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I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected all
along...oh well, here goes...

I’m deeply in love with the crossbow!

There, I’ve said it! I can’t take it back now. < sigh > Still, I’m
certain I’m not the only one around here who’s insides go all squirty at
the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing machine!
With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of course there’s
just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly followed the laws of
physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade, to make me feel
complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we are talking three
distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare with the deep
satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt tearing an inconvenient
skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be derived from the inherent
irony found in killing a giant scorpion with poisoned bolts. Not to
mention the fey thrill of busting treasure urns that are so far away
that you can’t even see them without the telescopic sights...and don’t
get me started on those lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's
just...I mean it's just so...

I’ve written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:

‘Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the dark!
Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as your mark!’

Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
with foot >

--
rolobeastie@earthlink.net
What's not to like?
 
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Gordian Slash typed:

> I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
> breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected
> all along...oh well, here goes...
>
> I'm deeply in love with the crossbow!
>
> There, I've said it! I can't take it back now. < sigh > Still, I'm
> certain I'm not the only one around here who's insides go all squirty
> at the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing
> machine! With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of
> course there's just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly
> followed the laws of physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade,
> to make me feel complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we
> are talking three distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare
> with the deep satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt
> tearing an inconvenient skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be
> derived from the inherent irony found in killing a giant scorpion
> with poisoned bolts. Not to mention the fey thrill of busting
> treasure urns that are so far away that you can't even see them
> without the telescopic sights...and don't get me started on those
> lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's just...I mean it's
> just so...
>
> I've written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
> paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:
>
> 'Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the
> dark! Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as
> your mark!'
>
> Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
> with foot >
>
> --
> rolobeastie@earthlink.net
> What's not to like?

rotfl

I agree. Although that desert eagle she grips with both hands is sweet
(especially on the cheat mode in places she shouldn't have it yet - shhh),
that crossbow is wicked sweet!

Although it's an obvious act of agression when you pull that
huge-only-one-purpose-killing-device out, it gets "the job" done! 😉

--
Ms T
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
-John Lennon
 
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Gordian Slash wrote:
> I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
> breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected
> all along...oh well, here goes...
>
> I'm deeply in love with the crossbow!
>
> There, I've said it! I can't take it back now. < sigh > Still, I'm
> certain I'm not the only one around here who's insides go all squirty
> at the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing
> machine! With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of
> course there's just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly
> followed the laws of physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade,
> to make me feel complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we
> are talking three distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare
> with the deep satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt
> tearing an inconvenient skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be
> derived from the inherent irony found in killing a giant scorpion
> with poisoned bolts. Not to mention the fey thrill of busting
> treasure urns that are so far away that you can't even see them
> without the telescopic sights...and don't get me started on those
> lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's just...I mean it's
> just so...
>
> I've written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
> paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:
>
> 'Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the
> dark! Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as
> your mark!'
>
> Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
> with foot >
>
> --
> rolobeastie@earthlink.net
> What's not to like?

Me tool of choice! Half-Life! 😱)
McG.
 
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"Ms T" <anthropoid@nospam.not> wrote in message
news😛Y6nc.115905$Qy.30938@fed1read04...
> Gordian Slash typed:
>
> > I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
> > breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected
> > all along...oh well, here goes...
> >
> > I'm deeply in love with the crossbow!
> >
> > There, I've said it! I can't take it back now. < sigh > Still, I'm
> > certain I'm not the only one around here who's insides go all squirty
> > at the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing
> > machine! With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of
> > course there's just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly
> > followed the laws of physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade,
> > to make me feel complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we
> > are talking three distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare
> > with the deep satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt
> > tearing an inconvenient skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be
> > derived from the inherent irony found in killing a giant scorpion
> > with poisoned bolts. Not to mention the fey thrill of busting
> > treasure urns that are so far away that you can't even see them
> > without the telescopic sights...and don't get me started on those
> > lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's just...I mean it's
> > just so...
> >
> > I've written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
> > paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:
> >
> > 'Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the
> > dark! Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as
> > your mark!'
> >
> > Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
> > with foot >
> >
> > --
> > rolobeastie@earthlink.net
> > What's not to like?
>
> rotfl
>
> I agree. Although that desert eagle she grips with both hands is sweet
> (especially on the cheat mode in places she shouldn't have it yet - shhh),
> that crossbow is wicked sweet!
>
> Although it's an obvious act of agression when you pull that
> huge-only-one-purpose-killing-device out, it gets "the job" done! 😉
>
> --
> Ms T
> Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
> -John Lennon
>

