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Today, 02:57 PM It's pathetic that you don't even actually know your own history. See: Sobibor and Treblinka, for starters, where a full sixth of those killed in the... 16 replies | 770 view(s) -
Today, 02:37 AM A Tonka of dump trucks
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Today, 01:16 AM You've lost me. On both subjects.
Perhaps you're turning into Mango. :)
The Strapsberg Method? 47 replies | 492 view(s) -
Today, 12:15 AM Oh, believe me, any humor involved is not mine. The subject gets all the credit. :D 22 replies | 985 view(s) -
Yesterday, 11:46 PM Exactly. And, clearly, the problem with the cost inefficiencies we've had with running them (whether they were "largely avoidable" or not) are NOT... 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 10:40 PM And yet, the members of the Audit Committee seem to have gotten rubber stamps of their own...
The mud seems to be sticking to practically... 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 10:15 PM It's also pretty revealing that in 4 years this is apparently the first time you've listened in on a board meeting? 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:59 PM I don't know, but I strongly suspect the concern on this board with the governance of our national body will disappear within the next two weeks. 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:57 PM Clearly, you have identified the source of our million-dollar-plus deficit. The question is, now what? 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:55 PM There is no ultimate authority at NACs with respect to the running of the tournament. This has created the problem where pools are delayed because... 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:52 PM Your biases have corrupted your sense of perspective. I understand the reasons for your biases, but it's more than a bit arrogant to assume that you... 16 replies | 770 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:25 PM ... If the FOC had its way in the running of events, The April NAC waiting for George K to finish talking to someone so he can seed the pools.
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Yesterday, 08:40 PM Well, I have to agree with you on this one (as incredible as this may seem). That is the question.
Greg has already said he is leaving. I would... 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 08:02 PM Nah, bra, it's a competitive field. 47 replies | 492 view(s) -
Yesterday, 08:01 PM Usually, one waits for election results. Or you could go back to sulking on the sidelines while taking petulant pot-shots at the Wards, the NYAC, or... 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 04:47 PM I've no idea who this Mr. Ma is, but I surely do not want to be anywhere near his "cup"! :frightene :darwin: 3 replies | 183 view(s) -
Yesterday, 04:44 PM I don't know about "universal". It's more like "national" here... And the visit itself has a stipulated fee of roughly 25~40 USD.
Anyway, let's... 24 replies | 827 view(s) -
Yesterday, 01:27 PM Is that standard? The judo dojos I've been in have tended to be quite...variable in their floors. 19 replies | 689 view(s) -
Yesterday, 01:25 PM Nah. You notice I said "should've". 47 replies | 492 view(s) -
Yesterday, 01:19 PM What sort of floor surface do they use? 19 replies | 689 view(s) -
Yesterday, 01:17 PM I thought it was "Every time an f.netter votes, an angel gets his wings"?
Maybe it was "demon" instead of "angel". 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 01:13 PM What's the use in having universal free health care if you don't go to the free doctor? ;) 24 replies | 827 view(s) -
Yesterday, 11:30 AM I assume this was a deleted scene and will be in a director's cut. 47 replies | 492 view(s) -
Yesterday, 11:28 AM Man, this thread went just as I had hoped it would. Amazing. 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 10:41 AM Fencing, in my experience, is pretty darn social. The kids who are leaving the sport after college are not the ones who considered it a social... 50 replies | 1657 view(s) -
Yesterday, 10:29 AM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 09:05 AM Interesting idea here. However, by taking even one of those bucky balls, your son will no longer be able to create the perfect cube. This will cause... 9 replies | 296 view(s) -
Yesterday, 08:40 AM It has happened to me too many years ago, though I can't say for certain that my rib was actually broken since I never went to the doctor's to have... 24 replies | 827 view(s) -
Yesterday, 08:38 AM I'll bet there was cake, though. ;) 137 replies | 3338 view(s) -
Yesterday, 06:22 AM Probably not---but multiplying the choices doesn't go any farther to prove the theory behind the machines, does it? 88 replies | 1424 view(s) - Date of Birth
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by on 06-02-2009 at 12:25 PM
Two years ago, I missed the two tournaments I'd most looked forward to - the PdF Memorial Day Round Robin and the Pomme de Terre. Busy recuperating from knee surgery for a torn meniscus. I swore I'd make it to both the year after that. Instead, I was busy recuperating from a shin splint (the MDRR) and then a broken foot (the PdT). I even missed the Vets' Challenge in the fall. This year, oh yes, I was going to make it... to all of them. Registration opened for the tournaments, and I immediately
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by on 04-02-2009 at 12:27 PM
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. Well, maybe not sinned, but the intent to poach is ever-present in my heart. It's this community center thing again.
Last week, one of the kids in our basic (intro) class joined me at my club on my usual sabre/foil night. (No, I do not do foil anymore, but I'm happy to introduce new folks around.) He and his mom had done things the right way, asking the main instructor about alternative programs, because he wanted to fence more seriously. Of course,
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by on 02-05-2009 at 12:34 PM
I help teach fencing classes in my town's rec center. (OK, I'm just the side-kick. I don't get paid. But it teaches me to teach. I play Bad Cop to the main instructor's Good Cop - the unspoken threat of "behave or you'll be doing footwork with Susan" is always present.) We teach primarily foil - dry foil. (I know, "Ugh.") And we primarily crank out some pretty awful fencers, but hey, they have a lot of fun, and keep coming back, year after year. We've had very little luck getting
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by on 02-04-2009 at 10:39 AM
All work and no play makes swordwench a dull girl.
I reffed a 5-team high school meet all day Saturday. It was *such* a breeze. I wound up doing girls' epee, and my biggest complaint is... that nothing happened. Oh, sure, there were some weapon failures, but that was about it. Not one actual fleche all day (though one girl actually ran at her opponents a few times, which weirded everyone out). No crossing lateral boundaries. One off-strip floor touch. I did consider carding one girl
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by on 08-25-2008 at 12:02 PM
Reffed a mixed C/Under foil event yesterday morning, and then the mixed epee in the afternoon. (My apologies to anyone who spent last night cursing me out.) World of difference between my comfort level on those two. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with having DONE the epee reffing before (not to mention the fact that epee is sometimes a whole lotta nothing till something catastrophic occurs). But also, I'm just. Not. Comfortable. With foil reffing. Yet. And apparently, it showed. Overall – how did
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