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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and arrows
...


Walking upright!

It's not easy to pull a bow while on your belly.

But having read The White Company it would seem that one can do so on
ones back to quite good effect.

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"..............Things have never been the same since folk began using bows
and arrows ............."

When will people realise that the rot started with the discovery of Fire and
learning how to have it on harness it for mans benefit(?) ........this was
the real start of global warming.....since then everything has been just
further refinement of this skill

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:08:53 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
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It is not pleasant on a catamaran in anything above force 7

I've only been in a force 5-6, it had a rather odd motion.

The most enjoyable voyage I have had was Mallaig to Stornoway in a force
8-9 in the Loch Seaforth, a conventionally built monohull passenger
cargo vessel which took cars on board using a derrick and a net.

The Harwich-Hoek ferries did that in the 1960s.
One, the Arnhem, had a semi cylindrical deck in the bar and the walls
were decorated with marquetry.


The least enjoyable one was in somilar conditions from Tarbert to
Mallaig on The Hebrides, which was a tall, flat-bottomed side-loading
car ferry.

I think most modern mono hull ferries are flat bottomed.


Most of the first voyage was straight into the weather, while the second
was broadside-on.

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
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| from emon (Rhiannon S) contains these words:
| From: "Mike"
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| Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
| arrows ...
|
|
| Walking upright!
|
| I blame coming down out the trees.
|
| Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Yes, they were - certainly before the apes split off from the
monkeys.

Anyway, the rot started when two cells got together and performed
some unspeakable acts involving the exchange of bodily fluids,
instead of reproducing by fission the way that God intended.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
| The message
| from emon (Rhiannon S) contains these words:
| From: "Mike"
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| Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
| arrows ...
|
|
| Walking upright!
|
| I blame coming down out the trees.
|
| Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Yes, they were - certainly before the apes split off from the
monkeys.

Anyway, the rot started when two cells got together and performed
some unspeakable acts involving the exchange of bodily fluids,

That's disgusting. Go and wash your keyboard immediately, we don't come into
this ng to read porn like that.

sniff

instead of reproducing by fission the way that God intended.

That's more like it.

Mary


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows
...


Walking upright!

It's not easy to pull a bow while on your belly.

But having read The White Company it would seem that one can do so on
ones back to quite good effect.

Was Conan Doyle an archer then?

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"David Hill" wrote in message
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"..............Things have never been the same since folk began using bows
and arrows ............."

When will people realise that the rot started with the discovery of Fire
and
learning how to have it on harness it for mans benefit(?) ........this was
the real start of global warming.....since then everything has been just
further refinement of this skill

Well, you might have something to ponder there ...

.... come to think of it, though, fire was round before Man - volcanoes and
the like.

No, weapons of mass destruction like the longbow have a lot to answer for.

Mary

Mary
--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:05:21 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
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",,,,,,,,,,why 'blame' anything. I can remember storms and gales
like this
50 years ago before 'Global Warming' was a buzz word

Late 1940's when Seaview Pier was washed away.

Early 1950's when High Tides and Storms wrecked dozens of beach tents
and
boats drawn up on the sand.

Canvey Island. Enough said on that. ............"

If you remember those things then you'll remember that Nuclear
tests were to
blame...

I remember 1947/8, and they blamed the weather then.

Some blamed nationalisation and Clement Atlee.

That's most unfair, blaming Clement Attlee for inclement weather.

I blame Our Glorious Leader for all evil. He should have learnt from his
predecessors.

Mary


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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:23:00 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


I blame Our Glorious Leader for all evil. He should have learnt from his
predecessors.

He learnt a lot from Mrs T. :-((

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:23:00 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
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I blame Our Glorious Leader for all evil. He should have learnt from his
predecessors.

He learnt a lot from Mrs T. :-((

Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 21/03/2004 22:39 GMT Standard Time
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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows ...


Walking upright!

I blame coming down out the trees.

Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Well, there is the problem. If they were none of this would've happnenedp
--
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
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Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 21/03/2004 22:39 GMT Standard Time
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The message
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Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: "Mike"
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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows ...


Walking upright!

I blame coming down out the trees.

Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Well, there is the problem. If they were none of this would've happnenedp
--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
Aubrey on remaining at liberty
www.somethingpositive.net

Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 21/03/2004 22:39 GMT Standard Time
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The message
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Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: "Mike"
Date: 21/03/2004 13:13 GMT Standard Time
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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows ...


Walking upright!

I blame coming down out the trees.

Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Well, there is the problem. If they were none of this would've happnenedp
--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
Aubrey on remaining at liberty
www.somethingpositive.net

Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 21/03/2004 22:39 GMT Standard Time
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The message
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Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: "Mike"
Date: 21/03/2004 13:13 GMT Standard Time
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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows ...


Walking upright!

I blame coming down out the trees.

Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Well, there is the problem. If they were none of this would've happnenedp
--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
Aubrey on remaining at liberty
www.somethingpositive.net

Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 21/03/2004 22:39 GMT Standard Time
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The message
from emon (Rhiannon S) contains these words:
Subject: Out like a lion..........
From: "Mike"
Date: 21/03/2004 13:13 GMT Standard Time
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Things have never been the same since folk began using bows and
arrows ...


Walking upright!

I blame coming down out the trees.

Nice try, but I don't think man's ancestors were ever arboreal.

Well, there is the problem. If they were none of this would've happnenedp
--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
Aubrey on remaining at liberty
www.somethingpositive.net