The desert Eagle has to win in for me, the sheer accuracy and killing power
of that gun just does the job, no questions asked 😉

I also am guilty of using the cheat to get my grubby paws on it when I
shouldn't have it 😉 he he

Kieran
 
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"Gordian Slash" wrote
>
> I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
> breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected all
> along...oh well, here goes...
>
> I'm deeply in love with the crossbow!
>
> There, I've said it! I can't take it back now. < sigh > Still, I'm
> certain I'm not the only one around here who's insides go all squirty at
> the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing machine!
> With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of course there's
> just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly followed the laws of
> physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade, to make me feel
> complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we are talking three
> distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare with the deep
> satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt tearing an inconvenient
> skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be derived from the inherent
> irony found in killing a giant scorpion with poisoned bolts. Not to
> mention the fey thrill of busting treasure urns that are so far away
> that you can't even see them without the telescopic sights...and don't
> get me started on those lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's
> just...I mean it's just so...
>
> I've written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
> paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:
>
> 'Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the dark!
> Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as your mark!'
>
> Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
> with foot >
>

Yes, always liked the exploding crossbow bolts & blasting mummies to bits.

I think they should give Lara an Olympic style takedown recurve bow in TR 7
with all the bad-ass looking stabilizers and weights sticking off of it.

Since I happen to be an archer my dream bow is a Hoyt "Avalon" so that's the
one Lara
should have.

Here is a picture of what one looks like if curious. Just did a quick
search & found this guy's home page. Archery nerd stuff and maybe the
proper position to shoot out plate glass windows...

http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/gallery/mac210/

Oh, and I liked the couplet btw. And very knowledgeable about the
pope...just
wasn't fair was it? 😉

<adds own feeble attempt>

Cocking back is hard to do but never a curse or mutter,
Let triggers fly as knights do die-- bolts pierce plate like butter!
 
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bbocquin wrote:

>
> Oh, and I liked the couplet btw. And very knowledgeable about the
> pope...just
> wasn't fair was it? 😉
>
> <adds own feeble attempt>
>
> Cocking back is hard to do but never a curse or mutter,
> Let triggers fly as knights do die-- bolts pierce plate like butter!

Hehehe! Not bad at all!!!

I just wondered, when I wrote mine, how many would get the Von Croy (
Panama hat ) reference. ;-)

--
rolobeastie@earthlink.net
Nobody sees the Wizard! Not nobody...not no-how!
 
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bbocquin wrote:
>
> "Gordian Slash" wrote
> >
> > I may as well just admit it - my therapist thinks it will be a real
> > breakthrough for me - and I imagine that some of you have suspected all
> > along...oh well, here goes...
> >
> > I'm deeply in love with the crossbow!
> >
> > There, I've said it! I can't take it back now. < sigh > Still, I'm
> > certain I'm not the only one around here who's insides go all squirty at
> > the mere thought of caressing that beautiful silent killing machine!
> > With its utterly flat trajectory and limitless range - of course there's
> > just no way I could respect any weapon that blindly followed the laws of
> > physics. No! I need an outlaw, a real renegade, to make me feel
> > complete. Ohhh...yes...this bad boy has it all...we are talking three
> > distinct kinds of ammo! THREE! What can compare with the deep
> > satisfaction of a bone-shattering explosive bolt tearing an inconvenient
> > skeleton to pieces? The subtle pleasure to be derived from the inherent
> > irony found in killing a giant scorpion with poisoned bolts. Not to
> > mention the fey thrill of busting treasure urns that are so far away
> > that you can't even see them without the telescopic sights...and don't
> > get me started on those lovely lovely telescopic sights! Mmmmm !!! It's
> > just...I mean it's just so...
> >
> > I've written this poetic couplet to express my true feelings for this
> > paragon of cutting-edge 10th century technology:
> >
> > 'Banned by a Pope - the maker of kings, it leaves the rest in the dark!
> > Let them all come, yes - there he is, use his Panama hat as your mark!'
> >
> > Ahhhhhhh...the crossbow! < pushes the archery catalogs under the bed
> > with foot >
> >
>
> Yes, always liked the exploding crossbow bolts & blasting mummies to bits.

Aw, you guys have no style! There's nothing like using the 'scope to
pick off the head of skeletons and watch them run around headless
until falling off into a pit somewhere. 😉

> I think they should give Lara an Olympic style takedown recurve bow in TR 7
> with all the bad-ass looking stabilizers and weights sticking off of it.

With explosive bolts, no doubt. :) How about a bazooka, or RPG? :)
Or, for that matter, with the infinite space she has in her backpack,
why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛

-- G
 
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Gary Mitchell wrote:
>
> why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛

A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.

