One good whack against a sword and that blade will shatter.Kiwias wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:57 am The swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it.
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Saw a video on that fairly recently, by a historian/re-enactment/specialist type. They reckon is was probably just a show piece, rather than actually useful.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
What era is it from? Might it not actually be useful against someone with a rapier?Raggs wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:04 amSaw a video on that fairly recently, by a historian/re-enactment/specialist type. They reckon is was probably just a show piece, rather than actually useful.
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We got rid of Bimbot, do we need a new Emoji for other people who don't know what they are talking about
mat the expat wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:46 amWe got rid of Bimbot, do we need a new Emoji for other people who don't know what they are talking about
It's Sandy FFS. He was such a balanced poster (in favour of the Stormers) but has lost it ever since finding out that one Saffa bordie paid for a Covid vaccine.
Yeah well Ms GL wouldn't recognise a gudgeon pin if it was floating in her morning cuppa.
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Justifiably, they are getting destroyed here for that
To determine whether or not it was racist, there is only one question you need to ask: would the headline have been "Three White players miss" if it had been Kane, Macguire, and Shaw who had missed their penalties?
We all know the answer to that question.
The story about racist abuse would have been valid without the headline.Rinkals wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:24 am At the risk of defending racists, the headline IS relevant to the story.
If the players had been white, the allegations of racist abuse would not have arisen.
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Not really, where they used the word Black is completely wrong.Rinkals wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:24 am At the risk of defending racists, the headline IS relevant to the story.
If the players had been white, the allegations of racist abuse would not have arisen.
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Bizarrely I know that man's (the one on the right) great ?great? Granddaughter.
The penguin was actually tied to the piper's foot to stop it running away and the rope covered in snow
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