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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Thank You very much for all the compliments. I have heard and also been in caustic conversations about crossbows and bows. It has gotten a bit out of hand at times.We all work hard and I do mean very hard to do archery . Bow or crossbow it's a art to master. Once you think you got it, it slips through your fingers. We do this for fun, let's keep it fun. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> I again want to thank Miles for a fun shoot. I'm still in shock.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" <archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, June 26, 2011 8:20:13 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Archers Digest, Vol 93, Issue 28<BR></FONT><BR>Send Archers mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="mailto:archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" ymailto="mailto:archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org" target=_blank>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org</A><BR><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help'
to<BR> <A href="mailto:archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" ymailto="mailto:archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers-request@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> <A href="mailto:archers-owner@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" ymailto="mailto:archers-owner@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">archers-owner@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</A><BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of Archers digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Xbow Griefing (<A href="mailto:fenrisulven@comcast.net" ymailto="mailto:fenrisulven@comcast.net">fenrisulven@comcast.net</A>)<BR> 2. Re: Xbow Griefing (jeff van de vaarst)<BR> 3. Re: Xbow Griefing (Charles Sprouse)<BR> 4. Re: Xbow Griefing (Siegfried)<BR> 5. Re: final 8 (Holly
Gibbons)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:20:03 +0000 (UTC)<BR>From: <A href="mailto:fenrisulven@comcast.net" ymailto="mailto:fenrisulven@comcast.net">fenrisulven@comcast.net</A><BR>To: <A href="mailto:archers@atlantia.sca.org" ymailto="mailto:archers@atlantia.sca.org">archers@atlantia.sca.org</A><BR>Subject: [Archers] Xbow Griefing<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="mailto:2123034078.189589.1309116003634.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net" ymailto="mailto:2123034078.189589.1309116003634.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net">2123034078.189589.1309116003634.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net</A>><BR> <BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR><BR><BR><BR>Well met!??I hope you are all recovering from the Championship and resting your arm?for Stierbach and then
Pennsic. ?It was a great tournament with a very tough field. Felt like every shooter in Atlantia was there!? Vivat to Miles for hosting such a challenging course, Vivat to Mors for taking the championship! <BR><BR><BR><BR>I want to address a minor issue, so bear with me please.? I'm concerned that, with all the jokes we make at the expense of Xbows, we are creating a perception across the Kingdom?that xbows are easier to use and thus marginalizing their achievements and stealing a bit of their glory. I admit I'm one of the worst when it comes to this, and that I get immense pleasure from teasing Gregge at our practices (and I can almost outrun him now!) <BR><BR><BR><BR>But we all know its just an "inside joke".? I once made the mistake of assuming Mors wasn't a threat at an event because he was shooting recurve instead of crossbow - he proceeded to kick my butt all over the range. And yesterday, I felt like I really got the jump on Baron Siegfried and
could have bested him if I hadn't got hung up on the snakes.? It wasn't his crossbow, it was that I missed 3 shots in an elimination round. I'm sure the rest of us have similar stories. <BR><BR><BR><BR>However, when the general populace hears us joking back and forth, they take it more seriously than us and get the wrong idea. Which is then repeated when they get back home. We are inadvertently contributing to a false account of our fellow archers. So maybe we should dial it back a bit when we are around non-archers? <BR><BR><BR><BR>Cheers <BR><BR>Fen <BR><BR><BR><BR>[yes, my wife had her xbow aimed at me while I wrote this...]<BR>-------------- next part -----------<BR>***************************************<BR></DIV></div></body></html>