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<DIV><SPAN class=953494313-11052011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Jonathas,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=953494313-11052011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Now I
know why they made you a baron. A varietal fountain of knowledge.
You see, I haven't shot a crossbow in about 12 years now so I took mine down and
tried a few bolts just to see if I remembered how. The target was my
regular archery target of stacked foam strips about 3 feet square. Well,
needless to say, I missed more than I hit. Very frustrating. Then I
recalled that most of you crossbowmen sit while shooting. Fatigue, old
age, rumatiz, don't know, but sit you do. Watching Gregge is a lot like
watching Woody Allen playing his cello in the marching band! So I decided
to sit while shooting. And voila! the scores. Now this
perplexed me greatly as I did not think I would do so well. That is, until
your enlightening post today. Now it all makes sense. German
crossbowmen. Yes, that's the key. You see, I was sitting on my BEER
COOLER and we all know how you Germans love your beer! Thanks for the
tip!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=953494313-11052011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>cog in
jest...................................................</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> james.kriebel@gmail.com
[mailto:james.kriebel@gmail.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jonathas<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
archers@atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> John Atkins<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
challenges<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Yep, Cog you are a better at shooting a
crossbow then you let on, maybe you should try shooting it more, you might ...
well I'll leave that blank for someone else to fill in :><BR><BR>Ah yes the
age old years to train an English Longbowmen verse weeks to train a Germanic
Crossbowmen. Well when you consider that "proficient" means that one is
capable of hitting a target the size of, well and entire ARMY, I'm not so sure
that "years to train" is something I'd be bragging about!!!! Course it might
also be that us Germans are just better at making and handling precision
weapons, so getting to the level of hitting an entire army just isn't that
much of a challenge. :D<BR><BR>Jonathas<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:07 PM, John Atkins <SPAN
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href="mailto:cogworks@triad.rr.com">cogworks@triad.rr.com</A>></SPAN>
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face=Arial>Jonathas,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN>OK, color me
confused, but I won, I think. Looking at the Seasonal Challenge scores
I see that even though I consider myself a REAL archer using REAL equipment
that requires skill and technique, I had to shoot your challenge with a
weapon I have not scored an RR with. Thus I was relegated to going to
a neighbor's house, who has children, and stealing their son's toys.
You would call it a crossbow. Breaking 6 of Achbar's new arrows in
half so they would be short enough to shoot on this child's toy - let us
recall that the crossbow was invented because it took years for an English
bowman to become proficient with a real weapon while it took only weeks to
become proficient, if you could all it that, with a crossbow.- it appears
that my total score is LESS than your total score for the shoot. As
this challenge was for HOW FEW SHAFTS it took to accomplish I believe that
means I won. However, here comes the question after all my crossbow
insults :), what do the scores on the main page mean? How are they
tallied? Does it mean you have sustained 15 challenges and I only
2? if so, it is incorrect, even though I won this challenge using the
devil's instrument.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN>Have I
mentioned how glad I am to be back using a REAL
bow?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN>cog the
boastful...........................and fearing the wrath of the crossbow
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