this is the part of Christmas I hate the most - trying to think of
something to buy a family who i have no idea what they want or need.
I guess there are others in the same boat so why don't we share any
ideas we do have:
to start the ball rolling: I was going to buy a row of French grape vines
for my mother. You get to pick the grapes if you want (if you happen
to pass through the area, and get a discount on wine from that
vinyard. Unfortunatly the internet link I had is down, but there must
be more out there.
Any other ideas???
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How about sponsoring an animal i.e. my mum is fasinated by sharks,
so I sponsored her a Great White shark in South Africa through the
Great White Shark Institute. She got a certificate and picute of her
tagged shark and all that plus she knew the money was going to a
good cause. It was certainly something different to tell her mates
about!!!
Andrew
I guess it is all individual, but my experience is that women like things
like a trip to the spa (hair, massage, etc.) and men love power tools
or entertainment stuff. Recent survey found that unmarried men in a
short relationship spend more than anyone else on Christmas
presents and married couples of 15+ years spend the less. I'll leave
interpretations and commentary to you, but.....naw, I ain't gonna say.
Kirk
Originally posted by shougiI thought shuriken (sp?) were short lived weapons of the ninja age,
actually my sister is into weapons. So far I've bought her a samurai
sword and we chose a shiriken (spel?) together. Now that's bonding. 😛
that had to be poisoned to be effective, and were abondoned when it
was realised that it was more likely that the assassin would prick his
finger on it (& die) then kill his mark...
please correct me if wrong - that era facinates me,
Jon
Originally posted by belgianfreakok, following your post, I did some research. You were right about the
I thought shuriken (sp?) were short lived weapons of the ninja age,
that had to be poisoned to be effective, and were abondoned when it
was realised that it was more likely that the assassin would prick his
finger on it (& die) then kill his mark...
please correct me if wrong - that era facinates me,
Jon
spelling, but I don't think you were right about poison always being
used. I think the shuriken was mainly used without poison, as a
distraction.
According to http://www.aikidoaus.com.au/dojo/shuriken/intro.htm
by momentarily disabling an attacker who could be from 3 to 15 paces
away, it gives you time to think and move to a better position from
which to deal with the attack. This site gives information about
Japanese martial arts schools which are still practising the art.
Another site
http://www.entertheninja.com/ninja_weapons/shuriken.shtml
says the shuriken was mostly used to distract or deter samurai
chasing the ninja, possibly making the samurai think twice about
continuing the chase and making escape possible.
This site continues with
"Although the Shuriken was not intended to kill, it was easily made
lethal by dipping the edges in poison. This was effective, but
sometimes it backfired when the ninja would accidentally cut himself
while digging around for it, thus poisoning himself."
Apparently, shuriken were also designed to hit the opponent then
bounce away out of sight. This way a ninja could fool an unsuspecting
guard or sentry into believing he had been cut by an invisible
swordsmen. (One of many mental tricks).
If you are interested in ninja, I suggest you visit this site.
Ben 🙂