[Anonymouse]

Mainly reading and writing; I've published several stories as Hieronymouse on FanFic.net. I was into archery, reaching First Class* in 1993 and, until I fell apart, Bowman in 1996. Can't now after the stroke - I get tired too easily.
I used to love scratchbuilding, mainly SF craft, but my right hand is seized up with arthritis.

* <fond reminiscence> The 120cm outdoor targets are divided into 5 coloured rings - white, black, blue, red, yellow (traditionally it's 'gold'). As a rough guide, First Class puts all 6 of your arrows in blue or better at 100 yards and you're in the top 25% of UK archers. For Bowman, mostly in red or better at 100 yards, and they're the top 10%. I once shot a New National [4 dozen at 100 yards, 2 at 80] and I found I'd made 1st with 18 arrows to go!

One time it was a breezy day and I was shooting a Long Metric (3 dozen at 90 metres, 3 at 70), and for the 2nd of 6 (you shoot 6 in an end, as they're called - at Bolton Institute part of our Archery Club recruiting spiel was 'Learn How To Shaft Your Boss [the boss is the target, while the shaft is an arrow] And Get Your End Away!) I was drawing back, and even before I finished the draw, everything felt so perfect - bow arm, back, shoulders, arrow in a dead straight line, exactly as they should be** - I just knew the shot would be a gold.
For Metric rounds the rings are subdivided further, so you can score from 0 (a miss) to 10 (inner gold). I was right; arrow 2 (it's standard practice to number your arrows) was 2cm from the exact centre of the target. I'd had a Zen moment. An error of 2cm in 9000, i.e. arc tangent 0.013 degrees off-centre. The most precise shot I'd ever loosed.
I'd never known the like before. Never did again.

** This is where the phrase 'put your back into it' comes from, i.e. using the full power of your back and shoulder muscles to bring your shoulder blades together.

Oh, I miss it.
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