In article om>,
"cathyxyz" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> >
> > Damn it hurt to get popped across the back! Never lunge if your
> > opponents blade is up. They can pop you across the top of the mask and
> > the blade acts like a whip if your parry is not quick enough!
>
> I knew there was a reason I'd rather rather be your friend than foe!
> Heh.

<G> That was back in my college days...
I've not fenced in nearly 20 years. ;-)
But I've not forgotten it all, not after taking it for 3 years.
The 4th year was clinicals and we were no longer at the University for
that.

I've only messed around with it a little bit at SCA events that my
sister drags me too. Most of the time, I play chess!

> But getting back to the alcohol - the worst I have ever come
> across is Stroh Rum (sp?).... 80-something-proof! Ugh. Could not even
> get it close to my mouth - the fumes alone made my eyes water.... I'll
> stick to wine - thank-you-very-much - 11 or 12 percent is fine

Heh! I know what you mean...
I'm somewhat ok with some of the 80 proof Vodka's, but that's about my
limit.

I've gotten out of the habit of drinking hard stuff "straight up" as
much so last time I tried it, it did take my breath away. You lose your
tolerance to doing that unless you do it routinely it seems?

>
> Cheers
> Cathy(xyz)

Cheers! :-) <clink>

>
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson