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GoogaMooga
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine  Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:04 am |
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1966 and all that
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 fra http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Cawker/twine.htmlThe World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine
(Over 50 Years old and still growing.)
Cawker City, Kansas
Just how big is the ball of twine? Look at these figures:
17,980 pounds Almost 9 TON !!!
40 foot circumference
Over 7,827,737 feet of sisal twine
1,444 Miles
Frank Stoeber started this ball of twine on his farm in 1953. By 1957 it weighed 5,000 pounds, stood 8 feet high, and had 1,175,180 feet of twine on it. Stoeber gave the ball to Cawker City in 1961 before his death in 1974.
The Cawker City Community Club is the official owner/caretaker of the Ball of Twine. Each year a twine-a-thon is held in conjunction with the annual Cawker City picnic cook-off, and parade, so the ball never stops growing. The picnic and parade are on the third Saturday in August, with the twine winding being held the Friday before.
The ball of twine is located in "Downtown" Cawker City right along Wisconsin Street (Highway 24) on the south side of the highway. It is half a block west of Lake Drive, but you shouldn't have any trouble finding it (After all, this is a small town and a big ball of twine). While you are here, Take the Masterpiece Twine Walk at our fresh-air art gallery on the main street of Cawker City. Follow the TWINE painted along the sidewalks to see paintings displayed in store front windows and find the TWINE in each painting.
Passing through Cawker City? Stop by. Check out our Ball of Twine. Who knows? Maybe you'll be impressed.
Call or Email Linda Clover and she will have twine available, so you too can add to the size of the ball.
For more information, contact
The Cawker City Community Club
P.O. Box 178, Cawker City, KS 67430
Phone: (785)-781-4713, or (785)-781-4470 after business hours
E-mail: twinetown@nckcn.com
Back to: Cawker City
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Brotoro
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:23 pm |
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Friendly, Furry, Ellipsoidal
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He's going to be sorry when that ball of twine attracts the world's largest cat.
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Last edited by Brotoro on Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Beachy
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:38 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Beachy
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:39 pm |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Stephen Strange
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:23 pm |
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I am an earthling.
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Was this inspired by the Weird Al discussion? 
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GoogaMooga
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:09 am |
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1966 and all that
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Stephen Strange wrote: Was this inspired by the Weird Al discussion? No, just something I thought of on the spur of a moment.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:47 pm |
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Biker Librarian
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Where in the world did he find two and a half tons of twine in only four years?
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Bishop Hammer
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:36 pm |
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Write your own destiny
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That meddlin kid wrote: Where in the world did he find two and a half tons of twine in only four years? The bigger question is how hes going to fight off all the adoring fans and women? 
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I'm forever blowing bubbles,
pretty bubbles in the air,
they fly so high,
nearly reach the sky,
then like my dreams,
they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
pretty bubbles in the air.
UNITED! UNITED!
West Ham United fight song.
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Jeff
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:03 am |
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The Modfather; Wizard of WAN
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Feh. Scrooge McDuck and Flintheard Glomgold had balls of string that stretched all the way across Africa. This guy has a ways to go.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: The world's largest ball of twine Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:24 pm |
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Biker Librarian
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Jeff wrote: Feh. Scrooge McDuck and Flintheard Glomgold had balls of string that stretched all the way across Africa. This guy has a ways to go. Hey, you're right! They kind of make him look like a piker. Of course, they do that to everybody!
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