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Posted: December 11 2008 at 23:45

Does this shed have any windows? I can't see a damn thing.

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Posted: December 11 2008 at 23:49

Dan Bobrowski wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

^

I got my black in Kenpo,

I used to train with a guy who was a Kenpo instructor. Lots of "disabling" techniques.

yep, a lot of jab an eye, kick a leg, lock a wrist, and take'em down combos

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 00:03

Many of the techniques have come in quite handy over the years. I liked being able to block and move in to strike nerve centers. Even a big guy isn't so tough when he suddenly has a numb right arm.

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 01:23

true enough, though Kenpo's weakness (like many martial arts) is real-life fighting.. we sparred a lot but nothing of the intensity of Muay Thai or the Brazilian stuff, it's more of a quick self-defense system and therefore has limitations

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 02:39

Dan Bobrowski, as I live and breath - how the devil are you sir?

+++whispered aside+++

Lock the fridge & hide the beer!

Danbo wrote:

Does this shed have any windows? I can't see a damn thing.

It does yes, but I think your sig.pic is blocking them at the moment...

Edited by Jim Garten - December 12 2008 at 02:41

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 02:42

Atavachron wrote:

true enough, though Kenpo's weakness (like many martial arts) is real-life fighting.. we sparred a lot but nothing of the intensity of Muay Thai or the Brazilian stuff, it's more of a quick self-defense system and therefore has limitations

My own chosen martial art is Origami; I had a club going, but it folded.

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 02:50

Dan Bobrowski wrote:

Does this shed have any windows? I can't see a damn thing.

well....we meet the legendary Dan Bobrowski ....!!!

welcome to the shed, Dan! - if we 'd known you were coming ......er....never mind, let's just break open the beer safe and listen in awe to ancient tales and sagas from the early days of PA..

i think Rach should make a special cake

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 02:58

Jim Garten wrote:

My own chosen martial art is Origami; I had a club going, but it folded.

hmm, a paper tiger

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 06:18

hi Dan

Great to hear from you again

Confusion will be my epitaph

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 09:40

I miss you too!

I drop in from time to time... I just don't know where to go around here. So many threads. I'll try to be more present.

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 09:42

Jim Garten wrote:

Dan Bobrowski, as I live and breath - how the devil are you sir?

+++whispered aside+++

Lock the fridge & hide the beer!

Danbo wrote:

Does this shed have any windows? I can't see a damn thing.

It does yes, but I think your sig.pic is blocking them at the moment...

You should bow before my sig. Allan's been getting around quite a bit of late, spreading his solos across the map.

Don't lock up the beer, that's what I came for.

Nyuck!

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 10:53

I think there's some Budweiser in the bin - that's what you American types drink, isn't it?

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 11:01

BTW - if anyone at all in the London area fancies trying to get tickets for the RSC's production of Hamlet (there may be returns available now Tennant is unable to perform until the new years), do everything you can to do so.

This production is exemplary & Edward Bennet has stepped up to the mark from the role of Laertes to that of Hamlet seemingly without (too much) effort - sarcastic, angry, funny, tragic. Patrick Stewart almost steals the show as the ghost + Claudius (even if he didn't say 'make it so'

) & the supporting cast, stage set & lighting make this one to see & remember for a long time.

As I said earlier - if you can, GO.

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Posted: December 12 2008 at 11:43

Jim Garten wrote:

I think there's some Budweiser in the bin - that's what you American types drink, isn't it?

Ah yes, the famous 'making love in a canoe' beer. It's

ing close to water!

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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Posted: December 14 2008 at 10:03

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Apparently Simon Cowell has decided that some X Factor wonk should tackle Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, following in the footsteps of John Cale and Jeff Buckley. Oh dear...

Eye ear therwaasecrechoooooorrrr
tha daviplayan'i'plea sathelooooorrrr
bah youdonrilly carefor musiiiiiickdo yaaaa

...not any more, no.

What?

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Posted: December 14 2008 at 16:05

mystic fred wrote:

i think Rach should make a special cake

I would but am currently overwhelmed with germs! Will be back on baking detail soon........... hold on in there Dan, cake as soon as I am in a more hygienic state!

Glad Alex won the X-factor, great feel to her performances. Big smile

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Posted: December 14 2008 at 21:22

Jim Garten wrote:

I think there's some Budweiser in the bin - that's what you American types drink, isn't it?

Yep, every single one of us. Of course, I can safely assume you're wearing a bowler hat and you're missing 3/4 of your teeth, right? Wink

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Posted: December 15 2008 at 00:48

NaturalScience wrote:

Jim Garten wrote:

I think there's some Budweiser in the bin - that's what you American types drink, isn't it?

Yep, every single one of us. Of course, I can safely assume you're wearing a bowler hat and you're missing 3/4 of your teeth, right? Wink

hrrrmph.........i have only lost 1/4 of my teeth and have never worn a bowler hat in my life....doncha know ....old chap....

*mutter...mutter....yanks....mutters...*

Edited by mystic fred - December 15 2008 at 00:49

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Posted: December 15 2008 at 02:08

Yep, every single one of us. Of course, I can safely assume you're wearing a bowler hat and you're missing 3/4 of your teeth, right? Wink

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Perfectly correct in my case Wink

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Posted: December 15 2008 at 02:14

Jim Garten wrote:

My own chosen martial art is Origami; I had a club going, but it folded.

I preferred macrami but was always too tied up to practice.