[Ansteorra-archery] The Good Bow Fairies

[Bob Dewart]

Sorry!!  TTP stands for Tactics, Techniques and Procedures...it's a military
thing.... Sorry, my bad...

Gilli
Life is good at Burkhaven!!
Go to http://home.hot.rr.com/burkhaven/  and see why.  :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
To: "Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra"
<ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] The Good Bow Fairies


> Well, let's remember the good Leather Farie stopped by too and helped out
> the kids with some temporary arm guards.
> So, there, Pilgrim...Who's the next contestant in the race for the GOLD?
>
> HEY!! ANY OF YOU ALL CATCHING ANY OF THIS???? For under $10 bucks in
> materials a SUPER LONG BOW can be made.  I'm still shooting Robert's first
> one and he gave it to me over two years ago!!!
>
> Get your defecation consolidated, and come to Bowyerthon '05 and learn how
> to get it done.  Air and ambition are your only obstacles.
>
> With the TTPs Lord Robert has to show, there shouldn't be a plastic bow in
> existence in this Kingdom in six months!!  But hey, that's just me, I'm
the
> cook; and beside, everyone knows I'm a argumentative as-----------------.
> What?? too many ---??  Make up your own word then... :)
>
> Gilli
> Just let me know who all is coming so I'll have enough FREE food!!
>
>
> Life is good at Burkhaven!!
> Go to http://home.hot.rr.com/burkhaven/  and see why.  :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Sylvrfalcn at aol.com>
> To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 5:47 PM
> Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] The Good Bow Fairies
>
>
> > We've had a nice lady showing up to Middleford's archery practice with
her
> > two young daughters in tow. Bright girls, showing a good deal of
aptitude
> and
> > enthusiasm, age 6 and 7, but shoot like they're much older. Well, the
mom
> asked
> > our advice on purchasing bows for the girls, and after checking a few of
> the
> > usual suppliers, we determined that 20 lb. draw kid's bows are now going
> for
> > around thirty bucks a pop. I about blew a gasket, that's simply
ludicrous,
> SIXTY
> > bucks to equip two little girls. I told the mom to just hold off, that
I'd
> do
> > some "checking around".
> >
> >  What I did was hop in my truck and off to Lowe's to pick up some red
oak
> > "bowstaves" (2"w x 1/2"thick x48"L, unit cost of $3.48). Thus equipped,
> Randall
> > of Middleford and I got together three evenings after work, and with a
> goodly
> > bit of carving, cussing, and consuming the output of our local brewers,
we
> > wound up with three sweet little bows. They draw 15, 20, and 25 lbs.
> respectively,
> > and the total cost for all three came in a few pennies over fifteen
bucks!
> > Wait a minute, that's three bows!?!  Yup, we figured we'd surprise the
mom
> with
> > a bow of her own so she could get in on the fun too!
> >
> > To see the look on those ladies' faces, and to get to see them shooting
> the
> > bows we made, was well worth sacrificing a wee bit of our time and
effort.
> The
> > girls are tickled with their bows, Randall's tickled because he got to
> learn
> > how to make a bow, and actually did a very good job, and me, I guess I
> picked
> > up a little positive Karma, nothing wrong with that.
> >
> > Just one thing, henceforth, if anybody calls me or Randall a "Good Bow
> Fairy"
> > (are you listening Gilli?) it's "smile when ya say that pilgrim" ;-)
> >
> > Cheers all,
> > Robert of Yorkshire
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