Chatbox II: The Rebirth

I always wanted to take kickboxing...

 

I don't like guns, so we don't have any (well...yet. I did give in and say that Joel could buy a handgun at some point), but my manager's family is really into guns. They have some ak whatevers and a bunch of big, scary guns. We decided that if chaos ever rains down and we need to keep ourselves safe, Joel is going to steal a helicopter, and we're going to fly over to their house, get their guns, and then create a fortress so no one will be able to get to us.

Edit: My sister took kickboxing, and she tried to get me to go with her, but I can't do stuff like that in front of a crowd until I'm good at it. Can't get good at it until I take a class...catch 22.

 

I really don't see the need for guns, and the only argument I've received in reply is the circular argument "to defend against other people with guns". I personally am quite glad that Britain doesn't seem to have such a cavalier attitude to firearms.

 

Though it is indeed circular, I'd say it's quite a valid argument.
What I hate is when people buy really huge guns "for hunting" that are utterly overkill.
There is no reason to use a fully automatic weapon to hunt deer with.
Hunting used to be about skill, survival, and sometimes preservation, not "lol, let's go blow sh** up!"

I personally don't care for guns either, but I wouldn't mind having something to protect myself and my daughter with if it ever came to that. My sword skills aren't going to help me unless it's close quarter combat.

 

I could try taking Muay Thai. I'm only a Blue Belt-er in Taekwondo, but I certainly have something for legs. I think I have a disproportionate torso-leg ratio, and my legs are quite long for my height (5'6"). Maybe because soccer also helped me develop my lower body.

 

^my legs are the same way. I'm 5'5" and my legs are really long. My sister is the same height, but her legs are way shorter. Makes it fun to borrow each others clothes.

 

Good morning all

 

Morning, Mina! How's work today?

 

I've always thought guns were somewhat cowardly. You can murder someone without having to watch the light go out in their eyes. Brilliant.

 

Work is boring...as always...how is everyone today?

 

Agreed 100%, I think it's quite cowardly as well.

I actually stopped using guns when hunting with my dad when I was younger. He always teased me because I would only go hunting if I could use a bow. Not a fancy composite bow with a hi-tech site, but a simple recurve with rectangle site.
There's actual skill involved in that, so I can feel like I actually earned the meat rather than pointing and shooting.

 

I'm dreading looking forward to go into work in a couple hours. In the meantime, I'll just be sitting here, eating some oatmeal and thinking about learning to speak Spanish.

To chime in on the guns being cowardly thing, I agree to a point. There are lots of people (like bad people who break into houses) who are cowards for carrying guns with them. I don't think it's cowardly, however, for someone like Rob to want to own a gun in order to have something to defend himself against such a person with. If I were up against someone with a gun, I would want either a gun or a superpower to defend myself with...otherwise I'm at a severe disadvantage.

 

Either way...poor murdered animals.

 

Tasty though

 

I'm not anti-gun, but I'm not the kind of person who should own one. They scare me. I was a sharpshooter in the military and I can field strip an M16 to this day, but they always made me twitchy.

If you can't use it with confidence, it will be used against you. So, yeah, I should not have one.

 

In my house, we have swords for home defense...nothing scarier to intruders than a naked man with a kitana

 

That's why I would never want to own one. Joel tried to talk me into getting my concealed weapons license and carrying a gun back when I delivered pizza (sounds like overkill, maybe, but one of our drivers got jumped while I worked there, and there were drivers from other nearby pizza places who did too. and I'm a girl...lots easier to jump than a dude), and I wouldn't do it because guns make me nervous.

I just carried a knife and mace and hoped that would be enough if I got into a bad situation.

 

Always wanted a katana. (A real one)

Currently I have a machete and side-sword.

I'm also very good with a whip, but they're mostly more intimidating than useful.

 

2 kitanas, a wakazasi, a clamore, a tai chi sword, two machetes, a kukri, a dirk (though technically a knife)...I think that is all of them

 

So, Mina... Do you have any fencing or swordplay experience at all?

 

I have a mini knife that I usually carry with me...

 

'Mina has her own little SCA thing going on.

 

The pointy end goes into the man. No, but I did chase a bunch of trespassing teens down the alley with a kitana.

 

A cricket bat is my personal weapon of choice. No knives or sharp stuff for me, just sporting equipment. And that reminds me of Douglas Adams' invention of Brockian Ultra-cricket.

And afternoon all. I seem to be an infrequent visitor to these realms at the moment.

 

My weapon is a part of headboard that is broken. It's a long, solid piece of wood that should be attatched to the rest of the bed, but it's come loose. If anyone manages to get in my room I can simply reach behind my head and thwack them in one fluid movement.