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Post by ironhold on Aug 15, 2021 13:55:08 GMT
"The Hunter's Guild", chapter 6 (US release date: 9 August 2021)
Premise: When werewolves destroy a rural hamlet, a teenage boy who lived there goes off to join an elite group of for-hire monster hunters.
Chapter: The boy actually managed to kill one of the werewolves with nothing more than an axe and pure righteous indignation, something that is regarded as nigh impossible because of how strong most of them are and how rapidly they can heal their own wounds. When the hunter escorting him to the induction site asks him about his background, the boy notes that for the last few years the mayor of the hamlet had him chopping the firewood for literally everyone in the hamlet, his way of paying for his upkeep as an orphan.
Myth: According to the hunter, chopping wood is a full-body workout of such magnitude that at least one kingdom requires its trainee knights to chop firewood for the citizens in order to harden them. But is it really that intense of a workout all on its own?
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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 15, 2021 14:27:12 GMT
"The Hunter's Guild", chapter 6 (US release date: 9 August 2021) Premise: When werewolves destroy a rural hamlet, a teenage boy who lived there goes off to join an elite group of for-hire monster hunters. Chapter: The boy actually managed to kill one of the werewolves with nothing more than an axe and pure righteous indignation, something that is regarded as nigh impossible because of how strong most of them are and how rapidly they can heal their own wounds. When the hunter escorting him to the induction site asks him about his background, the boy notes that for the last few years the mayor of the hamlet had him chopping the firewood for literally everyone in the hamlet, his way of paying for his upkeep as an orphan. Myth: According to the hunter, chopping wood is a full-body workout of such magnitude that at least one kingdom requires its trainee knights to chop firewood for the citizens in order to harden them. But is it really that intense of a workout all on its own? While chopping wood is certainly strenuous, I can think of many other activities more so. Like Sumo wrestling. |
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Post by the light works on Aug 15, 2021 14:44:10 GMT
there's a reason I bought a wood splitter.
but more directly; using an axe would train a person to strike precisely and with a lot of impact energy, if they had any degree of competence at all.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 31, 2021 23:55:59 GMT
FYI -
As I type this, Anime Network On Demand has put "Long Riders" back in the rotation for free streaming. I posted a few myths on it, and so people can see those episodes for themselves as they become available.
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 1, 2022 6:55:06 GMT
FYI - As I type this, Anime Network On Demand has put "Long Riders" back in the rotation for free streaming. I posted a few myths on it, and so people can see those episodes for themselves as they become available. Never knew there was such a thing. Maybe I’ll check it out now that Netflix has dropped Star Trek. |
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Post by ironhold on Jan 1, 2022 15:46:53 GMT
FYI - As I type this, Anime Network On Demand has put "Long Riders" back in the rotation for free streaming. I posted a few myths on it, and so people can see those episodes for themselves as they become available. Never knew there was such a thing. Maybe I’ll check it out now that Netflix has dropped Star Trek. Anime Network was a premium cable network that anime import house A.D. Vision, or ADV, launched in the early 2000s at the height of the anime boom in the US. However, ADV had to declare bankruptcy in order to ditch a toxic investor, reorganizing as Sentai Filmworks. As part of it, Anime Network was functionally taken off the air for a few years. It's since returned as a streaming content provider, which works with digital cable providers (such as Spectrum) and satellite providers to provide on-demand content. edit - Check your cable or satellite provider's "on demand" options and explore by channel / network. That's where you'll usually find it. New episodes go up once a week, and each episode is available for four weeks before being taken back down. Time it just right, and you can see an entire series for free, just getting ads for Sentai's *paid* service HiDive in the process. (It's technically free, but you only see a small selection of their archives if you watch it free.) "Long Riders" came back into the rotation this past Thursday, and so episode one will be available for the next four weeks. |
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Post by ironhold on Feb 15, 2022 16:24:37 GMT
"Long Riders!", episode 8
Think I forgot to post this one the first time I watched the series -
It's Ami's first time going for a ride up and down a particularly steep mountain road. As part of it, the characters warn her that she needs to grip the handles of her road bike from the bottom instead of the top, as if she tries to grip the handles from the top she won't be able to put enough force on them to properly engage the brakes. One of the more experienced characters notes that she made this same mistake when she was still inexperienced, and she went flying off the road because of it; fortunately for her, because it was Fall there was a thick pile of leaves right where she landed, protecting her from serious injury.
1. What is the proper way to grip the handle bars on a road bike? Can you properly engage the brakes if you grip them in the wrong fashion?
2. How thick and dense would a pile of leaves have to be to protect someone from a fall?
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 15, 2022 17:05:04 GMT
I wouldn’t know as we don’t have many mountains in Illinois. In fact, I’m still riding the same bike I purchased when I was in college in 1973. That makes it 49 years old. They didn’t have “mountain“ bikes back then. My bike has two sets of levers so you can apply the break from holding the handlebars either on the top, or underneath on the grips.
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Post by ironhold on Feb 15, 2022 17:45:09 GMT
I wouldn’t know as we don’t have many mountains in Illinois. In fact, I’m still riding the same bike I purchased when I was in college in 1973. That makes it 49 years old. They didn’t have “mountain“ bikes back then. My bike has two sets of levers so you can apply the break from holding the handlebars either on the top, or underneath on the grips. Road Bike = the kind of bike you see racers use when they do over-the-road bike rallies. Think "Tour De France". |
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Post by the light works on Feb 15, 2022 18:22:02 GMT
on a drop handlebar bicycle, some have the brakes that only have levers parallel with the leading edge of the bars, and some have auxiliary levers that are parallel with the crossbar. it appears the newest version has brake lever mounts that double as alternative hand placements.  modern bicycle brakes perform much better than the bicycle brakes of my childhood, and it doesn't take that much leverage to be able to engage them. so it's more of a question of whether you are using a hand position that allows access to the brakes in a timely manner. |
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Post by rmc on Feb 15, 2022 19:21:13 GMT
EMTs are taught a fall is graded upon both distance from the surface of earth and the orientation of the body.
Fall 18 feet, feet first, and the fall is graded as one order of bad. Fall the same 18 feet vertically down directly upon your unprotected head, and it's basically lethal or thereabouts.
I doubt this is a secret only known by medics, of course, by the way.
Your bicyclist doesn't worry so much about being 18 feet high, but if attaining the same ultimate speed as if falling from 18 feet, and then smashing into some immovable and hard object like concrete, using his face. I suppose that's more of a crash rather than fall, but anyway.
Then, the issue of how many leaves would be needed to decelerate such a bicyclist's face such that he merely makes a visit to a dentist rather than mortician.
A sprained neck or a broken one is yet again another element of complexity to this.
AND, there is a significant difference between bagged leaves and those in a pile. Because a sealed bag, having a pocket of air, produces a certain amount of resistant forces all on its own
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Post by the light works on Feb 15, 2022 20:11:21 GMT
bear in mind my bicycle crash was had an entry speed in excess of 20 MPH, and was directly on asphalt. technically, it was a walked-away severity of crash.
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Post by ironhold on Feb 11, 2023 19:34:04 GMT
"Flying Witch", another series I proposed a few myths about, is also now back in rotation on Anime Network on Demand; the first two episodes are up now.
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 11, 2023 20:52:30 GMT
"Flying Witch", another series I proposed a few myths about, is also now back in rotation on Anime Network on Demand; the first two episodes are up now. Anime Network on Demand? I don't think so. |
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Post by the light works on Feb 11, 2023 20:57:51 GMT
"Flying Witch", another series I proposed a few myths about, is also now back in rotation on Anime Network on Demand; the first two episodes are up now. Anime Network on Demand? I don't think so. that would make it AND? |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 11, 2023 21:31:00 GMT
Anime Network on Demand? I don't think so. that would make it AND? I can watch more flying witches than I ever need to see on C-Span for free. |
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Post by the light works on Feb 12, 2023 0:09:07 GMT
I can watch more flying witches than I ever need to see on C-Span for free. you mean like the one credibly accused of using her government office staff to run her personal errands? |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 12, 2023 1:51:54 GMT
I can watch more flying witches than I ever need to see on C-Span for free. you mean like the one credibly accused of using her government office staff to run her personal errands? I mean like take your pick. There's plenty to go around. |
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Post by ironhold on Jun 15, 2023 15:12:41 GMT
Do Retry, chapter 6
Premise: In the period after the end of WWII, a Japanese teenager becomes a prize fighter in a boxing league controlled by various organized crime syndicates to pay for his critically ill sister's care
Scenario: Beginning in chapter 5, the main character is booked to fight a boxer known as the "Warhammer" due to one arm being significantly larger and more muscled than the other. In chapter 6, it's explained that during the final days of the war he was taking shelter in an underground facility when a cave-in caused by aerial bombardment sealed the entrance. With one arm injured by flying debris, he had to solely use his other arm to dig. After a few days of non-stop digging, his good arm had become its present size.
Myth: What circumstances would it take for someone to end up with one arm significantly longer than the other, and would the situation described in the series be enough?
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Post by GTCGreg on Jun 15, 2023 15:22:10 GMT
Do Retry, chapter 6 Premise: In the period after the end of WWII, a Japanese teenager becomes a prize fighter in a boxing league controlled by various organized crime syndicates to pay for his critically ill sister's care Scenario: Beginning in chapter 5, the main character is booked to fight a boxer known as the "Warhammer" due to one arm being significantly larger and more muscled than the other. In chapter 6, it's explained that during the final days of the war he was taking shelter in an underground facility when a cave-in caused by aerial bombardment sealed the entrance. With one arm injured by flying debris, he had to solely use his other arm to dig. After a few days of non-stop digging, his good arm had become its present size. Myth: What circumstances would it take for someone to end up with one arm significantly longer than the other, and would the situation described in the series be enough? I know, I know. How about if one arm is injured in a cave-in caused by aerial bombardment, and you are forced to use the other arm all the time. The arm you don’t use will atrophy while the arm you do use will gain strength. |
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