12-01-2005, 12:44 AM
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#16001 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,717
| Total pile-up, whatever that means where you live.
Well? | 
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12-01-2005, 12:56 AM
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#16002 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| I've seen drifts across highways higher than my car and I've woken up to find that I have to go out a window because opening the doors leaves you with a wall of snow to look at.
It's tough to say... usually when it's really bad, I'm not trying to figure out how high it is, but how I'm going to get through it so that I can start clearing it. I grew up out in the country, and we'd get some wicked snowstorms. The wind made it worse in so many ways - you'd see grass in some places, and snowdrifts higher than your head in others...
Just this past winter, we had one storm that left chest deep snow in the driveway. Sometimes owning a Civic sucks. 
Do you like snow?
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12-01-2005, 12:56 AM
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#16003 | | Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
Posts: 325
| Yes, though I don't get much where I live.
What do you do in your spare time? ( besides fencing, of course!) | |
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12-01-2005, 12:57 AM
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#16004 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| My what time?
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12-01-2005, 12:57 AM
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#16005 | | Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
Posts: 325
| Ahem, spare, extra, free, whatever? | |
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12-01-2005, 01:04 AM
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#16006 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| Well, I don't have much of it... I've got a few hobbies - astronomy, electronics... I enjoy welding but don't have any welding equipment yet... and puttering around the house, fixing stuff up.
What about you, do you have any hobbies?
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12-01-2005, 01:06 AM
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#16007 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,717
| Yes, but they're mostly fencing-related.
Favourite obsession, besides fencing? | |
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12-01-2005, 01:09 AM
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#16008 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland
Posts: 392
| [adult swim], anime, Cossacks, fencing.net. Is there more to life?
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12-01-2005, 01:11 AM
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#16009 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| I'm a big believer in shelter and food.
If you were going to be put into a forest to survive by yourself for a year and were allowed to bring five things, what would you bring?
(They have to be things that you can easily carry around)
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12-01-2005, 01:18 AM
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#16010 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland
Posts: 392
| Wool trench coat, Swiss Army Knife, fishing line, .30 Springfield scoped bolt-action, 200-round box of ammo...or is that not PC?
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12-01-2005, 01:21 AM
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#16011 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,717
| Eh, it's relatively practical anyway. I'd have to know more though, as in, where is this forest located, and what are the weather patterns? | |
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12-01-2005, 08:02 AM
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#16012 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,771
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? I'd have to know more though, as in, where is this forest located, and what are the weather patterns? | It's in Central Park, New York City, NY. Weather conditions are as stated here.
So, what would you bring..? 
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12-01-2005, 08:25 AM
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#16013 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,975
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen It's in Central Park, New York City, NY. Weather conditions are as stated here.
So, what would you bring..? | well.. Ill bring pancakes, but only if you want me to.
Do you want me to?
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12-01-2005, 08:55 AM
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#16014 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen It's in Central Park, New York City, NY. Weather conditions are as stated here.
So, what would you bring..? | Central Park? I'm still bringing my .30-06 Springfield. IYO, what is the roughest part of New York?
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12-01-2005, 10:50 AM
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#16015 | | the dark one
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MA/NH line
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Originally Posted by Guymelef Central Park? I'm still bringing my .30-06 Springfield. IYO, what is the roughest part of New York? | Westchester County, without a doubt. God, have you ever had to DEAL with the people that live there? Cretins.
Ever lived in a place other consider dangerous (besides your own mind)?
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12-01-2005, 12:31 PM
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#16016 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cougar Country
Posts: 8,999
| I suppose some people feel the wilderness is dangerous. I spend several weeks out there every year. I enjoy getting out where you don't see a soul for weeks. Weird that places with lots of people or no people are both considered dangerous.
What do you think is more dangerous? A very crowded city with all it's crime or the wilderness where you have to be totally self-sufficient?
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12-01-2005, 12:35 PM
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#16017 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland
Posts: 392
| I'd say the city is more dangerous. Wild animals are at least predictable in their behavior. But, I would not like to give up the comfort, culture, and convenience of the big city. Would you become a self-sufficient separatist survivalist instead? Are alliterations annoying?
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12-01-2005, 01:36 PM
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#16018 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cougar Country
Posts: 8,999
| I’ve toyed with living a self-sufficient lifestyle for many years and have done so to some extent. I would never do it permanently. I enjoy keeping those skills sharply honed, should I be in a situation where I need them. There is also something very satisfying about living simply and being competent.
As for alliterations… I find them more amusing than annoying.
Are there any skills you hone even though there’s no real need to?
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12-01-2005, 01:53 PM
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#16019 | | the dark one
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MA/NH line
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Are there any skills you hone even though there’s no real need to? | You mean besides my devastating wit?  Maybe Spanish grammar. Not exactly critical in my profession.
You?
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12-01-2005, 02:26 PM
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#16020 | | moose rules!
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Switzerland
Posts: 1,863
| Too many to list.
I'm one of the undiscovered wonders in this world...... | |
