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Post by BladeSpinnerRae on Aug 3, 2015 8:51:18 GMT -6
LionessLauren I understand his reasoning - it can be dangerous. I make sure I don't throw when my little nephews are here, and I only do it when my parents are home, just in case. Anything can happe, so it's best to be cautious.
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Post by LionessLauren on Aug 3, 2015 9:16:11 GMT -6
LionessLauren I understand his reasoning - it can be dangerous. I make sure I don't throw when my little nephews are here, and I only do it when my parents are home, just in case. Anything can happe, so it's best to be cautious. Yes. And he said I might be able to when I'm older.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 9:52:45 GMT -6
My dad was going to teach me how to throw knives, but we haven't got around to it
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Post by FaithSong on Aug 4, 2015 15:36:22 GMT -6
My name, FaithSong, was originally from a previous forum that shut down. I got a paper and made a list of names, and this one came out because my middle name is Faith, and my first name... sort of... means melody. Only sort of. Anyways, another one on the list was Song of Faith, but I figured that was too long. It was going to be FireSong for a while, but I decided against that (even though it sounds kinda cool) so that I could be called Faith, not Fire.
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Post by LionessLauren on Aug 4, 2015 18:22:11 GMT -6
My name, FaithSong, was originally from a previous forum that shut down. I got a paper and made a list of names, and this one came out because my middle name is Faith, and my first name... sort of... means melody. Only sort of. Anyways, another one on the list was Song of Faith, but I figured that was too long. It was going to be FireSong for a while, but I decided against that (even though it sounds kinda cool) so that I could be called Faith, not Fire. That's really cool!
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Post by rayray on Aug 5, 2015 7:54:09 GMT -6
I also throw knives, but my target is SHREDDED so I cant until I get a new one
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Post by BladeSpinnerRae on Aug 5, 2015 9:08:16 GMT -6
That's cool rayray! My target log is getting pretty bad too, but it's so heavy, I'll need my dad and brother-in-law to move it sometime.
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Post by rayray on Aug 7, 2015 8:09:58 GMT -6
Yup. It was originally for my bro and his bow and arrow, but he didn't use it so I did...a little too much.
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Post by LionessLauren on Aug 7, 2015 14:03:20 GMT -6
Yup. It was originally for my bro and his bow and arrow, but he didn't use it so I did...a little too much. I have a bow and target but I don't like my target.
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Post by rayray on Aug 7, 2015 14:17:01 GMT -6
y not
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Post by LionessLauren on Aug 7, 2015 14:24:25 GMT -6
When I shoot my arrows go really far into the target, and I would say thats my fault but that doesn't happen with other targets that I've used.
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Post by rayray on Aug 7, 2015 15:09:14 GMT -6
most of the plastic covering my target is ripped
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Post by Athelas on Aug 8, 2015 13:07:59 GMT -6
So, I've kind of been lurking on this thread for awhile, but I've never written down the history of my name to put it here. It's probably time to do that, before I forget.
Well, as you can tell, my name is Athelas. For those of you who didn't catch it, that's the name of the plant in The Lord of the Rings: The athelas plant, Kingsfoil. I don't remember quite why I originally started going by this; originally, I wanted to be known on the internet as Luthien Tinuviel. As I was originally searching for a username for a forum I used to be on (may it rest in peace), my sister cautioned against it; another member on said Forum used Luthien as her username.
So I turned to my second choice, though I have no idea why it was on my list: Athelas.
But then a few years ago, I realized that my name is meaningful in more ways than I originally planned. The athelas in the story is known in the shire as a weed. Pretty, but barely useful, only allowed to grow until it gets in the way. Then it will be cast aside, burned up.
And then the King came along. He took the weed, this "kingsfoil", and in his hands, it became a device to heal. It saved lives. It renewed strength. In the king's hands, this weed turned from kingsfoil to athelas.
I was useless, able to exist only until I got in the way. Then my King came along, and He took me, made me His own, made me useful.
In His hands, I'm more than a weed: I'm useful for him, I'm loved by him, I'm His tool.
I'm known as Athelas almost everywhere I go now. While it's shortened to various things (most notably, Lassie), it's who I am. In my King's hands, I am Athelas.
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Post by BladeSpinnerRae on Aug 8, 2015 14:08:27 GMT -6
That's really really neat, Athelas!! It is so awe-some how God does that for us; makes us more than broken pieces.
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Post by FairyTaleArista on Aug 8, 2015 20:22:29 GMT -6
That is beautiful! I've never thought of Athelas like that before!
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Post by rayray on Aug 9, 2015 13:28:00 GMT -6
I havnt read lotr, too long, but that's cool.
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Post by FaithSong on Aug 9, 2015 19:28:53 GMT -6
You should certainly read it, Rayray! It's difficult at first, since it's pretty slow for the first few chapters, but it's epic after that.
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Post by bourdongirl on Dec 1, 2015 13:12:39 GMT -6
Knife Throwing?!?! I wish I could do that. To add my humble name to the list -Bourdongirl- I used it for NaNoWriMo and never really changed it.
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Post by rayray on Dec 1, 2015 13:14:47 GMT -6
Interesting!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2015 13:30:51 GMT -6
oh another French! nice!
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Post by rayray on Dec 1, 2015 13:31:48 GMT -6
I am mostly Irish, but I might have French, we don't really know.
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Post by bourdongirl on Dec 1, 2015 14:26:27 GMT -6
Cool. From France, or Canada?
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Post by bourdongirl on Dec 2, 2015 12:42:51 GMT -6
They were from France, then late 1600s moved to Canada, then a couple decades ago to the USA. So French Canadian (Though I'm told that most people don't like them for some reason) -I'm big on genealogy
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 14:00:16 GMT -6
I hear the French don't really like the French-Canadians
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Post by Brie D on Dec 2, 2015 15:09:20 GMT -6
I'm interested in genealogy. Oh and my name now is my pen mane. I chose it because my name is Brianna and my last name begins with S. And people spell both of them wrong sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 15:16:54 GMT -6
Brie D I am still picking my pen name
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Post by bourdongirl on Dec 2, 2015 15:20:03 GMT -6
Aiden I think that's it, but no idea why. I havent met enough of the 2 to see why. Brie D that's awesome that you do genealogy to! How much have you done? (I have not decided if I want a pen name or not
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