"I guess boxing gloves cause brain damage, too? Or maybe it's boxing that causes brain damage, and the gloves reduce the risk..."
From what I have been told, boxing gloves actually result in increased brain damage by permitting repeated blows to the face and skull. If boxing bare handed there is a high chance of damageing / breaking your hand if you punch someone in the face, so bare knuckle fighters tended to go for the body.
I do actually remember seeing some cassettes for sale (early '80's) thay had a metal frame/chassis, can't remember the make. I think there was some (probably spurious) reason that this was supposed to make it sound better. They did look pretty cool as I recall.
This particular incident was the 1902 eruption of St. Pelee on Martinique which killed 30,000 people in Saint-Pierre. What killed everyone in this case was not CO2 but a Nuee Ardente or pyroclastic flow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Martinique
There was a survivor who was in the town jail. There used to be some items from the town in the Natural History museum in London, including half molten glasses and bottles.
With me it was a collection of three of his books that my dad had borrowed from the libary when I was 9, Childhoods End, Prelude to Space and a collection of short stories, including the Nine billion Names of God. The first SF I ever read, but not the last.
Several years later I attended a lecture by him at the RI in London on the space elevator.
He will be missed.
I believe most historical longswords (approx 4ft long)weigh in about 2lb. Certainly using one does increase your muscle mass but not as much as you would think, certainly none of the swordsman I know have a Conan type build, they tend more to the wiry.
A modern longsword used for historical swordsmanship weighs approx 2-3lb, this is when blunt. A sharp will be around 2lb or less and they can used with extreme accuracy and considerable force, you really don't want to be hit by even a blunt longsword. The one you brought is basically a wall hanger.
Incidently, while a longsword can be with one hand they are intended as a two handed weapon and they are fast.
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But first they have to get out of Milan...
"I guess boxing gloves cause brain damage, too? Or maybe it's boxing that causes brain damage, and the gloves reduce the risk..." From what I have been told, boxing gloves actually result in increased brain damage by permitting repeated blows to the face and skull. If boxing bare handed there is a high chance of damageing / breaking your hand if you punch someone in the face, so bare knuckle fighters tended to go for the body.
Papa Schimmelhorn's Stanley Steamer could.
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I do actually remember seeing some cassettes for sale (early '80's) thay had a metal frame/chassis, can't remember the make. I think there was some (probably spurious) reason that this was supposed to make it sound better. They did look pretty cool as I recall.
Congratulations Sir Terry, a well deserved honour.
This particular incident was the 1902 eruption of St. Pelee on Martinique which killed 30,000 people in Saint-Pierre. What killed everyone in this case was not CO2 but a Nuee Ardente or pyroclastic flow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Martinique There was a survivor who was in the town jail. There used to be some items from the town in the Natural History museum in London, including half molten glasses and bottles.
With me it was a collection of three of his books that my dad had borrowed from the libary when I was 9, Childhoods End, Prelude to Space and a collection of short stories, including the Nine billion Names of God. The first SF I ever read, but not the last. Several years later I attended a lecture by him at the RI in London on the space elevator. He will be missed.
I believe most historical longswords (approx 4ft long)weigh in about 2lb. Certainly using one does increase your muscle mass but not as much as you would think, certainly none of the swordsman I know have a Conan type build, they tend more to the wiry.
A modern longsword used for historical swordsmanship weighs approx 2-3lb, this is when blunt. A sharp will be around 2lb or less and they can used with extreme accuracy and considerable force, you really don't want to be hit by even a blunt longsword. The one you brought is basically a wall hanger. Incidently, while a longsword can be with one hand they are intended as a two handed weapon and they are fast.