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- Wed May 04, 2022 2:09 am
- Forum: The Bard's Stage
- Topic: The Leaving of Liverpool in a tunnel on a 150 mile bike ride in the Japanese hinterland.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6662
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:19 am
- Forum: The Bard's Stage
- Topic: The Leaving of Liverpool in a tunnel on a 150 mile bike ride in the Japanese hinterland.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6662
Re: The Leaving of Liverpool in a tunnel on a 150 mile bike ride in the Japanese hinterland.
How is Japan in spring? It sounds like an extraordinary experience. It is! I went on an overnighter in the mountains that are within walking distance of my apartment a few weeks ago, and WOW. Camping in a cherry blossom grove 400 meters up a mountain and 800 meters from the sea is quite something. ...
- Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:32 am
- Forum: The Bard's Stage
- Topic: The Leaving of Liverpool in a tunnel on a 150 mile bike ride in the Japanese hinterland.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6662
The Leaving of Liverpool in a tunnel on a 150 mile bike ride in the Japanese hinterland.
Hey all. I'm living abroad at the moment and haven't been able to take my ranger kit with me, but I thought you all might appreciate some traditional music from a recent patrol around the Izu peninsula.
If you can't see the video, here's the link: https://youtu.be/isCzAubjnCU
- Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What size of rope makes sense? A discussion.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2858
Re: What size of rope makes sense? A discussion.
I now carry a small bag with several smaller lengths of different diameter, I find I use them more readily because they are accessible and they take up much less space in my pack. Hmmm. I've been doing something similar without really thinking about it. Maybe I should start doing it more consciously.
- Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What size of rope makes sense? A discussion.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2858
What size of rope makes sense? A discussion.
So I recently posted somewhat jokingly about the discrepancy between Dungeons and Dragons hempen rope weight (10lbs for 50 feet) and the weight of my trusty hemp rope (1lb for 57 feet). Based on crossectional area of my rope, pi, and the square-cube law, rope that would weigh as much as Dungeons and...
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:11 pm
- Forum: Ranger Gaming & LARPing
- Topic: D&D item weights are amusing.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27750
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:03 am
- Forum: Outings
- Topic: Sigh...Let's pretend the focus was an artistic choice. A Halloween Poem.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9086
Re: Sigh...Let's pretend the focus was an artistic choice. A Halloween Poem.
.... I'm still torn whether to hear a nice dark fiddle rendition of Tam Lin or an instrumental of Omnia's The Well for background music to that! I've been learning Tam Lin on my fiddle and whistles. The way it's usually played feels a bit too energetic and upbeat to back up an eerie story around th...
- Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:02 pm
- Forum: Outings
- Topic: Sigh...Let's pretend the focus was an artistic choice. A Halloween Poem.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9086
Sigh...Let's pretend the focus was an artistic choice. A Halloween Poem.
If it doesn't show up as a video, here's the link.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Tolkien was an Anarchist"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5375
Re: "Tolkien was an Anarchist"
While I decidedly *don't* want to get into modern politics, as such a thing has already destroyed one good board I miss... GOD NO. I don't care if he voted Tory or Labour and wouldn't have brought up so mundane a fact, but...anarcho-monarchism is just such an endearingly offbeat ideal of human gove...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Tolkien was an Anarchist"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5375
"Tolkien was an Anarchist"
I just saw a fascinating discussion on the r/TolkienFans subreddit, where someone by the handle u/MadHopper posted the following: Many people know of Tolkien’s various influences, but it’s not often discussed how his anarcho-monarchist political leanings touched on his work. From a letter to Chr...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Soft Kit
- Topic: Elleth's Pendants for Yule
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5111
Elleth's Pendants for Yule
This is a bit different, since these accessories are made with modern processes and not particularly period-appropriate, but they achieved a look that I've been dreaming of for some time and finally executed to a surprising degree of efficacy. I had to brainstorm a bit on Elleth's requests for this ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: WoodCraft
- Topic: Dakota Firehole Experiment Results
- Replies: 27
- Views: 36238
Re: Dakota Firehole Experiment Results
How about throwing some rocks into your under bed fire pit. Once the stones are heated they should give up heat a little longer so you won't have to feed the pit or stir up the coals as often, giving you a better. Rocks are actually comparatively terrible at storing heat. The specific heat of water...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:31 pm
- Forum: WoodCraft
- Topic: Dakota Firehole Experiment Results
- Replies: 27
- Views: 36238
Re: Dakota Firehole Experiment Results
So I've posted the results of this a bit around the internet. There were a LOT of suggestions to "Just use a hot water bottle". Apart from the fact that hot water isn't workable in a flacket, this suggestion seemed to be missing the point, so I decided to do S C I E N C E . I've used hot w...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:53 am
- Forum: Outings
- Topic: An overnighter in full kit
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9974
Re: An overnighter in full kit
What song was that? "Herr Mannelig", an old Swedish folk tune. "Early one morning, before the sun rose up, Before the birds started singing, The mountain troll approached the handsome squire She had a false tongue. 'Sir Manly, Sir Manly, Betrothe yourself to me For all I so gladly of...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:10 am
- Forum: Outings
- Topic: Middle-earth Reenactment Society - Fall 2020 Trek AND VIDEO
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11873
Re: Middle-earth Reenactment Society - Fall 2020 Trek AND VIDEO
You guys are so, so cool.