Reynard
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
Almost 12 hours silence on the mundane front.
Meanwhile, 8 helicopters just overflew, heading for Westminster again. No Chinooks this time, just the helicopter-like helicopters.
Meanwhile, 8 helicopters just overflew, heading for Westminster again. No Chinooks this time, just the helicopter-like helicopters.
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
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- Not 'emel 'empstead
Yeah, my inoculation worked as well.
classic33
Leg End Member
Ours or theirs?
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I don't know. It was the same flight path though.
classic33
Leg End Member
Just don't go knocking any of ours out, we don't have that many.
Andy in Germany
Guru
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
We were never able to use such exciting things. I'm not sure if that was because my games teachers were so fixated on Football and Rugby that they didn't bother with anything else or if they were smart enough to know that in our school giving people a pointy stick and permission to throw it was really asking for trouble.
I suspect both.
classic33
Leg End Member
Think what you could have done with a steel ball though.
They wouldn't let me try playing hockey!
Not after the first 1/2 hour anyway.
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
Warm, breezy and mostly overcast here today.
Lexi has brought me two shrews.
Lexi has brought me two shrews.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Hockey was okay, in fact I quickly gained a lot of respect when on the hockey pitch.
It has a lot of good points: being short and slight of build isn't a disadvantage, and not only could other people not tackle me, I also was given a weapon...
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
It was probably the way you sharpened the end.
Also you were supposed to aim for the ball, not other players.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
In that case, you should have taken up fencing!
I did (to get out of swimming - I *hated* swimming), and there's nothing better than legally being able to whack someone with a sword. Helped that I was pretty good at it as well, which did sort of keep the bullies at bay, but that's another story...
As well as fencing, I also played hockey, football and cricket, and yes, it was a very traditional all-girls school, but our sports mistress was a Kiwi, and yeah, well...
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
In that case, you should have taken up fencing!
I did (to get out of swimming - I *hated* swimming), and there's nothing better than legally being able to whack someone with a sword. Helped that I was pretty good at it as well, which did sort of keep the bullies at bay, but that's another story...
As well as fencing, I also played hockey, football and cricket, and yes, it was a very traditional all-girls school, but our sports mistress was a Kiwi, and yeah, well...
My school 'colleagues' needed no encouragement or training whatsoever when it came to waving sharp and pointy things about and poking their associates with same.
Equally, it wasn't the stick so much as that nice heavy ball you get in hockey, which can do damage at a surprising range if used carefully.
A number of people certainly discovered it was not healthy to stand between me and the goal. The look of surprise alone was worth it...