tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2150799013988809254..comments2024-03-28T05:53:09.950-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: (Almost) DEATH AT THE WAROldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41750654864975191152018-05-11T10:53:08.139-07:002018-05-11T10:53:08.139-07:00Nah. It just reinforces the "shrinking"...Nah. It just reinforces the "shrinking" of the world. The pool of folks with similar experience cannot be but so big..45ACP+Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387436051909656633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24825903485575835792018-05-09T13:40:30.543-07:002018-05-09T13:40:30.543-07:00Okay, does it freak you out as much as me that we ...Okay, does it freak you out as much as me that we each know who we are alluding to, we being faceless inputters on a blog run by some guy in Rhode Island (friggin Easterners, I tell ya)?<br /><br />Weird world, this whole 21st Century. Weird world...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32519879909976766222018-05-09T13:11:52.197-07:002018-05-09T13:11:52.197-07:00The worst time I ever had with, ah, that certain A...The worst time I ever had with, ah, that certain Atlantian Duke Sir, was the first time I got squired (long story there, full of much woe and unhappiness.) Before belting was the above incident. After belting, at the next battle, I struck him fulsomely, and he looked down at my new belt, and the arms emblazoned at the end of said new belt, and said (no kidding, actually said it,) "Hmm, I know him, yah, I'll take it." Social gauging (Where you don't call the shot unless the shooter is of the correct social circle.)<br /><br />And, yes, off the field he was good people. Even on the field he was good people, as long as you actually didn't hit him (other stories about him will remain untold.)<br /><br />As to Katana, well, when I got first authorized, in Sword and Shield of course, I then immediately authorized in two-handed weapons (specifically bastard sword) and fought without a shield for a year and a half, having much fun being a 'bastard.' But tourneys and some field competitions emphasized shield work, so...) Still loved bastard sword, glaive and spear, but sometimes you just need a good shield to push with.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37351300526511001822018-05-09T12:31:35.154-07:002018-05-09T12:31:35.154-07:00Why would it even occur to me that Duke Sir Mich.....Why would it even occur to me that Duke Sir Mich...of Bed...was a rhino-hide. Never in my life did I ever hear such a thing. Knew him well enough to be practically family once upon a time. Hated the combat rules of starting sword and shield. I was a katana fighter. Stupid shield just got in my way. Rhino-hide aside, he was good people..45ACP+Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387436051909656633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40023182716982879082018-05-08T20:35:55.990-07:002018-05-08T20:35:55.990-07:00Oh, yeah, forgot to say, you know you've been ...Oh, yeah, forgot to say, you know you've been doing something for so long that you actually can recognize someone from their footwear and lower legs. Weird, huh?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22047016919061984092018-05-08T12:17:07.734-07:002018-05-08T12:17:07.734-07:00Can't wait!Can't wait!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75506125114619285052018-05-08T12:00:56.273-07:002018-05-08T12:00:56.273-07:00Thanks, I was glad he was okay. Typical bone-head...Thanks, I was glad he was okay. Typical bone-headed Marine...<br /><br />Never read the "Dies the Fire" book. Sounds good. <br /><br />First thing I read about the SCA was an article in the Smithsonian magazine about the "Burro Creek" war in the Southwest USA, back in the late '70s.<br /><br />"Murder at the War", later renamed "KnightFall" by Mary Pulver, is a good 'starter' book dealing with the SCA. And a good murder mystery, too.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56928006292212504772018-05-08T11:33:54.432-07:002018-05-08T11:33:54.432-07:00Ok, the nice part of it was that your friend was o...Ok, the nice part of it was that your friend was ok in the end. I meant the part telling us about the background to how your friend came to be there was a good tale.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89646482276610012902018-05-08T11:28:42.511-07:002018-05-08T11:28:42.511-07:00Andrew:
Nice tale. Have you read the " Dies...Andrew:<br /><br />Nice tale. Have you read the " Dies the Fire " book/series? It/they revolve around an SCA group in Portland, OR.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77720686190375317692018-05-08T11:08:54.904-07:002018-05-08T11:08:54.904-07:00Used to do "Sea Raids" between Atlantia ...Used to do "Sea Raids" between Atlantia and Trimaris. Until they totally dicked out. I think at one time the US Army was looking into harvesting Atlantian knights for the 'atlantium' they were composed of, as those poop-heads never seemed to want to call a shot. Seriously, one day I was pounding on a particular Atlantian knight of great name and rocking his ass back with each blow, and he just looked at me. Some Trimarian knight ran by, tossed a real weenie shot, and Bed.... the knight said, "Yah, I'll take that."<br /><br />My lady, my love is right next to me every day.<br /><br />As to Pensic, well, the 'loser gets Pittsburg' war? Never got a chance to make it. About the time I got the bread to start going, Gulf Wars started, and cash went to that.