12-16-2005, 10:37 PM
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#16701 | | Posting Hound
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Inqland, Southern Canadia
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12-16-2005, 11:51 PM
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#16702 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
Posts: 325
| Apparently you don't.....
That's a good idea though.
Do your parents support your fencing? |
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12-17-2005, 12:21 AM
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#16703 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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| My parents are indifferent. My aunts were against it at first. You know how it goes,"OMG, WEAPONS!?! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE!!!". But since I got my own gear, and haven't broken anything, they've been alright with it.
Do yours?
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12-17-2005, 12:35 AM
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#16704 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
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| Well, right now we're in a huge battle about me having more time for fencing because I want to take it seriously, and they think that I'll never get good enough, but I know I will. Also, they have the strange idea that once I get good, they might let me drop stuff, but isn't it that you have to take more time before you can get good? |
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12-17-2005, 12:41 AM
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#16705 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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| It definetly takes persistance, practice, and patience. Time as well. According to your profile, you've been fencing for 3 1/2 years, and have just taken up sabre. I'd say you still time to grow. I can say that for just about anyone, though.  Myself included.
What are some things you have/will/would give up for fencing?
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12-17-2005, 12:41 AM
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#16706 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
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| Yes, but there is also the ability to get as good as your current circumstances allow. Hmm... I didn't word that very well - did it make any sense?
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12-17-2005, 12:43 AM
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#16707 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt Yes, but there is also the ability to get as good as your current circumstances allow. Hmm... I didn't word that very well - did it make any sense? | Somewhat. I can kinda get what you're saying anyways.
See above question. 
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12-17-2005, 12:47 AM
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#16708 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,938
| Well, Monday and Thursday evenings and the odd weekend, for starters.
Uh, a lot of weight, sweating whilst climbing stairs, not being able to jog for a city block... for me, it's been more of what I've gained from fencing so far.
What else would I give up? Well, I would be perfectly happy to spend another evening a week or two Saturday afternoons a month fencing too. I'm not worried about ever becoming good at it, I just enjoy it an awful lot.
Oh yeah, and more money for more/better kit.
What about yourself, what would you give up for fencing?
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12-17-2005, 12:51 AM
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#16709 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
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| Lots of time, violin and dance lessons.
Were you ever forced through lessons you hated? |
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12-17-2005, 12:57 AM
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#16710 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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| Yes! I had to learn how to waltz for my sister's quincenera. That's kinda like the mexican version of a sweet sixteen, I guess. I probably wouldn't have minded as much if I could've danced with someone other then my sister.
Can you name one family tradition you could've done withouth?
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12-17-2005, 12:59 AM
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#16711 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
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| Hmm... probably the insistence on going to Midnight Mass... why not a slightly earlier one where I don't embarass anyone by falling asleep in the pew...
Have you ever fallen asleep in an inappropriate place?
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12-17-2005, 01:03 AM
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#16712 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
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| Yes...In my Spanish class. The teacher woke me up when she called my name to have me answer a question. My science teacher makes us watch these boring movies, once two kids fell asleep and were woken up by the bell.
Are you stubborn? |
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12-17-2005, 01:17 AM
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#16713 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 9,666
| When it comes to certain things, yea. Though generally, nah.
Where would you rather be? 
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12-17-2005, 01:20 AM
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#16714 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
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| Fencing, which is slightly obvious, but other than that, somewhere that sells really good pastries or a bookstore.
Where in Los Angeles do you live? |
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12-17-2005, 01:25 AM
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#16715 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,938
| The very far north part.
Do you guys have much snow?
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12-17-2005, 01:26 AM
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#16716 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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| Pretty close to Pasadena. It's convenient to school/work, and I can take the same bus to Glendale whenever I feel the need for a good white chocolate mocha.
Edit: No snow at all, though later on in the mountains, perhaps.
Ever think about moving out of state?
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12-17-2005, 01:28 AM
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#16717 | | Unconfirmed
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: On the fencing strip. ;)
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| Ha! I don't think so, not down here in sunny Nevada.
I only remember it snowing two times here, and one was just some flakes blowing against a window, and then it was gone, which is a pretty sorry excuse for snow.
Were you ever snowed in at any time?
EDIT: No, because I don't have the funds.
But not really. |
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12-17-2005, 01:33 AM
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#16718 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,938
| Oh yeah, I've been snowed in quite a few times. Where I grew up, the drifts would sometimes get so high against the front of the house we couldn't open the door.
Have you ever gone skiing or snowshoeing?
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12-17-2005, 01:35 AM
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#16719 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 9,666
| No and no, though I've always wanted to try snowboarding. It looks like fun.
Whats one of your guilty pleasures? 
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12-17-2005, 07:25 AM
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#16720 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno CA
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| Chocolate..... Chocolate.... Lots of CHOCOLATE.... ORIGINAL meaning....
Why, yours?
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