Kansas Crimson

Sounds like a fascinating read, thanks for the recommendation.

Wilt over Shaq, cheat and put Bill Russell at the 4 and I respectfully disagree with Larry over LeBron at the 3. My team is the starting 5 in the Universal Basketball Tourney - if played at Earth's gravity of course. I want Larry for his moxy, shooting (not only 3 pointers, but free throws), clutch...

Wilt over Shaq, cheat and put Bill Russell at the 4 and I respectfully disagree with Larry over LeBron at the 3. My team is the starting 5 in the Universal Basketball Tourney - if played at Earth's gravity of course. I want Larry for his moxy, shooting (not only 3 pointers, but free throws), clutch...

TDub wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 9:05 am You pick one person to win you a title, who are you taking? I take Michael every single time.

If i put together the best functional 5 player team and Im not sure Lebrons on it. Theres a lot of options but i think you go something like

Magic
Michael
Larry
Duncan
Wilt or Shaq

winner winner

For those who enjoyed Narcos, I heartily recommend "El Chapo"

For me, Wilt is the GOAT, and Jordan is the non-center GOAT; anytime you have to change the rules to accommodate how superior they were, puts them in a different category, imo.

Part of the collection (yes, I'm also a massive chess geek)

https://ibb.co/GnYGRkV

Freaks rules!

The notion that the folks are going to rush right back to normalcy the minute we get the all clear to open back up is wrong wrong wrong. It’s going to take some time. The longer we wait, the longer we wait. We gotta start dipping our toe in. True, I think. The timetable here in Utah is very slowly ...

Yeah, that looks like an officer's sword. My grandfather unfortunately had to sell our family sword which was in the clan for generations in order to buy rice during WWII. Now there's a story! What still blows my mind is that although my American grandfather (whom sadly, I never got to meet, everyo...

Wow, I bet that's a gorgeous kimono-does it also have the original obi?

Yeah, that looks like an officer's sword. My grandfather unfortunately had to sell our family sword which was in the clan for generations in order to buy rice during WWII.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:29 pm the Tabaco area on Luzon is renown for their bolo quality...plus, it’s situated in the midst of a handful of volcanos. i was fortunate to do some work there just a few years ago, and was compelled to purchase a few bolos as gifts

Would've picked up some escrima sticks, as well!

This is my only knife of any note. It's a Gurkha Khukri, made in Nepal. A patient of mine gave it to me in appreciation for...not dying. He had been admitted to the ICU in a coma in critical condition with a stroke, spent almost 6 months in the hospital, had almost everything possible go wrong with...

Whoa, that is nifty!

The old Highlander TV series had a nice array of different swords during its run, including one memorable episode with Mike Ehrmentraut.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:09 pm My roommate in college had a massive Claymore mounted on his bedroom wall.
We threw a party to kick off our junior year and it was stolen.

https://tenor.com/JSiC.gif

I'm intrigued. Is there much practical application for these sorts of blades, besides machete-type work? cuz that would be so rad for beaver to walk in and be like, bro what are you doing? ohh you know, just making some guac. *cuts avocados with a sword* Hah! They're a bit too unwieldy for kitchen ...

Oh bolos are fantastic! I'd love to get a German or Italian version like a Kriegsmesser or Falchion (Falcata); they make for amazingly great cutters.

Must be the japanese genes, I have an unhealthy fascination with sharp objects in general. Have a couple Albions--the jewel of the collection is the Munich model, a beautiful longsword inspired by an example housed in the Bayerisches National museum in Munich with an Oakeshott Type XVIIIb blade and...