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  A comment on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Feb 5 2013: yep, I was right around 13-14 when I won the National Championship. I wish all young people could experience the feeling of achieving a huge accomplishment at that age. It changed me forever.
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Jan 31 2013: hahah! we've all lost them at some point or another... maybe that's why I started collecting... to find my missing piece.
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  A reply on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Jan 31 2013: awesome! my mother lives in a really old house with a HUGE tree in the back yard, and the story of the town is that the children used to shoot marbles under the tree back in the late 1800's early 1900's. we've found a few buried in the yard, when digging fence posts.

• A reply on Conversation: Do you watch TEDxTalks that aren't posted at TED?

  Jan 31 2013: i'll be watching.
  
  where can I see what topics will be discussed at this event?

• A comment on Conversation: Do you watch TEDxTalks that aren't posted at TED?

  Jan 31 2013: i would love to attend a TEDx event. I just cant afford to go and being active in the military prevents me from traveling to see a live event. but i LOVE the videos. i'ts one of the most productive ways to kill time while surfing the net.
  
  
  THANKS TO ALL OF YOU for all your hard work and passion
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  A comment on Conversation: When accusing someone, how often do we take our time to understand their side of the story?

  Jan 31 2013: Sean Covey's "7 Habits of highly effective ______" has one chapter with the underlying message, 'Seek to understand before being understood' with the message in this chapter you can apply thoughts from "The Art of War" where you should know your enemy. I believe you have a better chance of getting your point across if you see what the standpoint of who you are accusing, then assessing the situation proceed to accuse or not accuse as you seem fit.

• A reply on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Jan 31 2013: that's great. I'm almost 30 and I still play in tournaments. I was the 1999 National champion, and marbles will be playing as long as i can still get up and down to take a shot.
  
  i traveled to a few other countries and have seen children playing marbles in the dirt, i'd like to see how other countries (that i haven't visited) play.

• A reply on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Jan 30 2013: marbles for math I love it! you could get really intricate with this i imagine. making specific colored marbles stand for exponents or formulas. I may try and make a learning exercise for youngsters with this idea.

• A reply on Conversation: Have you ever played Marbles as a child?

  Jan 30 2013: i love hearing about the memories people have with marbles and grandparents.
  
  If anyone still has any of their marbles from their childhood or older family members, I am interested in seeing them. there are so many different ones out there, some I've never seen before.

• A comment on Conversation: To what extent can we use time to gain more knowledge?

  Jan 30 2013: i think the acknowledgement of time as you use other senses to gain knowledge is the extent of how we can use it.