... Though this would not give us an estimate of your personal top speed, it might at least give us another figure to add to the data base -your slow throw is...
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KNIFETHRWR@...
Mar 1, 2000 5:34 pm
In a message dated 3/1/00 8:56:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, phil.west@... writes: << Though this would not give us an estimate of your personal top...
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charles fogarty
koato29@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:46 am
Once again knife throwing has made my life so much richer and fuller. My wife and I just spent 2 weeks in Stuart Fla with friends,tennis almost every day and...
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Ed Sackett
sackett@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:18 pm
Chuck, do you notice any crossover effect between tennis and knife/hawk throwing? If this is a naive question, please remember that where I grew up (whar I 'uz...
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ikon@...
Mar 2, 2000 2:44 pm
Don't know about tennis but since I started throwing my pitching has gotten alot better. FVR ... Chuck, do you notice any crossover effect between tennis and...
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Walker Herrick
hippo@...
Mar 2, 2000 3:02 pm
That is cool that you guys found out about why they were breaking. and have you talked to the guy who makes them? it has been about a week now and i havent got...
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Scott
miwave@...
Mar 2, 2000 5:41 pm
Mandragoran, You should have your new throwers very soon. Until then, try setting up another target opposite the one you're throwing at now. That way you can...
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charles fogarty
koato29@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:06 pm
I really don't know if there is a crossover effect or not but a knife throw, a baseball pitch and a tennis serve have much the same motion. I started playing...
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jim dale
jlta1234@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:53 am
Hey everyone does anyone have a phone number for tru-bal knife company. Jim...
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Reiki
rcmarotz@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:59 am
(616) 647-1215 for Tru-Balance I believe. Robert....
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charles fogarty
koato29@...
Mar 5, 2000 3:53 pm
4 years ago I retired from the racetrack after 41 years as a mutuel clerk,so occasionally I get a yen to handicap a race. Since I don't go to the track anymore...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@...
Mar 5, 2000 5:11 pm
... Always good to see a new perspective on these sorts of things, and from a professional handicapper no less! My question is: are you going to cover all the...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@...
Mar 5, 2000 5:26 pm
... The number I show listed on http://www.crl.com/~mjr/custom.html is (616) 453-3679. You usually get a recording as both brothers (sons of Harry M.) have...
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PROFLY001@...
Mar 5, 2000 5:59 pm
There is only one son involved in Tru Bal and that would be Stephen. He can be reached at 616 -647-1215 Bobby Branton <A...
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thrower
thrower@...
Mar 5, 2000 7:02 pm
Chuck 28 straight loses at Hawthorne. at times that seems like a winning streak. I am a part time "Dial a bet" operator in Penna. At Pocono downs. I really...
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PoolRev@...
Mar 5, 2000 9:34 pm
In a message dated 3/5/00 3:55:30 PM, koato29@... writes: << My Pick-----It might be longshot time------- I'm going against the form and picking David...
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Tim Valentine
comlogic@...
Mar 6, 2000 2:13 am
All, Weather was agreeable today so I gathered some data for the "thrown knife speed" debate. The following raw data is presented without any conclusion so...
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charles fogarty
koato29@...
Mar 6, 2000 2:41 am
Just using approximate figures amd averaging the time per throw I come up with a figure of about 36 miles per hour. Lets see how that compares with some...
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thrower
thrower@...
Mar 6, 2000 2:55 am
Chuck Just what I said in a post about a week of so ago. You are right on the money with your calculations. John ... From: charles fogarty...
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KNIFETHRWR@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:01 am
Hi Tim, I come up with a speed of 48 mph for the .50 second throw. More when I get a chance, but that leads me to conclude that under .50 is faster than 48...
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matthew j. rapaport
mjr@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:41 am
... Interesting that we all chose different numbers from Tim's table to work from. I took the high (.41sec) and the low (.80sec) speeds, and got a tweak...
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John L Bailey
bahamajohn@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:27 am
Hi Bobby... If you put a space after the (") and after the (.com) of your web site signature, people can just click and go to the site. sample:...
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Walker Herrick
hippo@...
Mar 7, 2000 2:15 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE LIST DIED!!!!...
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Harry M
harrymun@...
Mar 7, 2000 2:26 am
Tim, Interesting data. Personally I am more inclined to go with the radar gun but I played with your data as well. To start I threw out the high and the low ...
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Tim Valentine
comlogic@...
Mar 7, 2000 3:53 am
... Same process I used and got 43 mph. That's a quick calc method. We could Bowditch and LaPlace it to death with least squares, meadians, means, standard...
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KNIFETHRWR@...
Mar 7, 2000 4:37 am
Just to raise the "fantasy" speed question again... I am guessing that a knife slows much faster than a baseball over a defined distance (try to throw a knife...
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thrower
thrower@...
Mar 7, 2000 6:27 am
Please give up on the 90 mph already. If it were moving at 90 mph it would take .13 of a second to cover 12 ft. (that's 13hundreths of a second). I only...
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TONKASILA@...
Mar 7, 2000 7:34 am
In a message dated 3/6/00 7:59:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, comlogic@... writes: << (35.5 ft./0.56 sec.)x(3600 sec./1 hr.)x(1 mi./5280 ft)= 43...
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charles fogarty
koato29@...
Mar 9, 2000 6:19 am
I said to let me know if I left someone out that should be in the rankings for Vegas. I did it myself leaving out a thrower I had just thrown with a few days ...
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PoolRev@...
Mar 9, 2000 1:01 pm
Chuck, you are right about John. I threw with him in Fl. and confirm your statement, he is an excellent thrower! David...