Regards

Mark
 
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"Mark A" wrote
> Gary Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
>
> A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark

Heh! A flight sim with Lara. That'd be a new twist! Maybe that new YF-22
or whatever the latest plane is... :)
 
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"Gordian Slash" wrote

> bbocquin wrote:
>
> >
> > Oh, and I liked the couplet btw. And very knowledgeable about the
> > pope...just
> > wasn't fair was it? 😉
> >
> > <adds own feeble attempt>
> >
> > Cocking back is hard to do but never a curse or mutter,
> > Let triggers fly as knights do die-- bolts pierce plate like butter!
>
> Hehehe! Not bad at all!!!
>
> I just wondered, when I wrote mine, how many would get the Von Croy (
> Panama hat ) reference. ;-)
>

Missed it completely. Sorry. I was thinking more in terms of some assassin
waiting in the wings for a member of the Medici family outside Florence in
renaissance Italy.

<thumps self on forehead>

"This is a Tomb Raider site! Toooommmb Raaaiiider! It's not the History
Channel! Toooommmb Raaaiiider!"
 
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Mark A wrote:
>
> Gary Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
>
> A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark

No nukes? If you're going to have a stealth bomber why not
throw in some really *serious* fire power? 😉

Temple of Seth? *What* temple of Seth? Oh, you mean it was
right *there*? <points to fresh, hot, glass-lined crater>
Well, um, er... OK, whatever. On to the next project. 😉

BTW, question: Removing the Ankh is supposed to release Seth.
But what if you vaporize it in place, (along with the sarcophagus
and the whole temple)? Does that count as "removing" it? :)
I mean, it isn't there any more, right? Seth is pretty much
gone too, but one thing at a time. 😛

-- G
 
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bbocquin wrote:
>
> "Mark A" wrote
> > Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > >
> > > why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
> >
> > A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mark
>
> Heh! A flight sim with Lara. That'd be a new twist! Maybe that new YF-22
> or whatever the latest plane is... :)

We got a taste of it in TR 3... Remember Lara's escape in the plane?

-- G
 
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Gary Mitchell wrote:
> Mark A wrote:
>
>>Gary Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>>why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
>>
>>A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Mark
>
>
> No nukes? If you're going to have a stealth bomber why not
> throw in some really *serious* fire power? 😉
>
> Temple of Seth? *What* temple of Seth? Oh, you mean it was
> right *there*? <points to fresh, hot, glass-lined crater>
> Well, um, er... OK, whatever. On to the next project. 😉
>
> BTW, question: Removing the Ankh is supposed to release Seth.
> But what if you vaporize it in place, (along with the sarcophagus
> and the whole temple)? Does that count as "removing" it? :)
> I mean, it isn't there any more, right? Seth is pretty much
> gone too, but one thing at a time. 😛
>
> -- G

Well since the ankh is on the outside and would vaporize 13.274
milliseconds before the coffin is breached ...

😉

--


Pistol Whipped
 
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Pistol Whipped wrote:
>
> Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > Mark A wrote:
> >
> >>Gary Mitchell wrote:
> >>
> >>>why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
> >>
> >>A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>Mark
> >
> >
> > No nukes? If you're going to have a stealth bomber why not
> > throw in some really *serious* fire power? 😉
> >
> > Temple of Seth? *What* temple of Seth? Oh, you mean it was
> > right *there*? <points to fresh, hot, glass-lined crater>
> > Well, um, er... OK, whatever. On to the next project. 😉
> >
> > BTW, question: Removing the Ankh is supposed to release Seth.
> > But what if you vaporize it in place, (along with the sarcophagus
> > and the whole temple)? Does that count as "removing" it? :)
> > I mean, it isn't there any more, right? Seth is pretty much
> > gone too, but one thing at a time. 😛
> >
> > -- G
>
> Well since the ankh is on the outside and would vaporize 13.274
> milliseconds before the coffin is breached ...
>
> 😉
>
> --
>
> Pistol Whipped

So, he's free... and then *poof*! A rather sort-lived
release. :) That should qualify as a "rude awakening," huh? 😉

