Science Abuse

Looks just like dad, even got the proportions right. graemlins/thumb.gif Wish a happy B'day to the young'n!

because you haven't paid me. Besides, the use of such weapons is not The Way. graemlins/thumb.gif

Lumberyard + plank of ash x saw and sandpaper = all you need. Thats how I got my set of boken, my sword stands, and my one of my own design I call "the mood swing".

Dude,I'll save you some eye ache; Do yourself a favor and buy the book. I tried to read a book online once...ONCE, and it wasn't as long as that.

it's about god damn time, the record has stood for almost a decade. I'd still rather have a Mcalaren F1 LM

well if its already got the rebuild underits belt, it's just a matter of how much you trust the rebuilder. If ya do, the car should be fine.

I must race this kid in my 3800lb, 150,000 mile daily driver. Is he reading this? Some one tell him I have no experience outside of grudge night and parking lot JDM drift'zoring tongue.gif . Aaron, the cougar wants a piece of that 240.

no, the pic is fucked up. How the hell did you even find that?

yeah, lower and closer to the ass end. graemlins/thumb.gif

I cant beleive you didnt come to me first www.sccoa.com go poke around, links pages, etc. thay can be had pretty cheap, but performance parts arent cheap. They are not good beaters, imo, but I like'm. The head gaskets are very problematic, and M5R2 5 sped trannies are known for eating suncros, but that easily fisxed with good head gaskets and brass syncro's. DIS modules and crank sensors seem to be flighty too, and the DIS modules are getting hard to find. I love the MN12 platform, look for an old 5.0 car, or PM ponyfreak here and ask if he has or knows of some cheap Mark 8s.

$10 an hour is deffinately not enough. But thanks for the reff' on the other one.

yes http://www.boobsroom.com/bustypl/pics/EwaKanapa08.jpg that makes my dick run and hide.

I'm gunna go ahead and listen to Geoff, if it too nasty for him I don't wann know about it. tongue.gif

so then, you're the pitcher and he's the catcher?

Though a fan of broad swords, I'm partial to the slice, rather then the bone breaking, helmet splitting chop, thus my attraction the the katana. I'd gotten used to handling my El Cid fairly well, untill I took it apart and saw the way it was made and assembled....now I'm afraid of breaking that cheap peice of shit tongue.gif

yeah....that's Mike alright graemlins/jerkit.gif

Indeed, its a consideration that has significance even today. There were many different steel that were suited for very different environments. Hardness and cold often do not mix, thus the benifit of carburizing over full thickness tempering. Actualy you may find a more hyped intrest in Niten Ichi Ryu, since it has the name Myamoto Musashi attatched to it. There are still many practitioners of the old European ways, they're just harder to find. There was a show ont he history channel that managed to dig a couple up, but I dont remember the name of it. Some Brit and a gang of his goons would set out to learn the strategies of an ancient race or weapon every week. Good stuff, just haven't seen it in a while. It can also be argued that reason that the line of oriental martial history is so unbroken is because they were simply good at it. Usualy conquered cultures dont get to pass on their techniques...unless it was Rome doing the conquering. Europe has been a mixing pot for a couple milenia, cultures mixing or wiping eachother out, invasions here and there, occasional scorched earth, it's tough for anything to survive for any length of time in that environment. Look what happened to Carthage, your average European conquest was pretty thurough. My collection reflects my income. My first sword was an El Cid Tizona, bought at a mall at the age of 15. $100 seemed like alot at the time. My only decent blade is, some what ironicaly, in keeping with the hype you speek of. Not only is it a Katana, but it is the Niten Ichi style, a Paul Chen, $400 ebay special. I picked it based less on hype and more on the fact that I'm tall, so the style suited me best. It's tough to find good steel these days. My best blades were actualy free, made by my grandpa about 60-70 years ago, while working at the Lima Locomotive Works.

I'd give it a shot.

Ask anyone who's known me for any lenth of time, I'm a sword nut, and have been for a decade. There's no reason to bash other ancient metlugist cultures. It is true that Toledo was not rarely visited by Japanese sword makers wishing to learn what they were doing. And it is easily debatable that Damascus pumped out steel that surpassed them both. The Articles you posted are, at best, irrelevent. The first, one can write ans speculate all they want, but it's entirely up to those commanding. The second comes off as an angry white guy who doesnt like the orient steeling whities lime light. In your search for resources, pick those that have actualy been published, not essay's but random webfolk. Your argument isn't without validity. You just dont need to bash the hamon blade to make a point. graemlins/thumb.gif

I had a hard time finding a series that would let the uber superior MN12 run in it. Front engine, RWD domestic, but it seems all mu'fuggas want is mustangs and F bodies, NASA hadto amend AI rules to let us in. Will that series allow my v8 RWD IRS Domestic?

March 13, I'l try not toe be dead. No funk'tastic new furiature?

Not balony. Though in recent time they have been surpassed, their steel was superior to all else for over 7 centuries. They needed our help because you cannot mass produce hand folded steel for armor. It takes a hundred man hours to create one such sword, of course they arent going to make battle ships out of the same stuff. The techniques they've been using to make swords date furhter back then our rennisanse, and they are still of equal or greater quality then the best we can produce today. Can you put a hunk of high quality contemporary steel up there and get the same results? Probably, but that guy still made that with is hands. So no balony, it is an artform. Technicaly that sword isnt realy tempered, it has a carburized cutting edge.

I cant exactly tell you, it was a mobile service, very sloppy work. No money was exchanged though, I paid for the work in full by doing some rhinoplasty work for him.

Amen. I tried that for a couple years. I got to the point that I didnt have time to do situps untill I got tired, I can do them all day long. I mounted some bars between the ceiling bars of my basement nd di then hanging upside down. What i got was a rick hard stomach...shrowded behind a gut. Here's what worked for me, and is continuing to do so; Motivation. You cant do anything without it. My motivation was the climb last week. For a month I did what I considered hard core cramming for it. Strict diet and excersize. It sucked, but I got into the routine, kept my eyes on the 14,000" prize. Last week I spent a week in the mountains, lost close to 10 lbs in 7 days. Working at altitude is, bar none, the hardest thing a person can do, the higher you go,t he harder it is. Now that I'm back, I figured I just binge and take in al my old habbits. But, the desire isn't there anymore. I'm used to the routine I was in building up to the climb, thereofore its alot easier to keep up. So, next time you're at Wendies, try the chicken BLT salad instead of the Triple with everything, large fries, and the diet coke.

Watching a bunch of buff rich guys in tights play grab ass and chase balls around is the most homo'rific activity one can watch on network TV. You all are gayer then 9 guys fuckin 8 guys. graemlins/nonono.gif