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Medieval fighting as attack fighting included a considerable measure of staying nearby doing nothing while most of the troops did their job. Allowed our hero is on the surgical side, however despite everything, I hope to have seen in any...
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guthrie commented on
New guest blogger: E. C. Ambrose
The fringe has had Taiko drumming on a regular basis since at least the late 1990's, which is when I discovered it, in a small venue that meant you stumbled out slightly deafened as if you'd had a full body massage....
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Moderator Alan commented on
New guest blogger: E. C. Ambrose
I suspect if I asked to come stay with C & F during the Fringe, I'd get glared at. So, Nojay, you have a spare bed we could borrow? (More seriously, there is actually a whole bunch of performers whose shows we would like to catch. One year, maybe when we have the time. This year that month is the one we go to Helsinki and a few other countries during.)...
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guthrie commented on
New guest blogger: E. C. Ambrose
That does make me wonder about the effects of brexit on the fringe. (festival, what festival.....) I can certainly see it getting harder and more complex to get hold of the correct visas, and therefore a net loss of acts and visitors....
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Nojay commented on
New guest blogger: E. C. Ambrose
We could roll out a mattress under the grand piano in the front room if that would suffice?...
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Pigeon commented on
New guest blogger: E. C. Ambrose
Since this thread seems to have ground to a halt, and in the meantime I have read the first book, may I presume to answer that myself...? The answer seems to be: it does, to a certain extent; recovery rates shoot up. But if you know you have such abilities you are strongly motivated to avoid doing anything that might clue people on, in case they set fire to you. And actually performing surgery by magic is beyond most people's abilities in any case; it seems to require a combination of unusually great ability and unusually strong motivation. What does...
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