A proficient english longbow yeoman was able to fire at a rate of about 12 arrows a minute. Each arrow aimed up to a distance of about 200 yards. Also of note is that the draw weight of english longbows ranged between 100 and 185 lbs. I doubt that these arrows would even penetrate simple cloth armor. She is also quite close to her target, so it's not surprising that she's hitting it repeatedly

damascus steel was actually re-invented/re-discovered by a metallurgist several years ago: http://projects.olin.edu/revere/Cool%20links/damascus%20sci%20amer%20jan%202001.pdf

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re: tarjay

target was originally a french company, so you can pronounce target in french as tarjay. they're just referencing the company's history.

That's why I always have caller id. I never have a clue who it is when it's just a number.

Or, someone knowing that they are going to take the test, can just invalidate the results by acting as if they're lying when telling the truth. you can't come up with a test that isn't easily circumnavigable by a well trained or well aware person.

14 lbs on just one leg? that's going to produce a limp unless he's standing still.

they were actually fairly common in the renaissance. fairly worthless too. It sucked as a sword and as a gun. they were mostly decorative, for that i'm so bad ass that i have a sword with a gun demographic which has remained fairly steady over the past 400 years.

here's a pic of one
http://img299.imageshack.us/i/imgp58822lp.jpg/

i don't get the big trick... it's just simple arithmetic

is it bad that i would actually buy and drink caffeinated pickle brine?