Fencing-Net Sponsor will be at the USA Nationals

[Barry Paul]

Leon Paul will have a trade stand at The USA Nationals. Showing it's range of fencing equipment.(which we think is brilliant.)

Prizes are being given just for coming to our stand, one each day drawn from a hat.

Each day the Fencing Net member introducing themself with the highest postings will get a prize. (one prize per member per week) All will be offered a whisky.

See you in Austin Texas. Barry Paul M.D. Leon Paul

[darius]

All will be offered a whisky.

That may or may not be legal.

Bring Flickmasters, but leave those awful tips on the other side of the Pond!

darius

[Dragonfly]

Dear Dr. Paul:

Thank you for your kind invitation. I was looking forward to seeing your equipment at the 'round up' in Texas this year. But I can't make it. I fenced faithfully and posted over one thousand posts. Anytime you want to mail me a door-prize, I will accept it. I wouldn't mind an epee, or a body cord. If you sent the epee or body cord, I would fence with it all season and if it didn't break I would brag about the weapon on fencing101.com.

Happy sales to you,
Until we meet again,
Happy sales to you,
Keep smiling on,
Til then,
Happy sales to you,
Til we meet again!


Mango

[Barry Paul]

Will check if its legal.
If you are there lets discuss the points.

Dragon Fly your post say 100 plus, is this like the mileometer which resets after 1000?

Regards Barry Paul

[JEC]

Dragonfly is just another pseudonim of Mango, 135.., magma, ... She had 11 recognized personalities before this.

[Wizardly]

How are you going to verify that we are who we say that we are? Suppose I show up and claim to be Inquartata (the number 3 poster)?

[Dragonfly]

and several unrecognizable. The unfortunate reality JEC is that I tell too much about myself on the board, and then something weird happens. For example, in a busy Shopping center in Hawaii, I was having lunch. A thin man sat at a table adjacent to mine and was speaking with someone on his cell phone when I definetly heard him refer to Arcon. I got upset and left. Recently I relocated. Coming home was great. I knew it was a mistake when an unlicensed *cab* driver *assisted* me to his vehicle for a drive home. It was scary. He had weird handwritten signs in his vehicle in reading one, it said "please do not touch the drivers things". Okay, I thought I won't. [hee hee get me out of here], he took a turn and several magazines fell to the floor. "Should I pick them up, or would that qualify as 'touching his things', I decided that I wanted to see his stuff, so I picked them up. They were serious bondage mags. I carefully placed them on the armrest. He was JUST about to mention that they were his, and shouldn't be touched when I said "Pull over here" like I want to check something. I get out, hand him twenty bucks and grabbed by bag and walked two blocks the rest of the way. BTW he had several biblical engravings on the window of his car.

WONDERFUL story to tell the kids.


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I want to be at the round up,
but you know, I don't want to go by myself
So, I bought art supplies instead this year
And I'm painting a portrait of you.
try and stop me.

[Barry Paul]

seemed like a good idea at the time?

Any suggestions?

Craig help were are you when I need you?

Barry Paul MD Leon Paul

[Mergs]

All will be offered a whisky.

Barry,

Sorry, but most convention/hotel sites generally will not allow you to bring in alcohol into a venue. They insist that you buy it from them (at EXORBIDENT prices). Also I think that Texas Law forbids offering free booze (except for tasting) at non-food type events. Sorry, but if you hadn't kicked out the Puritans in the early 1600's we may have taken a more Anglican approach to things like this!

Honestly, I would check with the USFA and Local Orgainizing committee first. Although, I would love the opportunity to try some English, as opposed to those other occupied territories, Ireland and Scotland, whiskies.

No offense intended, hopefully none taken. Am looking forward to seeing you in Austin. Hope you have some of the LP epee blades with you, I love them!

[Dragonfly]

I'm trying to think..... what about bringing a bunch of tiny sealed "Irish" whiskey's and tell the organizers it's a final toast for the Arconian Pub?

