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Here’s the marble for today. It does have a crystal pit which causes a low spot in the marble though the rest is in pretty tight tolerance.
This is a really interesting marble. It has yellow and white in it along with some neat structures and a deposit that looks like a bunch of small spheres.
Sometime when I remember, I need to look more into ways to quiet this setup. The pully and shaft moves side to side causing a lot of chatter when the pulley smacks either side of the opening.
Anyways, I was gifted a book called “noodling for flatheads” which is similar to an online book I found (and lost). The online book I’ve lost track of went over southern social games and activities popular with men and placed Rolley Hole between cockfighting and general store meetups. The book “noodling for flatheads” is similar in subject but it’s a series of essays covering niche activities that aren’t really well known to the general United States, or at least not in depth.
I figured it would be best to go through the whole book, but Rolley Hole is one of the last chapters. So far it’s pretty well written while also being written in a fair way. I once read a paper published up north that was more along the lines of “we want to talk about these hicks, their marbles, and make them look dumb while doing it”. This book doesn’t seem to do that.
A couple people have told me about the book and said it focused a bit on a particular player, but I’d have to read it for myself. The book was written (or I guess published) in 2001, with the main focus (according to the screenshot I’ll include) was the 1992 trip to England.
A friend of mine said the description seemed “absolutely deranged” if you never heard of Rolley Hole. Keep in mind that 99% of the things online start with comparing it to pool or golf, then give the same general descriptions that can bore an interested person to tears.
There’s not a lot of “original” takes on Rolley Hole to be found so I’m excited to see what it holds. Most articles repeat older articles and so on and so forth. New articles are the same and have no personal touch, and often seem written at a distance and by someone who’s entire Rolley Hole experience comes from a screen.
That’s my long post for the night. With two job interviews coming up I might as well get it out of my system. Getting feedback from past interviews I’ve been told to stop talking about Rolley Hole in job interviews.
Unfortunately I sure don’t have much else to talk about. It’s their choice to chose the marble man of standing stone for interviewing.
Whaaaat ? An outhouse? I’m more likely to think it came out of a well. Ya know. Fetch a bail of water and there it is in the bottom of the bucket 🔥
RAR