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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 24, 2013 - 07:44pm PT
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Looks like alot of fun.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 08:10pm PT
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sponsored by q-tip? You talking about the pads on the tips of the weapons? You would kill someone if those weapons weren't padded, especially the spears.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 24, 2013 - 09:11pm PT
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Looks like the opposing mobs could use a little close order drill and discipline.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 09:32pm PT
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i read that pikes were a real weapon to be rekoned with in those days
Spears, pikes, glaives... Depends on the century. All were deadly. You can generate a tremendous amount of force with a two-handed weapon. Hence the padding on the weapons that we use today in Medieval marshal arts.
Looks like the opposing mobs could use a little close order drill and discipline.
It's a lot harder than you can imagine to maintain proper discipline in all of that chaos, even when you train every week. Your visibility is limited, for one, because of your helmet. You're wearing 60-70 pounds of armor, sweating like crazy and gasping for air it's so tiring. And the armies are composed of dozens platoons from all over the place - much like in the Medieval days - and all of the groups are trained differently. Only during the large-scale wars do they all come together and fight as armies. We train weekly but some of the platoons train only a few times a year.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 24, 2013 - 09:52pm PT
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Which is exactly why the Romans conquered the known world.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 09:58pm PT
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TGT is right
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Nov 24, 2013 - 10:00pm PT
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So, how does a combatant get 'killed' so they're out of the fight? Some of those folks were landing fierce blows with their weapon of choice. Does the fight ever roll off into the parking lot because a fighter might have been a bit over zealous and beat the snot out of another?
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 24, 2013 - 10:21pm PT
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So, how does a combatant get 'killed' so they're out of the fight? Various Gentleman's rules apply. If you take a killng blow, then you leave the fight. Example: any strike to the face is a kill. Shots to the face must be light taps only, hard blows are prohibited. A full-force blow to the hip from a 2-handed weapon is a kill. The groin is not a legal target, but an inadvertant shot to the groin is a kill. A light blow to the head is not a kill, but a full-force headshot is a kill. Etc.
The result of a full-force kill shot to the hip with a 2-handed weapon. Learn to defend yourself. Or get better armor.
Does the fight ever roll off into the parking lot because a fighter might have been a bit over zealous and beat the snot out of another?
No. There is a long apprenticeship period before you become authorized to fight outside of your local group. The apprenticeship weeds out those with tempers. You can't fight for recreation if you have a temper and can't follow the rules. And you can't hold grudges if you fight for fun.
In actuality, there is a lot of apologizing and asking "Are you okay?" on the field.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Nov 24, 2013 - 10:45pm PT
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Damn that's a gnarly bruise SLR!
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Nov 24, 2013 - 10:50pm PT
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I bought my house last November, but it didn't have a wood stove, so for this winter I changed that.
This is a slate called ocean. It is polished smooth and some of the coolest stuff I've worked with. A lot of variation in each piece and has a metallic look. 16"x16" tiles.
It even works, woohoo.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Nov 25, 2013 - 12:35am PT
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Six weeks ago.
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 25, 2013 - 06:58pm PT
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Almost done moving into my new shop space, but being just a corner of another shop I needed a bit more storage and work space. I just finished this quicky assembly/storage table. I built it on casters so I can wheel it wherever I am working, and made the drawers with the 1/4" ply bottoms extending out the sides to run in matching dados in the carcass. Cheap, functional, and I can easily pull the whole drawer out to set on the work surface.
Hopefully starting my first project, a cherry bed, sometime next week.
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Gene
climber
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Nov 25, 2013 - 07:07pm PT
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Edge,
Your work is such fun to see. Best of luck in your new setting.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Nov 25, 2013 - 07:21pm PT
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^^^^^
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 25, 2013 - 07:34pm PT
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It was cool to build a bar in a early 1800's train station.
Now to the beer ,grand opening saturday ,with a big party that night.
Edge,nice looking work.
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 25, 2013 - 08:12pm PT
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Thanks, gentlemen!
I had thought that I would have been making furniture by now, but utilized the last 2 1/2 months doing subcontract work post-flood, learning the area suppliers, and building a network of clients and fellow craftsmen. Many thanks to the Taco's own Prod for pitching some work my way and for hooking me up with another cabinetmaker.
Besides Boulder and the surrounding towns I've already done a bunch of work in Denver, first on a commercial bar and most recently installing high end cabinets in a historic mansion. This was a kitchen of maple, sprayed with a white polyurethane, which meant that there was absolutely NO room for error; no visible nails, perfect joinery, cabinet sides scribed to meet either brick or plaster walls, and furniture type feet scribed to 100 year old flooring. Now that I am out of there the walls will be skim coated with plaster before the marble countertop and appliances go in.
Hopefully I can see the completed kitchen when I return with a custom built (by me) hardwood step stool so the owners can access the upper cabs. I'm trying to steer them into an upscale version of a traditional design which converts from a chair.
Nice brew pub, Wilbeer!!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 25, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
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Anyone in NH want some work done? I've got a little down time between projects.
Edge, sounds like you're settling in well. Excellent!
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Nov 29, 2013 - 10:43pm PT
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...and my revamped SOHO/media server network:
1 16-port Linksys switch off Ebay $20
1 old desktop computer with new motherboard+CPU from TigerDirect $49
1 new case, motherboard+CPU, power supply, CPU fan, case fan (PWM), 500GB disk from Newegg $119
1 old laptop, 40GB HDD, 512MB RAM FREE
1 old mini-laptop, 250GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FREE
1 salvaged 32" Sony HD TV with cracked screen FREE
1 Altec-Lansing speaker set with subwoofer FREE
many CAT5 cables FREE
misc cables (HDMI, RCA, VGA...) FREE
4 copies of Lubuntu (Debian) OS v 13.10 FREE
Not bad for <$200 and a few evenings of work.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nov 30, 2013 - 12:31am PT
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Nice hearth this just in.
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