Almost How to Make an Archery Target
Our previous target was about a foot of foam about 2′ x 3′ on the face with a few circles drawn on it for scoring. We were shooting from about 20 metres away and it was getting hit pretty hard, so hard in fact that arrows started just penetrating through the target. On my last set of 5 arrows, 4 of them completely penetrated and the last one I slightly aimed to the side so it would hit a non-penetrating spot (only 2 points though :().
So we needed a new target. And more specifically a new design that would last more than half the summer. Something that would be able to stop high powered arrows from compound bows and fill in the holes after as to not deteriorate too quickly.
So we went with a tire with a foam front to draw on some circles for scoring. It’s also easily replaceable and won’t have chunks taken out of it like the previous foam did. (so far the holes have partially filled in given time)
Took it out for a spin and set myself up to practice. Let’s just say it didn’t go so well. Pictures will explain the aftermath, but what happened was that the arrow hit the inside edge of the tire and very rapidly changed the course of the arrow. To the point where the rest of the arrow didn’t follow exactly.
So that’s what a bent aluminum arrow looks like.
That Disappointing Feeling
When you’re trying to get to sleep and it’s really hot the first thing you do it kick off the blanket a bit. But it doesn’t help. Then you take off your shirt. Still doesn’t help. Then you flip your pillow. Ahh sweet, sweet cold pillow. It feels like cold marble the first time you rest your head against that new side. But eventually it loses that cool and you flip it again. Well that was disappointing. Sure it’s a little cold but it’s never going to be as cold as that first time again.
What you need is an endless supply of pillows. This also has many other uses. Examples: pillow fights, pillow forts.
It’s Too Dangerous!
Legally, people are allowed to op out of any part of their job if they think it’s too dangerous. Now that kind of makes sense. If you employer wants you to do something stupidly dangerous you’re allowed to say no without fear of losing your job. But what if your job has some inherent danger? What if you’re part of animal control and you refuse to get near the animals because the might bite you? It’s a perfectly reasonable reaction, that’s why you were called in the first place. How about a fire fighter who won’t go into the building because it’s on fire? Perfectly rational indeed.
Conservative Spending
You hear it all the time from conservatives: “Liberal Spending”. ‘They are going to waste all your money on the arts, on poor people and on social programs. Millions of dollars on helping other people. We’re not like that, we are going to save your money.’ And yet, every conservative government seems to go into debt just the same. It’s because conservatives are big spenders, too. They just spend money in a way that their buddy likes. Tax breaks for the rich, tax breaks for big business and jets for the military. But they have fooled everyone into thinking that tax breaks, for some reason, aren’t spending. For some reason, if you give me money, then I give part of that money back, you think I haven’t given you money? Bullshit, I effectively have less income which ends up being the same. And these things all proportionately favour the rich. That is, you will get $20 back and not care, and they will get $20,000 back… and not care. When the government gives people money back in taxes they save that money. It doesn’t help the economy, it doesn’t help the businesses.
And how about this. A party that is so intent on businesses proving themselves and capitalist rules yet they still want to give money to them every year. Tax breaks means giving businesses money. Spending government money on businesses. Except I thought that a business was supposed to survive if they were better than other businesses and consumers decided to spend money there, not based on government handouts. Just using the exact same political comments that conservatives use where applicable.