http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#a08f2798-a72e-4438-b737-68aa5c438e7e With mere hours left in our final day of voting, there is still time for you to cast your ballot in the 2008 Hoopies, Hooping.org Magazine's first annual awards celebration honoring greatness in our community. Voting is open until 9pm Pacific Standard Time tonight. Thanks everybody for your participation in making this first of its kind event an incredible success! Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:11:43 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#a08f2798-a72e-4438-b737-68aa5c438e7e Philo 2008-01-18T12:11:43Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#2f0ac916-3a6c-41d9-aed4-3ee5dc8ea07e hey philo it seems that it's my server that's the problem. i tried from work this morning and connected, no problem. time to get a new server! peace. sass Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:34:10 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#2f0ac916-3a6c-41d9-aed4-3ee5dc8ea07e sass 2008-01-16T07:34:10Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#4be1526e-8c7b-4af8-9ca9-487850d13e14 That's funny. You know China banned Hula Hooping for a while last decade. They said it was a symbol of American decadence. Tee hee hee hee hee... I'm like, tell that to these people! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skByorv_evc Check out the move at 1:40 seconds. Five gymnasts in one tiny hoop!!! Crazy and beautiful! Quick aside: Other countries that have outlawed hula hoops include Indonesia because they feared hula hooping would "inflame people's passions", the Soviet Union, calling them "a symbol of the emptiness of American culture" and Japan, which simply forbade them on the public streets though you could hula hoop in the privacy of your own home. Silly. All this blaming America is particularly funny since the prototype for the hula hoop as we know it seems to have originiated in Australia in 1957 where it was simply a bamboo ring used in exercise classes. Wham-O copied them and started making bamboo hula hoops that they unveiled at cocktail parties and later plastic hula hoops for kids. You don't hear folks blaming the Aussies though... Pffffttttt... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:29:00 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#4be1526e-8c7b-4af8-9ca9-487850d13e14 Caroleeena 2008-01-16T07:29:00Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#f74760a6-44f1-4b19-8ee2-3252d67f7576 Sass - I haven't heard of the site not being viewable before from South Africa until now. I assume you're on a good internet connection with a decent computer and using a relatively current web browser. Right? I mean you're viewing Tribe and it loads incredibly slow sometimes. It's possible right now with The Hoopies that the server might get a little overloaded, but generally speaking I don't know what the case would be. I'm curious if you could find someone in South Africa who can view Hooping.org. It's unlikely, but it is possible the country has some sort of block on viewing it. China banned hooping.org for awhile. Why? I have no idea. Maybe it was all the references to "revolution." - Philo Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:51:35 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#f74760a6-44f1-4b19-8ee2-3252d67f7576 Philo 2008-01-16T00:51:35Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#ac56996b-7702-43ee-bdb2-f8a671edfbad Wowzers, I had no idea I was even nominated! A friend just PMed me to let me know! Thank you to everyone who thought of me for the Newbie Hooper category, I'm honored to be in such talented company :) I feel all warm and fuzzy now. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:48:43 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#ac56996b-7702-43ee-bdb2-f8a671edfbad Coehlo 2008-01-15T16:48:43Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#32da22db-ea56-4cac-b1d2-0d0d703787b6 hey philo do you have any idea why i can't access hooping.org from south africa? i've tried all my browsers, but the page times out every time. it says the server stopped responding. it happened for a while last year as well - very frustrating! is it my side or yours? peace. sass Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:36:37 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#32da22db-ea56-4cac-b1d2-0d0d703787b6 sass 2008-01-15T15:36:37Z http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#a6105c25-c075-43ec-a6d3-9e4e477c1b51 In case you haven't heard, the final nominees in the 2008 Hoopies were posted yesterday morning. Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominations process. Voting is now open through Friday night at 9PM Pacific Standard Time. Cast your ballot here: www.hooping.org/archives/001184.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:28:20 GMT http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/e3957387-21d2-4d31-a183-f581a3ff07d4#a6105c25-c075-43ec-a6d3-9e4e477c1b51 Philo 2008-01-15T13:28:20Z