Can you say Katana????

You get up early, don't you. You are an hour behind me but still beat me into the office!

I think we are all going to have to study up on Samurai Swords so that we can tell people why Katana.

Got home (to my door) about 3AM! Had to wait almost an hour @ Newark for the luggage .

Not going to the office today, going to work from home. My cell battery went dead, and just heard that you had called me to hook up for the bag of goodies. Did you bring them with you? If so maybe I can make arrangments to get them shipped..

Thanx

Art

I got home at about 2:00 A.M. because I had a flat tire when I got to the car at the airport.

Sorry I didn't have a chance to hook up with you guys.

As for the Katana... it had 11X17 capabilty in the LCT and Dual Interposers. Higher PMs, more color in the display, Custom display options, Color scanning, and more. I was surprised it had basically the same DF.


I also spoke to the GBC guy and he assured me the Streampunch 2 has addressed the issues with the previous version.

Jay,. you were sitting right in front of me at the East Region Meeting. You guys had quite a following!!!

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Originally posted by Jim Parker:
I think we are all going to have to study up on Samurai Swords so that we can tell people why Katana.

Well... A couple of good things about Katanas: They were considered the "Souls of the Samurai". While the Samurai had many weapons, including bows and spears, all of them carried a Katana as well.

Katanas were once a major export product for Japan, with over 200,000 a year being sent to other asian countries.

A bad thing: A Samurai would only draw his katana as a last resort, doing so "Bared his soul", so he would use all other available weapons first.

One thing we don't have to worry about:
Seppuku, ritual suicide, was committed with the Wakisashi (short sword between 1 and 2 feet), not the Katana (longer than 2 feet).

Trivia: After WWII, swords not having "Intrinsic Artistic value" were ordered destroyed. Many Japanese sold their swords to American soldiers instead of destroying them. For the years immediately follwing the war, there were more Japanese swords in America than there were in Japan.

Jason:

That's great stuff!!

So, if I see one, I’ll just shoot it!!