Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> At 03:56 PM 8/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >My father bought a 2 X 2 X 2 cube so we could all work on our
> >corner-solving strategies. He was fairly strict about cube-solving --
> >we were NOT allowed to buy books on solving the cube (not even with our
> >own money), but we were allowed to share techniques. He wanted us to
> >figure things out, not memorize a cookbook approach. I ended up with
> >the 2 X 2 X 2 cube, it's in this room. (Solved, of course -- I try not
> >to pack puzzles unsolved, and I haven't touched it since the move,
> >except to place it where it is now.)
> >
> > Julia
>
> A 2x2x2 cube? What in tarnation is that? (I forwarded the links to work,
> but I did read the Fool's story).
I think it was sold under the name of "Pocket cube" or something. Made
by the same folks who made Rubik's Cubes. (It fit a lot more nicely in
a pocket than the standard Rubik's Cube did....) Basically, just 8
corner pieces. My father would stick it in his coat pocket and take it
with him when he went out in the evening sometimes; probably a little
less blatant than carrying a book in with him (which he did a lot, and I
picked up that habit from him, and it took my husband a few years to
really break me of it).
Julia
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