As nice a story as Orcs spins (it's true about the women)...

Sj and I were looking at doing SYW.

Then we went to the Milton Keynes show.

Some one was selling off a couple of packs of WSS cheap. And that's how we ended up with a period we initially knew little about.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 08 June 2024, 01:47:05 PMAs nice a story as Orcs spins (it's true about the women)...

Sj and I were looking at doing SYW.

Then we went to the Milton Keynes show.

Some one was selling off a couple of packs of WSS cheap. And that's how we ended up with a period we initially knew little about.

and you both twisted my arm to buy the British pack.

Good thing too 

Both? I didn't know about it until you'd bought it...

Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 June 2024, 07:02:29 AMBoth? I didn't know about it until you'd bought it...

Must have been Sunjester then.

Probably Sunjester - he's definitely to blame.

Just had an email from the Parole Board about a case, saying they want previous decisions made by the Parole Board...

Get home,do a YouGov poll.

Last question "do you wear cardigans?"

Today's "No, really?" moment

It is contended that the car chase demonstrates further that the appellant was unwilling to be answerable for his role in the offending, or to co-operate with the investigation of these offences.

 

Things that circle through your brain at 04:00 and you can't get back to sleep:

"When did croissants stop being, well, crescents?" 

It's to do with fat content
All butter croissants are straight shape, mixed fats are the other.

I've got that "new posts don't show up in The new posts bit" problem somebody else had a few weeks ago. Did anyone work out how to fix it?

And this is why i do not frequent amusement parks:

People left dangling upside down

Today's "What, really!?" moment.

Firearms are not defined as offensive weapons by English/Welsh law...

Quote from: Last Hussar on 18 June 2024, 08:04:19 AMToday's "What, really!?" moment.

Firearms are not defined as offensive weapons by English/Welsh law...

Offensive weapons are close quarters weaponry, bows and catapults.
A football rattle is an offensive weapon,
Any blade over 4" is

As I also found out while fencing, as long as it takes over a minute to draw your weapon in public, swords may be accrued in a suitable container. The 1" plastic pipe that mine were is was more of an offensive weapon than my foil and epee.

Fire arms are covered by the forearms act, and are licensed.