BronxWench

Well rugby league is at least as rough and violent as gridiron, except they don’t wear any protection. 

I haven’t seen rugby league on tv here, but then again, I almost never turn on my tv. I used to watch footy, though.  I’m also a fan of ice hockey, which might explain a great deal.

Have either of you seen a game of rugby league?  I’m guessing it’s not exactly common on TV there.

That’s actually quite accurate. A great deal of time is spent lining up, changing players, and so on. There are four periods of 15 minutes each, and yet the game can run forever…

Some games are like that, Melrick.  Like any sport or sports, it suits the players and spectators.  Gridiron hasn’t been played at the Summer Olympics for medals, and was last demonstrated in 1932.  Amazingly enough, unlike in Rugby and “Soccer” Football, the IFAF World Championship is almost unknown in the United States, even as “gridiron-crazy’ as we Americans are, and in spite of the fact that we’ve won the World Championship in every series we’ve played.  IFAF Championship play started in 1999; with Japan winning the first two championships to date, and the U.S. the other three.  Australia’s ranking in the last series was a respectable 5th place out of thirteen participating nations.  IFAF Gridiron may actually be “safer” for the players and relies more on skill than brute power.  IFAF player eligibility requirements actually block the “over-conditioned” athletes that participate in NCAA and NFL gridiron, making the game far more dependent on skill, and seeing the players slightly less hazarded to crippling injuries.

That’s actually quite accurate. A great deal of time is spent lining up, changing players, and so on. There are four periods of 15 minutes each, and yet the game can run forever…

Undertale, huh? I got that in the steam winter sale gotta get started on it ‘fore I try reading any fanfic!

Happy birthday, kags!  

thanks for all the early birthday wishes! lol i need my house keys back George. i don’t drive! so i will be safe there! lol 

Enjoy! *hides kagome's car keys in houseplant*

oh, happy bday Kags, hugs and stuff
 

It’s not that they’re difficult, just time consuming.  And when you’re sitting here sweating to death, it makes the time pass even more slowly.  But yeah, they’re fine for now, until the next change! 

I know, it’s a pain, isn’t it? (And now they’ll change something yet again and we can all pull our hair out anew...)

Thank you for the time and effort!

I might still have a few of my very early, handwritten scribbles somewhere. Possibly.  
 

And here, I started writing with pen and paper...  Then to a typewriter...  Then DOS...  Now MS Word...  i really have a problem...  lol.  On a serious note, that's always good to hear, BW 

Oh, gods, I had a Royal manual typewriter with a two-color ribbon. The Selectric was a step up!

At least we wordsmiths are living in relative luxury today.  Remember when the IBM Selectric was the best thing out there?

And another, and another….

Congrats, new drives have that implicit advantage in that you'll now have a backup to the old data.

I think so as well, and I've only recently been a part of the forums. I don't think I've ever seen a forum connected to a fiction archive anywhere but for AFF. It has a different feel to it that I quite enjoy. 

Welcome! We’re an eclectic bunch, to be sure, but I think the forums add a dimension to AFF no other fiction archive can quite match.

Welcome! We’re an eclectic bunch, to be sure, but I think the forums add a dimension to AFF no other fiction archive can quite match.

Welcome

Ooh! Yes! Literature is one of the most amazing forms of art! It is my world, my heart, my solace! I remember when I used to be mad over not being allowed to check out books that I had to wait until I was in an older grade for because I'd already read all the books in the school library I did have access to. I also grew up on Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and Charlie Bone and Fable Haven as favourites from fourth grade on up. The former two are well known, especially HP. The latter two, it's a bit harder to find fellow fans or even just others who know of the books. The latter two definitely are deserving of movie depictions of them, both very good reads.