Real thanksgiving
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These pretzels are making me thirsty!
Did that entail a large ship with pairs of every animal?
Steve
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A little random, but since it came up in the thread, stone scalpals, specifically obsidian scalpals are used by some surgeons becaus they are very, very sharp, although more delicate than steel. The surgeons who use them allege that they are superior to metal and reduce or eliminate scarring.
This whole thread has been an exercise in random...
I have not heard about obsidian scalpels...I will have to ask my mom, because that's fascinating. (but then again, those undeveloped heathens performed surgery on heads, exposing the brain...long before that was thought about in Europe...)
Steve
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Random is okay sometimes. A little more on point, primitive does not necessarily mean inferior. In many cases, such as in the link posted to the hand crafted knives, advances in technology often lead to cheaper, but not necessarily better. Manufacturers are always trying to find the right balance between cost and quality. Doing things "The Old Way" can often yield far superior quality products than machine stamped, assembly line products. Not always, but I'd go so far as to say often enough to matter.
There's a saying I'm fond of: "I can give you done well, done fast or done cheap. Pick any two."
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Yes, like the japanese sword. The ww2 swords given to officers, from what i have heard from a colllector friend of mine were stamped blades or something like that. Although I saw a program called weapon master where they compared an authentic( I think) sword vs. a modern sword.THey had a bias against the traditional weapon.
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Yeah, sort of like how most of us have a bias against B.S. that conflates the events of 1621 with ones that occured in 1623 and masquerades as "scholarship."
I can give you fast, I can give you what fits our agenda, or I can give you true
Pick one :lfao: :lfao: :lfao::lfao::lfao:
My brain takes me off in strange trains of thoughts sometimes....... plus I'm recovering from a very odd weekend! I think I've gone deaf too. My daughter was going to drive across country for a cheerleading competition, we were just going to watch but because of the weather she came with us instead so we had to stay and watch all of it. No surprise to Americans I expect but it's not what I thought it was, there were stunt cheers, dance cheers, tumbling etc all very good actually but so very very very loud! Hundreds of kids and their supporters shouting support for their teams. It's nothing like the cheerleaders we tend to see at sports venues. The stunts which my daughter loves are actually terrifying to watch. She does MMA as well.
This thread is unbelievable but I'm not sure it's in a good way!
This thread is unbelievable but I'm not sure it's in a good way!
You poor thing had to suffer through a CHEERLEADING event...
No, seriously, I am feeling very sorry for you....
But I do have to say that the good teams are impressive with the athletics.
(but the injury rate is big, too, and the injuries can be severe)
After a game a few years back, I wanted to gouge out my ears with a rusty spoon, and that was out on the field, a long way away from the girls...
I am not the cheery type so that is torture...
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I think he means shin guntō (式軍刀
-though the idea of any Japanese preferring one to a hand forged blade is something crazy....if he means "modern sword" as in "modern forged sword", well, I can see that, especially for tameshigiri.I still like pie......I used to really like cheerleader pie!:bangahead::headbangin::wink1: :lfao: :cheers: :highfive:
artyon:Drunken cheerleader pie was best of all.....ahhhhh, college.....
:cheers::ladysman::ladysman:
This was in a big Victorian ballroom, very high roof but with hundreds of kids, teenagers and girls, wow the noise was something.! Very nice to see lots of young people though doing something, can't say it's my thing but they were disciplined, polite and having a great time so it's got to be good for kids.
My daughter says they don't do the 'supporting' sports team stuff at all, though they do shout of course lol, lots of gymnastics, dance and movements, again good for kids.
Mind, perhaps those thoughts are a bit socialist?
None of the British teams go near a sports field, they aren't attached to teams at all, in fact it's nothing to do with sport! they compete against each other and give displays, they only 'shout' about themselves.
http://www.cheerleading.org.uk/bcaallstars.html
there were American and Canadian judges there at the weekend so I'm assuming it's they have the same type of cheerleading in the States.
Cheers, but to be honest I'm really only interested in it when my daughter does it! Not my thing I'm afraid other than I approve of kids doing things that benefit them.
