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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2013, 02:57:24 pm »
Maybe it would be better to call longbows "high bows" since length is measured on the horizontal rather than the vertical.

Example:  A 6 ft tall man is measured by his height, a 6 ft snake is measured by it's length. 

Right?
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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2013, 03:35:17 pm »
JW.... you always crack me up. How far is the closest peyote bush from your water well?
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2013, 04:20:10 pm »
Thousand miles or so.  This is all natural. 

I don't like to think before I speak.  I like to be as surprised as the rest of you by what comes outa my mouth.    :o
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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2013, 05:20:59 pm »
 ;D
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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2013, 05:50:53 pm »
Surely the opposite of a cross bow >:(
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Is a happy bow  :)
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Richard Heads explanation of why the longbow is called the longbow...
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2013, 09:38:04 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 12, 2013, 04:20:10 pm
Thousand miles or so.  This is all natural. 

I don't like to think before I speak.  I like to be as surprised as the rest of you by what comes outa my mouth.    :o

Haha I think you and one of my friends would get along great. That just described him to the T.

Jon
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