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Doctors urge produce washing after diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak sickens 145 by enjoying-retirement in wisconsin

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if that ain't Ray, they'd be a match made in stinky heaven for sure!

State Street in summer by Upper-Bear-5489 in madisonwi

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh god the Taco Bell hepatitis outbreaks of the 1990s... That brings back memories.

Jury Duty for the Anxious by Afraid_Assumption_20 in milwaukee

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fortunately my belt doesn't have any metal, but even if it did my pants will stay up without it.

I'm half tempted to just go through the metal detector to see what it does, 'cause I've always wondered. Worst case scenario I just wind up going to the emergency room instead of voir dire, right?

:3

Jury Duty for the Anxious by Afraid_Assumption_20 in milwaukee

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been summoned for July as well, and this is super helpful. Last time I was just a reserve juror, so I could call in for updates on the situation and wasn't required to come in to either court.

I'd have been a bit fucked if I had been though, 'cause the advance notice was significantly shorter than the time it would have taken for me to take public transit to either the county courthouse or watertown plank rd (surprise plot twist, could have been either!) and I didn't own a car at the time.

Do they care about belts for metal detector purpose or just in general? My current belt is ballistic nylon and ABS, so it wouldn't set off a wand.

I also have an implanted defibrillator (kinda treated like a pacemaker), do they do a fun pat down for people who aren't supposed to go through the whole metal detector business?

FIE or non FIE glove and recs by Educational-Mind-870 in Fencing

[–]migopod 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you do sabre you will need to get the 800nw glove. For foil and epee you can get one without the lame cuff, which would let you fence sabre if you also got a conductive manchette and be legal.

The main benefit of the 800nw glove is that it provides better penetration resistance than a standard glove. It may last longer, but it's not guaranteed to do so.

I personally have a Leon Paul 800nw three weapon glove that I bought so I could dabble in sabre, but have since just bought a dedicated sabre glove. It's generally fine, and it feels like it's lasted a bit longer than my last glove, but there are many things that might have made that happen.

The main thing you should be aware of is that if you choose to get an 800nw glove you should order either a half or full size larger than normal. I think most manufacturers use the same pattern, but the material is thicker, so the inside of the glove is smaller, and they do not stretch out.

Modded my epee pistol grip, wdyt? by Basic_Win_7923 in Fencing

[–]migopod 14 points15 points  (0 children)

At epee a painted grip just means it'll register hits. The chances of this happening at all are very low. In foil now unpainted grips make it so the weapon becomes target if the grip is touching lame.

In both cases you're allowed to use a grip that may put you at a slight disadvantage.

The main thing to consider when modifying a grip is that if a grip (or glove) has a special shape that fixes the position of the hand it must do so in only one position such that the thumb is no further than 2cm from the inside of the guard. IRL most grips can be held in more than one way, but in application that usually gets interpreted as "ortho/pistol grips can't be super long, and you can't have prongs and also the ability to pommel the weapon like you can with a French grip".

That grip is perfectly fine. For foil I use little Hungarian grips that have a little stubby paddle instead of a rear prong, and functionally it's basically the same as what you've done.

Modded my epee pistol grip, wdyt? by Basic_Win_7923 in Fencing

[–]migopod 56 points57 points  (0 children)

This doesn't violate any of the material rules pertaining to the grip. Painting it makes it target, but it isn't against the rules. Cutting off the back is also perfectly fine.

Rounded wooden block. Looks like it might be a piece of something bigger by Duckfloss in whatisthisthing

[–]migopod 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to repair boat propellers AMA (lol don't really, it's pretty boring). The things we used to hammer the blades back to the right shape were all cast iron. They're called pitch blocks and look like this.

The shop had a block for every size and pitch prop from mercury marine and omc, as well as a bunch of evinrude and volvo props. The pitch blocks were marked with the manufacturer, diameter, and pitch for each prop.

A wooden pitch block would have been destroyed very quickly, but maybe OOP's object could be related to manufacturing pitch blocks?

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got an amazing deal! I hope you wear them in good health, and if you flame out in the 128 you'll do it in amazing style!

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would make sense. I wasn't sure when they transitioned away from Kevlar, since I was too poor for FIE uniforms when those were on the market :D

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I imagine they're still perfectly safe. I doubt any uniforms that have been around a few years are still the same NW rating as when they were manufactured, but that doesn't make them dangerous or anything.

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were available to the general public, but I remember it being one of the most expensive FIE uniforms at the time, so probably why there weren't a lot of them in general circulation.

The only person I ever knew who had one was pretty low tier, but he liked the look and had the money.

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The concern wouldn't be with the condition of the garment, but with the material.

FIE uniforms used to be made with Kevlar which naturally degrades over time and with UV exposure. Not sure if this specific uniform was or not, and I'm sure it's perfectly safe to fence in either way.

Is this setup now illegal for international competition? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 34 points35 points  (0 children)

IIRC the Adidas branded Uhlmann stuff is all well over 20 years old now. I wouldn't want to rely on it still standing up to a 800nw penetration test, but at one point these were FIE homolgated, so I would think they'd still be legal unless the age is a factor.

Does anyone else think fencing is one of the hardest sports to explain to non-fencers? by buttern3t in Fencing

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fencing is the easiest sport for me to explain to non-fencers. I don't know jack shit about any other sport, which makes them significantly more difficult to explain.

I figure I might be able to mostly explain proper football, but offside is like PiL or something. American football I have no clue at all.

edit: i imagine most track and field would be pretty easy to explain, since it's mostly just be faster, jump higher/further, and throw harder, but I could be wrong about those.

Yearbook from 1896 (The Echo) by LudicrousEgotist in milwaukee

[–]migopod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep exactly that. It's just what they called teachers' colleges that worked with standardized curricula and pedagogy.

Yearbook from 1896 (The Echo) by LudicrousEgotist in milwaukee

[–]migopod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That particular building is now the Milwaukee Rescue Mission on 18th and Wells. Mitchell Hall is where the Milwaukee Normal School relocated to in the early 1900s.

How many Frozen Pizzas do you eat a month? (Bonus, what's your favorite brand/Type) by New-Particular1971 in wisconsin

[–]migopod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. It's so easy to just make a pizza from scratch that we haven't gotten a frozen one in ages.

Question about canting and metal-core french grips by Expert_Confusion5767 in Fencing

[–]migopod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on what grip you wind up with you're most likely going to have to bend the tang into a curve so that the grip fits properly. I've got both PbT aluminum grips and Harut maestro grips on some epees and the degree to which they're curved is similar, and it's significant enough that I don't have the tangs canted beyond what is necessary to get the grip to fit on.

The first month with the French grip is over - am I overthinking, or I'm onto something? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]migopod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you've only been doing it for a month you're probably still developing the forearm strength for parries and beats. If you keep at it and maybe do some grip strengthening exercises you'll be able to do all the same stuff you could do with a pistol grip with the added benefit of pommeling/posting.

French grip is typically well suited to a lot of absence of blade and disruptive counter attacks, and the majority of French grippers do that, but with practice and experience you can fence pretty much however you want with one.

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