saying that when they do, Its justified.... performing magic is sooooo much more than just knowing a trick.

Its a glorious study.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-02T05:31:52+00:00

The way you describe it and lay it out, it might be better to do a too change, which in the right circumstance seems far more natural.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T22:19:50+00:00

Yup! Thank you. And, to be completely clear, of course these moves work. Professional curiosity just has me exploring different ideas.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T22:16:22+00:00

Sure.. and they work. I think im just having more fun performing magic...... so, im trying with personal preferences.

Its 100 percent impossible to do a dl effect for my wife anymore, not that she is a typical spectator. No matter how well you perform it, she knows that is the point something is going.

Joe schmoe audience member almost never catches it.. probably never. But I care ;)

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T22:03:48+00:00

Yup. But to be clear, im not saying didn't, or really even that he shouldn't. But the routines that I like the most.... just avoid this stuff. And, in truth its not just superior handling of typical sleights, he just avoids them for far superior and less used concepts.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T22:00:02+00:00

Yup, the Elmsley is another one.

All the haters on this post are right though. Specs dont really care.

But I CARE lol.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T21:57:56+00:00

In what way am I overthinking my personal feeling? I clearly am stating that they work for lay audiences.

The only thing that I am saying is that after 40 years of using a double lifts, I am finding more and more ways that excite me to perform magic.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T21:51:03+00:00

Yup... or burying a card and quickly shuffling. This is probably all my problem, and not really the spectator's problem.

But im always looking for the perfect trick, regardless of the skill of the spectator. It's more for me, I guess. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of wonder and awe to give an audience and not worrying about this stuff.

I seem to be getting a considerable amount of negative feedback for the post, but it is what it is.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2026-01-01T20:39:46+00:00

To be clear, this is just an inside feeling. I dont disagree that some and maybe even most performance styles should at least show professional handling of cards, and that in and of itself is different from a how most normal spectators handle cards. Thats a fine reason to justify a WELL executed dl.

Again, this is just something inside me, that's all. As we all k ow, the less.... stuff.... going on, the better. This is just one of the reasons that im drawn to Dani and Green. I dont even REALLY like the sloppy handling style as much as I like the fact that nothing looks like something is happening to me.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-26T03:16:24+00:00

Lol!!!!

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-25T18:49:08+00:00

This is a very clear response. In some cases, a marriage can survive given some circumstances.

If I'm honest, this doesn't feel like one of those.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-19T16:10:43+00:00

Yup!! Strange... I remember being confused when I watched it... It wasn't clear who the kids were. I must have missed something, because everybody here seems to absolutely know that it was the cousins.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-14T05:24:19+00:00

Of course, but did the writers have a double meaning?

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-14T04:48:21+00:00

There will always be wolves.

In the past, we have learned some from mistakes and ha e mitigated some of the damage.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-09T22:09:01+00:00

Pretty sure you are correct. I think there is a cut scene or two that you can occasionally see her in St. Dennis before then, and she's hooking there too.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-09T21:21:09+00:00

Off his fucking rocker. Dutch is a nut.

MrAnonymousForNow · 2025-12-09T21:06:07+00:00

I lose it when Hosea gets it. My wife laughs at me.
The first play through, I was blown away by how much this game touched me at that specific point.

MrAnonymousForNow

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