[Macros]

AC/DC at Wembley last night.
Showing their age?
Absolutely
Still tearing it up for over 2 hours of full throttle rock and roll?
Absolutely

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Engaged!

[worry]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 08 July 2024 - 06:46 PM, said:

Engaged!

[Slow Ben]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 08 July 2024 - 06:46 PM, said:

Engaged!

Yeeeeyeeeaaahhhhhhuuuuuhhh!!

[Mentalist]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 08 July 2024 - 06:46 PM, said:

Engaged!

Congrats!

[Maark Abbott]

Band's debut EP is out next week.

[Mentalist]

Good weekend. Got to see a lot of friends I've been out of touch with since forever, and now I'm back North.

I didn't mind helping out my parents with last weekend's camping trip (and then dealing with the fallout when all our gear got soaked and I was the one that had to spend most of the week drying it out), but I could really do with less inter-generational drama. That's why I'm glad to be back at my own place.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 22 July 2024 - 05:11 PM

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

[Tsundoku]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 July 2024 - 07:50 AM, said:

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

Cool.
You going compound or recurve/longbow?

I had a compound bow waaaaaaaay back in ... 1987-1990 when I was an archery club member. Good times.
Archery is good for your shoulders and back, as long as you do the correct drawing/holding technique, even with a compound. Ie, draw your shoulder blades together and gently "push" the bow more than just pulling the string.

[Abyss]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 July 2024 - 07:50 AM, said:

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

...and his/hers matching Hawkeye costumes, right? Or are you more the Green Arrow types?

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 28 July 2024 - 03:47 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 July 2024 - 07:50 AM, said:

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

...and his/hers matching Hawkeye costumes, right? Or are you more the Green Arrow types?

More Robin Hood: Men in Tights tbf

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Tsundoku, on 26 July 2024 - 10:51 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 July 2024 - 07:50 AM, said:

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

Cool.
You going compound or recurve/longbow?

I had a compound bow waaaaaaaay back in ... 1987-1990 when I was an archery club member. Good times.
Archery is good for your shoulders and back, as long as you do the correct drawing/holding technique, even with a compound. Ie, draw your shoulder blades together and gently "push" the bow more than just pulling the string.

The technician at the archery shop said much the same as you just have technique-wise!

We are shooting recurve for the moment, barebow to begin with but with the possibility we'll move on to sights later (we did have a go at both as part of the course). We just need to go have our induction this week and then we're fully in and can start getting some hours in practicing it's really surprised me how much I enjoy it.

Abyss, on 28 July 2024 - 03:47 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 26 July 2024 - 07:50 AM, said:

I bought Mr NAB an archery beginner's course for his birthday (we'd talked about giving it a proper go after moving).

We both passed the course on Wednesday evening, so can now join the club and be insured. We have an appointment to go bow shopping tomorrow morning. I'm so excited!

...and his/hers matching Hawkeye costumes, right? Or are you more the Green Arrow types?

Tiste Simeon, on 28 July 2024 - 02:02 PM, said:

Abyss, on 28 July 2024 - 03:47 AM, said:

...and his/hers matching Hawkeye costumes, right? Or are you more the Green Arrow types?

More Robin Hood: Men in Tights tbf

The club does a Hallowe'en shoot. I'll be disappointed if none of the above make an appearance!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Seems like archery would be a great candidate for augmented reality... whatever fantasy targets may be desired (so long as you don't accidentally shoot people (including yourself) of course... or other unintended animals for that matter). And not just costumes, but complete visual transformations (or as complete as you want them to be---perhaps morphing your faces with others, etc.).

Would make the Olympics a bit more interesting (for most people at least) too... in fact they should use augmented reality for most events. Make it seem like the sprinters are actually sprinting away from something worthy of fleeing from as fast as they possibly can...

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 28 July 2024 - 10:20 PM

[Macros]

Running away from pointless technology

Last week working away from home, woohoo!

[worry]

[Maark Abbott]

Finally got someone coming to give us a rough idea on the valuation of our house tomorrow. Might start the selling process soonish. We'll see...

[Mentalist]

Spent a few hours at the beach today. The tide was in, so I did about a klick and a half swimming across the waves. exhausted, but in a good way.

Weather supposed to be good tomorrow as well. Did all the chores today, sohopefully gonna hit the beach earlier tomorrow. Aiming to finish the third Staveley book (got just over 100 pages left, so it's very plausible).

This week was sorta brutal, but workwise I'm in cruise mode for the next 2 weeks until I head back south to my parent's place to help out with the festival for Independence Day. So there's loads of good time to look forward to.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Feeling better about the weight crisis. 223 this morning, much better than 275 in May. Not as good as 200 at Christmas, but headed in the right direction. That’s a pretty drastic swing though in eight months lol. I need to work on that.

[amphibian]

Buddy, there will be waves of this, yet your waves are headed in the right direction. Congrats and may this lead to contentment - maybe on a beach watching more fun waves come in.

[Cause]

Sue, the Defender of Chicago send her regards.

Remarkably good shape, almost no signs of the darkhallow on her skeleton.