[Craig]

Originally posted by Barry Paul
seemed like a good idea at the time?

Any suggestions?

Craig help were are you when I need you?

Barry Paul MD Leon Paul

Unless we have pics of everyone, there's no real way to verify who's who.

hee hee...

You could go with the Eliott Ness identification in "The Untouchables" -- "Who would claim to be that who is not?"

[Craig]

Of course, you could also photograph everyone that claims to be a fen.net member and post their pics up here...

[afc fencer]

Sorry, but most convention/hotel sites generally will not allow you to bring in alcohol into a venue. They insist that you buy it from them (at EXORBIDENT prices). Also I think that Texas Law forbids offering free booze (except for tasting) at non-food type events. Sorry, but if you hadn't kicked out the Puritans in the early 1600's we may have taken a more Anglican approach to things like this!

When nationals where in Sacramento I know some one was selling bottles of wine. So you may be you can bring some but as mergs said check with the Local Orgainizing committee.

[JEC]

On the other hand, Barry, you could sponsor a Fencing Net private party on your "hotel suite".

[Mulligan]

Barry, thanks for being a sponser here. Were I able to attend the summer nats. I would gladly enjoy a wee drap with you.

The approach I would take is"I'd rather ask forgiveness than permission."

So pass out the shots until someone tells you to stop.

[edew]

Don't worry. I'll show up at the booth and easily win the prize. I think I have about 2K worth of postings on fencing.net. And my name is clearly recognizable, either on my lame or my rear pants leg, back of jacket, side of mask, or underarm protector.

[JEC]

Let's see. .. as of today these are the members with most post (over 500)

Craig 12/7/1999 6835
edew 6/15/2000 2081
Inquartata 7/12/2001 1816
D'Artagnan1673 3/10/2002 1403
135711 4/9/2002 1308
Purple Fencer 1/19/2001 1242
epeemike81 7/9/2001 1240
Zelda 2/21/1999 1136
Peach 2/10/2001 1061
veeco 5/16/2000 1030
Gav 8/19/2000 984
oiuyt 4/26/2000 881
damianip 12/1/1999 878
arcon 12/16/1999 855
neevel 1/17/2000 818
Moonitic 2/20/2000 784
HilandDoug 7/11/2000 744
lochinvar 12/24/1999 696
Swordsman 5/7/2001 680
MikeHarm 1/31/2000 626
pkt 2/13/2003 590
Iwant2bafencer 7/5/2001 585
three_hundred_fifty_five 8/20/2001 544
DamedEscrime 5/28/2001 532
latenight 5/2/2000 515
swordsen 7/11/2000 515
JEC 5/30/2002 510
sallearmourer 8/3/2001 509

Out of the list, members who have expressed that they are competing are:
edew (Div I MF, Div I-A MF)
Inquartata (Div. III MS ??)
epeemike81 (Div. II ME, Div. III MS)
oiuyt (Div I MS, Div. I-A MF, Div. I-A MS, Div. II MF)
Peach (Div. I-A WS, Veteran-50 WS)
JEC (Div. III ME)

Apologize in advance if I made a honest mistake, but it appears that Craig, D'Artagnan1673, 135711(a.k.a. mango, magma,etc), damianip, Swordsman, HilandDoug, Moonitic, sallearmourer and MikeHarm have either said that they are not going, or their names are known and they are not on the list.

Zelda, Gav, veeco and pkt are not from USA

[Barry Paul]

Party at hotel possible.
Tasting at venue of Leon Paul health tonic is looking good.
Hope to see some of you over the weekend. Barry Paul

[Zelda]

Hey Barry,
I'm in London in Feb next year (fingers crossed) or maybe August this year, can I claim my "health tonic" then?? I'll even walk from Camden High street tube!
Zelda

[Barry Paul]

Sorry we only supply Whisky in the U.K Barry Paul