[Steppes] Archery Practice 4/13/08

[Susan McMahill]

Ah, If we say..."Fire at will....Wil (Ironwyrm) is likely to fire back! And he's better than most of us! We fire when ready or at our leisure or on the command of "release." 
 
Lyneya
Well-behaved women Seldom make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich



> From: wmeriic at tx.rr.com> To: steppes at ansteorra.org> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:16:01 -0500> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Archery Practice 4/13/08> > Well, no matter what the circumstances, I hate the old archer expression> "Fire at will!" Too many times has that caused sufficient confusion to make> me generally uneasy around missile fighters.> > Will Meriic> > -----Original Message-----> From: steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org> [mailto:steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of William Black> Dragon> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:12 PM> To: steppes at ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Steppes] Archery Practice 4/13/08> > More often then not I'd say "we shoot the breeze" on what> is well considered to be the most wind plagued archery> range in Ansteorra! > > However I believe poor William would have been even more> confused had our good Lady Lyneya used more typical archer> jargon within her invitation post such as, we usually spend> time telling tales "across the bow". There are many common> phrases & saying within our English language today that are> archer specific. Even the rude two-fingered salute the> British are so quick to offer dates back to the medieval> archer. Doesn't quite mean now what it did then, but the> basic message is still the same! > > So go spend some time with the archers, ya just may learn a> little more than how to loft arrows & bolts down range.> > "Watch yer butt's",> > Ironwyrm> > > --- Sir Morgan Buchanan <morganbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > Considering the fact that there is air between the archer> > and the target, > > wouldn't archers "shoot the breeze" on EVERY shot?> > > > Morg> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Meriic" <wmeriic at tx.rr.com>> > To: <>> > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:47 AM> > Subject: Re: [Steppes] Archery Practice 4/13/08> > > > > > >> and shooting the breeze.> > >> > > Now please forgive this stupid question, as I am not an> > archer, but why> > > would you shoot the breeze when, I assume, you have> > perfectly good targets> > > down range? Sounds kind of dangerous to me, but you> > are the experts.> > >> > > Will > > > > _______________________________________________> > Steppes mailing list> > Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> >> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> Steppes mailing list> Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org> > _______________________________________________> Steppes mailing list> Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org