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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is great news, Arthur. And the problem of bending over to retrieve bolts will only last until you improve, which shouldn’t be long.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Annabelle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ansteorra-archery-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-archery-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ld.blackmoon<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> Order of the Arc d'Or - Restricted Access; ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ansteorra-archery] i'm coming back ; )<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>greetings</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>as many of you know, i have not been able to shoot anything for the last few years due to severe back pain issues ( which the v.a. seems to think they may now be able to help control, so please keep fingers crossed )</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>but in the mean time, a couple of the other arc d'ors refitted my crossbow with a lighter prod and a thumb bar so i dont have to bend over to cock the bow,( thank you sam and cian = ) and as today was missile practice, i was able to shoot my 1st royal round in years = ) !!! . i only managed blue tassel today, but with practice that should improve ; ).</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>unfortunatly i discovered that retrieving bolts required more bending over than my back liked, so until i find a munchkin to bribe into retrieving my bolts, it seems i will only be able to shoot royal rounds, but even royal rounds are much better than not being able to shoot !!!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .<br>Arthur</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>