What are we doing this weekend? - Page 12

TheMercenary · 11-10-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Merc, it looks like the scrum-half for the defending team is pushing your head down!

LOL! sure does, he was a scrapy little mouthy bastard.

ZenGum · 11-10-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Cool story zen. It reminds you that they really are weapons.

I have since learned about the artery which runs from the rib cage, under the armpit, and down the arm (??humeral artery??). It can be severed by a cut just a few centimeters deep just beneath the armpit, and if severed, will retract inside the chest cavity and be impossible to clamp. Death in maybe 30 seconds. In prime target area. Hmmm.
I notice you say "directing". With us it was "presiding". Anything in this?

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

LOL! sure does, he was a scrapy little mouthy bastard.

I believe you. Number nines; George Gregan. Check.

Maybe it's something to do with being the little guy who has to hang out with the huge forwards. Chihuahuas bark more than Great Danes.

Griff · 11-10-2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I notice you say "directing". With us it was "presiding". Anything in this?

I don't know, we always say directing. Were you on the East coast?

My coach told a story about taking his jacket off after a bout and his teammate going white and almost hitting the floor. His shirt was soaked with blood from a touch that went up his sleeve, but he never knew he was cut.

ZenGum · 11-10-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I don't know, we always say directing. Were you on the East coast?

Australia.

This was more than 10 years ago.

I also remember a rule being introduced that all top level tournaments were to be presided in French. A minor factor amongst many (most not related to the sport) which caused me to stop doing it.

Cloud · 11-10-2007, 10:15 AM

I recognized you right away, Merc!

nice thews!

Griff · 11-10-2007, 10:16 AM

I'm not sure about our top level tourneys but what I've seen has been mixed English / French. Jeff Bukanz said something about directing in French in his book. I think the idea was to increase number of available directors increase the available poolt of international directors. *shrug*

Elspode · 11-11-2007, 04:38 PM

Just got back from an overnight stay/drum seminar at Subterra, the converted missile silo West of Topeka that I had posted about here before.

http://www.subterracastle.com

Fascinating place, people, discussions, drumming, history...and...um...other stuff. Pics later.

HungLikeJesus · 11-11-2007, 08:26 PM

At the moment I'm sitting on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, in a hotel room in the Coeur d'Alene casino, south of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. I flew in to Spokane, Washington, and was reminded on the drive over of BigV's pictures from another thread.

Mockingbird · 11-11-2007, 08:37 PM

Dealing with teenage bullshit, apparently. One downside to having a much younger girlfriend.

ViennaWaits · 11-11-2007, 09:01 PM

Wow, BigV, are you the photographer there? Those pictures are amazing! Makes me want to take a vacation. LOL

Were those all taken in Washington state?

ViennaWaits · 11-11-2007, 09:04 PM

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Dealing with teenage bullshit, apparently. One downside to having a much younger girlfriend.

Once I hit 20, I decided I wouldn't date anyone who wasn't legal to drink. NOT because I was a drinker, just because there's way to much drama with that age group. The high school mentality tends to hang on for wayyyyyyy to long for my taste. ugh.

HungLikeJesus · 11-11-2007, 09:27 PM

I also wanted to mention: I'll be spending the next four days in this casino, and my goal is to not gamble while I'm here.

Mockingbird · 11-11-2007, 09:27 PM

It can get a little shitty. The nice thing about her is that she's reasonable and a short conversation fixes it up. It still happens, though.

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11-10-2007, 10:16 AM	#171
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm not sure about our top level tourneys but what I've seen has been mixed English / French. Jeff Bukanz said something about directing in French in his book. I think the idea was to increase number of available directors increase the available poolt of international directors. shrug __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-11-2007, 04:38 PM	#172
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Just got back from an overnight stay/drum seminar at Subterra, the converted missile silo West of Topeka that I had posted about here before. http://www.subterracastle.com Fascinating place, people, discussions, drumming, history...and...um...other stuff. Pics later. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-11-2007, 08:26 PM	#173
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	At the moment I'm sitting on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, in a hotel room in the Coeur d'Alene casino, south of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. I flew in to Spokane, Washington, and was reminded on the drive over of BigV's pictures from another thread. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-11-2007, 08:37 PM	#174
Mockingbird Master of hand to mouth living Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tulsa, Okla Posts: 189	Dealing with teenage bullshit, apparently. One downside to having a much younger girlfriend. __________________ When you're low it's either wave that flag or stand there empty-handed. -- Achewood

11-11-2007, 09:01 PM	#175
ViennaWaits That's some bad hat, Harry. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 83	Wow, BigV, are you the photographer there? Those pictures are amazing! Makes me want to take a vacation. LOL Were those all taken in Washington state? __________________ There is no smoking on this flight, but you can light up whatever you like once we land in Jamaica.

11-11-2007, 09:27 PM	#177
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I also wanted to mention: I'll be spending the next four days in this casino, and my goal is to not gamble while I'm here. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-11-2007, 09:27 PM	#178
Mockingbird Master of hand to mouth living Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tulsa, Okla Posts: 189	It can get a little shitty. The nice thing about her is that she's reasonable and a short conversation fixes it up. It still happens, though. __________________ When you're low it's either wave that flag or stand there empty-handed. -- Achewood

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