The Armour Archive

Morgan

Hm. No, I had semi rigid gas perm contacts and never had a problem with them popping out before I had eye surgery.

Morgan

I like what our Syr Owen says... "You mean I can whale on people and not get arrested?"

Morgan

I had PRK, which doesn't include the part of lasik that most people get all OOKIE about, which is the blade.

It's more annoying than painful, in my experience.

Alexander, thanks for the clarification!

Morgan

Perhaps this question is a bit like going to choir practice and asking "For those of you who do not sing, why not?" But I'll post a cross post notice on Off-topics and see if I can bring in more. Fighters who don't fight much... You who maybe go to fighter practice now and then. Maybe real...

Morgan

Neassa wrote:I was Baroness of the largest barony in Ansteorra (largest at the time) and only had 7 or 8 in my heavy championship list.

Neassa.

But that was in Houston. You probably started out with 25 fighters...they just melted down to 7 or 8!

Morgan

HEY ALEXANDER!!!!

I'm not expert. I had PRK done. I'd think that you should wait longer for lasik than PRK, because simply there's nothing to get dislodged with PRK. That's entirely a non-professional opinion.

Morgan

Every time I dress up in armour, some jackass tries to hit me with a freaking stick.

Morgan

I tried to get that PDF..it blew up my web browser.

Morgan

The largest tourney I've seen in Ansteorra was Steppes Warlord a few years back, we had 128.

Morgan

Thanks, Olaf.

Morgan

I liked the Frappr thing, but it's got limited usefullness AS LONG AS the fighterpractice.com site is well administered. The problem with the Frappr site is simply that data gets old, and if it was less than complete at the time of entry, it's less useful. I agree 100% with Logan that his idea is su...

Morgan

Really? Turned up where? Pawn shop? What?

Morgan

Oh wait.... I didn't mean to say Irish was a wilting flower. I meant he HITS like a wilting flower....

Morgan

Oh for lord sake, you're a wilting flower!

Morgan

According to the new Society Marshal Handbook, thrust and throw javelins can be made of rattan.

That seems a bit insane to me, but I haven't been hit with one to judge. But now I may make a few! (Gotta check my kingdom's rules first)

Morgan

BdeB wrote:When was the last time you checked? I mean, he is a prolific man there...

And she seems to be as fertile as Myrtle the turtle...

Congrats to TRH!

Morgan

I have to agree with Logan...the difference in how we get hit with a 3 pound flexable stick vs. getting hit in the frontal lobe by the helmet of a 300 pound person over and over is just so radically different. And I'd bet that a lineman gets hit in the head more times in a week of practice and a gam...

Morgan

at least they got rid of the stupidity of padding a rigid gorget. I wear a rigid gorget under an aventail. padding would have been such stupid overkill.

Morgan

I'm betting against it right now.

We do have a melee event on Saturday that's just south of town. Or practice on Sunday.

Morgan

I agree ENTIRELY that any weapon we have can be used incorrectly and harmfully. All multiple authorization systems do is say that a kingdom's culture and experience have shown that they believe that different weapon systems take differing degrees of skill or difficutly to properly learn the control ...

Morgan

sweet Jesus, thank you for watching over me and ensuring I wasn't drinking something when I read Winterfell's last post.

Morgan

Uh..... No. Wow, I tried to make it VERY clear that it doesn't necessarily make sense to me, but still people ask if it does. LOL I said SPECIFICIALLY that different kingdoms have CHOSEN to believe that certain weapon systems need separate authorizations. I don't necessarily agree with it, but it's ...

Morgan

Different kingdoms, different cultures. In Ansteorra we have a whopping 2 authorizations for hand to hand weapons. Fiber spear and EVERYTHING else. In other kingdoms, they choose to believe that more authorizations are necessary. In other kingdoms, they choose to believe that "authorized" is good en...

Morgan

Northshield fencers virtually always fight with Trimaris, and a majority of the time the heavy fighters do as well. As a general rule if Northshield fencers fought on the side of Ansteorra, it would be a huge imbalance. But the numbers of heavy fighters wouldn't swing the balance like that. I know t...

Morgan

mild or spring? Thickness? Weight per gauntlet?

Morgan

Hey man... Check my profile for my email address and or IM addresses. The Barony of the Steppes has a Sunday practice that is very close to Addison. The Barony of ElfSea has a Wednesday night practice in Bedford, TX, which is easy enough to get to. Attendance in the winter is a little down but you'l...

Morgan

Yeah, there are traditions in certain places of people wearing red, blue, yellow, green, all to signify some kind of relationship. But as stated, they're not reserved. I had a "squire brother" who was an individual who had an outfit she liked to wear of boy-clothes which had a red belt. She was worr...

Morgan

What they do is CONSTANTLY prove is the axiom about how to spell the word ASSUME. LOL

Morgan

That whole "I'll kill you" father speech never affected me. "Have her home by midnight and if you touch her, I'll cut your nuts off" just meant I had to leave the dance at 10:30 so I had time to nail her before dropping her off. I want to mention something... It was also always my experience that t...

Morgan

The mythbusters guys produce an interesting show. But I have to say they're awfully quick to call a myth busted. They wrecked 4 rifle scopes and declared the "shot thru the scope" sniper story busted. FOUR. Gimme a break. Additionally, what I found interesting was how the scope slammed into the eye ...

Morgan

That whole "I'll kill you" father speech never affected me. "Have her home by midnight and if you touch her, I'll cut your nuts off" just meant I had to leave the dance at 10:30 so I had time to nail her before dropping her off. But maybe that was just me. Anyway, my goals: I'm 238. I want to be und...

Morgan

a Haiku by Timo:

Rick fought in a chair
He knocked Virgil the fuck out
I say, good times, y'all

Yeah, I've seen it happen.

Morgan

This thread reminds me of a comment attributed to Henry Kissenger: According to an oft-repeated story, Henry Kissinger was once asked why disputes among college professors were so bitter. He responded, "Because the stakes are so small." It's an interesting quote, and I find so much to value in it, ...

Morgan

correct...it's the aventail that goes for 275, not the coif.

I'd think a "used" coif would be worth fairly close to full price, but maybe knock 'er down to an even 3 Benjamins and she'd move.

Morgan

Oddly, I think that people calibrate a LOT lighter than they take in practice, not the opposite. There's no adrenaline and no movement when you calibrate.

What about you fighters who don't fight much?