03-21-2005, 10:30 AM
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#61 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs I think he was referring to "crikey" as being a Brittish expression. | Actually I'm referring to a person named Steve Irwin, who uses that word very often, and who definitely isn't British...
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03-21-2005, 11:53 AM
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#62 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
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| And how often do the Brits wrestle crocs?
-B :)
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03-22-2005, 07:02 PM
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#63 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
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| It will be warm but I bet the level of the event and the quality that it is being ran as will be worth the heat and the trip. | |
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03-22-2005, 07:33 PM
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#64 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2003 Location: California
Posts: 136
| Not to hijack the thread, but does anyone out there complaining about 90+ degree heat realize that in Sacramento (i.e. Summer Nationals 2005) the tv newscasters joke about bringing out the sweaters whenever it drops BELOW 100 during the summer?
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03-22-2005, 08:35 PM
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#65 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| They held Nationals in Phoenix once. It was probably over 115 at that time of the year. You could watch people coming out of the air-conditioned hotel wilt visibly just in the time it took them to cross the street and enter the air-conditioned convention center. I imagine the lobby to Hell sees much the same expressions of disbelief and utterances of dismay...
Be of good cheer, it'll be nowhere near that bad in May. Especially if the wet year they've had thus far continues. | |
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03-22-2005, 09:05 PM
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#66 | | Armorer
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Beach, CA / Las Vegas
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| I was at that National and there was an open area between the host hotel and the convention center. It was covered with a nylon cover and it was cool. I am talking tempeture. What they did was amazing. In the middle was what looked like a 4 sided fireplace made out of cardboard or something similar. At the top of the smokestack was a hose that sprayed a small mist of water. The cool air that came out made it very nice, even in the middle of the day.
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03-22-2005, 10:41 PM
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#67 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Yes, those are very clever, aren't they? A lot of shops, bars and restaurants have them now---anyplace with an outdoor venue. You can actually get quite chilled sitting in one even on a hot night...
They even make personal systems: basically a pump-operated pressurized water bottle with a hose-mounted misting nozzle. | |
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04-08-2005, 09:28 AM
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#68 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Aha, the Open Sabre is now a B1 event! Thank you, Ray Sexton!  | |
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04-08-2005, 02:46 PM
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#69 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| WOW you don't see a B1 in sabre very often. I am impressed. I hope the turn out for the Crown here in Amarillo is as big. | |
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04-10-2005, 11:37 PM
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#70 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
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| I've been drafted!!! It seems I will be attending as an "Assistant Armorer". I think that means I get to go get the real armorers coffee when they need some.  Anyway, not sure if I will be there Saturday, but Sunday for sure. So I guess we will finally meet DHCJr!
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04-11-2005, 08:58 PM
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#71 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere north of hell
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs Yes, but it will be nice to at least be able to guess among the Greek Deity-looking, old curmedgeony sabreurs there. | Good luck. Old and curmedgeony is the norm for sabre fencers in Arizona. I have it on good authority that Dinosaur rather than English is their mother tougue.
'Sides, I hear Inquartata lives in L.A. and is often refered to as 'junior.' | |
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04-12-2005, 12:02 AM
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#72 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by sabreteur Good luck. Old and curmedgeony is the norm for sabre fencers in Arizona. I have it on good authority that Dinosaur rather than English is their mother tougue. | I'll dance on yer grave, sonny. Quote: |
'Sides, I hear Inquartata lives in L.A. and is often refered to as 'junior.'
| Does that mean I'm married to Sandra? Excellent....  | |
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04-12-2005, 12:05 AM
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#73 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Inquartata
Does that mean I'm married to Sandra? Excellent.... |
Dude...you WISH!!!!!! | |
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04-14-2005, 11:31 PM
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#74 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Apr 2005
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| Phoenix Cup
Hey,
Have you all seen that an A saberist has just signed up on askfred?!!!!
If they get one more the Open could be A1 A2! You never know I might just get out my rusty old saber and go myself ......  | |
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04-15-2005, 07:31 AM
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#75 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Eeeexcellent...
Now the women need to start signing up. More women! There must be more women! | |
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04-15-2005, 01:08 PM
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#76 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Women ..Ah women !
Aren't any musketeers ready to come to the aid of damsels in distress? 
surely one can get a backstreet sexchange for less than five hundred box..... | |
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04-16-2005, 04:30 PM
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#77 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| The person advancing the suggestion should blaze the trail.  | |
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04-18-2005, 12:20 AM
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#78 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| This event is goig to be great. I am so excited to be in attendance at the first annual event! WOW it's going to be great! | |
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04-18-2005, 01:08 AM
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#79 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 12
| Yeah !I think it's going to be neat, I looked at the events tonight and it's growing and a bunch of people I know are going still haven't all signed up!
Shame none of them are women saberists though...
The Phoenix Cup website is really cool, amazing any one puts that much effort into a tournament site | |
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04-18-2005, 04:15 PM
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#80 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by Pointonline a bunch of people I know are going still haven't all signed up! | Urge them to make haste---the fee they will eventually have to pay doubles from $25 to $50 if they wait until after May 1st to register. Quote: |
The Phoenix Cup website is really cool, amazing any one puts that much effort into a tournament site | The Division secretary is a website designer. | |
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