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68456626036468487992018-05-08T10:58:04.134-07:002018-05-08T10:58:04.134-07:00Oh, God, the dumb things I have willingly done at ...Oh, God, the dumb things I have willingly done at twice the age of your typical stupid frat boy (before the world went all PC and all that.) The stories I could tell. (And will.... heh, heh, heh.)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1770134805007949042018-05-08T10:53:42.502-07:002018-05-08T10:53:42.502-07:00Oh, yeah, fabrics... Lots and lots of fabrics... ...Oh, yeah, fabrics... Lots and lots of fabrics... Did you know that the most expensively dressed (in period) recreators/reenactors are those lowly SCA boobs? Because we're cheap, and Cotton is CHEAP now, but expensive as all get-out back then, right up there with silk for most time-periods....<br /><br />And I've done the wool tunic thing, with a linen undertunic, in Florida, in June, for an Art event. The fact that it was 66 degrees in the afternoon and overcast as all get-out, well, wool was okay. But never wore that tunic again (due to increasing temperatures and increasing girth, oh well.)<br /><br />From talking to the reenactors who do do CivWar, RevWar aind WWII, they all say that once wool is wet, it's actually cooler than cotton of the same thickness.<br /><br />I had just broken into wearing linen full time when I stopped. Oh well. Even let my fabric collection go. Fabrics are to Re-enactors/Recreators like gold is to a dragon. You can never have too much... Fabric. Faaabric.. Lots and lots of Faaaaabric....Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29862061609012230272018-05-08T10:45:02.237-07:002018-05-08T10:45:02.237-07:00I know, right? I mean, the Armadillo of Doooom wa...I know, right? I mean, the Armadillo of Doooom was totally awesome, an armored A-frame with a giant 'dillo head. Totally awesome looking, and built so crappily that when a Styrofoam instrument hit it, it fell apart. (With the help of about 10,000 blows from spears...) I mean, all that wood, with bodies sticking out everywhere, really funny cool looking...<br /><br /><br />Or were you talking about the DoD? Yeah, that was just wrong. Especially when someone went into town and got some light pink paint. Wrong, wrong, very wrong.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43604246252250129552018-05-08T10:33:01.440-07:002018-05-08T10:33:01.440-07:00Eclectic is too mild a word for the SCA. And when...Eclectic is too mild a word for the SCA. And when the SCA considers you a geek, well, there's only the foam sword LARPers or... Star Trek.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61245571349735060732018-05-08T10:00:54.849-07:002018-05-08T10:00:54.849-07:00Stroll down memory lane. Met the good lady wife a...Stroll down memory lane. Met the good lady wife at "Salt Wars" Meridies vs. Atlantia. Have not seen my armor in many years but she is still in my life. And then there is Pensic.........45ACP+Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387436051909656633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55706068417165404002018-05-08T08:57:08.794-07:002018-05-08T08:57:08.794-07:00You've raised the bar Andrew. Now I really nee...You've raised the bar Andrew. Now I really need to up my game!<br /><br />I've learned a lot about the SCA in the past few days. Makes me want to be young and foolish again. But I'll settle for old and semi-foolish. (I almost said wise, but I know better.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26532883031010376622018-05-08T08:55:15.803-07:002018-05-08T08:55:15.803-07:00I've done Civil War and World War II reenactin...I've done Civil War and World War II reenacting, wool uniforms on a hot day? Don't miss that. (Well, actually I do, a little.)<br /><br />And Juvat, you look marvelous!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90308329473628038242018-05-08T07:09:11.501-07:002018-05-08T07:09:11.501-07:00Yes...Yes I was! I look pretty good for 168 don...Yes...Yes I was! I look pretty good for 168 don't I?juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85141100783985613702018-05-08T06:23:07.363-07:002018-05-08T06:23:07.363-07:00LOL...as a civil war reenactor (who admittedly get...LOL...as a civil war reenactor (who admittedly gets to cook for 22 guys over a fire) I can relate to a lot of what you are describing...except the full contact thing - you guys play hard! I personally find the 'questions' we get asked often...like asking an officer "are you hot in that uniform".....no it's thick gosh darned wool and 100 degrees out side but I feel fine...LOL....or me, roasting a chicken and someone asking ' is that a real chicken' or 'are you going to eat that'....or the absolute best one ' were you alive back then?'. I mean really, do I look that old?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453159901125730088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85186616707611871462018-05-08T06:06:10.363-07:002018-05-08T06:06:10.363-07:00I was giggling like an anime schoolgirl at the des...I was giggling like an anime schoolgirl at the description of one particular piece of siege equipment. Good stuff, and funny too. Good post.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31889822637978614862018-05-08T05:06:49.886-07:002018-05-08T05:06:49.886-07:00The SCA is a very eclectic group and they almost a...The SCA is a very eclectic group and they almost always play hard. I'm happy that your friend wasn't permanently damaged but you know, we wouldn't do it if it wasn't hard. LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com