-- G
 
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"Gary Mitchell" wrote

> Pistol Whipped wrote:
> >
> > Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > > Mark A wrote:
> > >
> > >>Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
> > >>
> > >>A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
> > >>
> > >>Regards
> > >>
> > >>Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > No nukes? If you're going to have a stealth bomber why not
> > > throw in some really *serious* fire power? 😉
> > >
> > > Temple of Seth? *What* temple of Seth? Oh, you mean it was
> > > right *there*? <points to fresh, hot, glass-lined crater>
> > > Well, um, er... OK, whatever. On to the next project. 😉
> > >
> > > BTW, question: Removing the Ankh is supposed to release Seth.
> > > But what if you vaporize it in place, (along with the sarcophagus
> > > and the whole temple)? Does that count as "removing" it? :)
> > > I mean, it isn't there any more, right? Seth is pretty much
> > > gone too, but one thing at a time. 😛
> > >
> > > -- G
> >
> > Well since the ankh is on the outside and would vaporize 13.274
> > milliseconds before the coffin is breached ...
> >
> > 😉
> >
> > --
> >
> > Pistol Whipped
>
> So, he's free... and then *poof*! A rather sort-lived
> release. :) That should qualify as a "rude awakening," huh? 😉
>
> -- G

<smile>

Well it definitely sounds as if he would "see the light" and the error of
his ways. <g>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the incredible intensity of all those
photons instantly vaporize him before anything else? Creepy those "shadows"
on walls at places like Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
 
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bbocquin wrote:
>
> "Gary Mitchell" wrote
>
> > Pistol Whipped wrote:
> > >
> > > Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > > > Mark A wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>Gary Mitchell wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>why not go big-time and let her have a Howitzer. 😛
> > > >>
> > > >>A Stealth bomber and a load a of smart bombs would be nice.
> > > >>
> > > >>Regards
> > > >>
> > > >>Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > No nukes? If you're going to have a stealth bomber why not
> > > > throw in some really *serious* fire power? 😉
> > > >
> > > > Temple of Seth? *What* temple of Seth? Oh, you mean it was
> > > > right *there*? <points to fresh, hot, glass-lined crater>
> > > > Well, um, er... OK, whatever. On to the next project. 😉
> > > >
> > > > BTW, question: Removing the Ankh is supposed to release Seth.
> > > > But what if you vaporize it in place, (along with the sarcophagus
> > > > and the whole temple)? Does that count as "removing" it? :)
> > > > I mean, it isn't there any more, right? Seth is pretty much
> > > > gone too, but one thing at a time. 😛
> > > >
> > > > -- G
> > >
> > > Well since the ankh is on the outside and would vaporize 13.274
> > > milliseconds before the coffin is breached ...
> > >
> > > 😉
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Pistol Whipped
> >
> > So, he's free... and then *poof*! A rather sort-lived
> > release. :) That should qualify as a "rude awakening," huh? 😉
> >
> > -- G
>
> <smile>
>
> Well it definitely sounds as if he would "see the light" and the error of
> his ways. <g>
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the incredible intensity of all those
> photons instantly vaporize him before anything else?

Depends on how close the "event" is. If you stack them... Seth, Ankh,
nuke, then yeah, he'd be converted into a spray of fast moving atoms
kinda quick like. :)

> Creepy those "shadows"
> on walls at places like Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

I've heard that some animals that happened to be near the old test
sites (not *too* near) and were looking more or less toward the blast
at the time have a tiny image of the flash burned into their retinal.

-- G
 
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"Gary Mitchell" wrote

<snip to save scrolling>

>
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the incredible intensity of all
those
> > photons instantly vaporize him before anything else?
>
> Depends on how close the "event" is. If you stack them... Seth, Ankh,
> nuke, then yeah, he'd be converted into a spray of fast moving atoms
> kinda quick like. :)
>
> > Creepy those "shadows"
> > on walls at places like Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
>
> I've heard that some animals that happened to be near the old test
> sites (not *too* near) and were looking more or less toward the blast
> at the time have a tiny image of the flash burned into their retinal.
>
> -- G

Hadn't heard that one, but it makes sense I suppose. Let me see if I can
use some of those fancy science words I learned in Anatomy.

"Sclerotic" tissue has replaced the normal rods or cones in the shape of an
"event" in their retinal tissue?

Poor Bessie the cow or Mr. Billy Goat... : /

Thank god they don't do that sort of thing (above ground testing) anymore...
 
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"Dr Richard Cranium"wrote

> uh.. i put some crossbow pictures up over in news:alt.binaries.lara.croft
>
>
> ** no fate **
>
> dracman
>
>

<snip history to save scrolling>

Hmmm...

Took a peek there hoping for more of the cutie you posted at your site. Not
there tho...

Saw your TRLR posts and the one about the "power slave" collage' (which was
pretty cool btw.)

Then again, SBC global's Houston server stinks on ice. Only seems to carry
stuff for a few days. For some reason though I'm still able to access
Earthlink's news server up in Dallas even though I no longer have an account
with them!

<smile>

I shouldn't have posted that. Now I'll be getting this huge ass bill from
them... :)
 
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