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Maeryk

Thomas Powers wrote:Something for someone with too much money and no sense! "It slices, it dices, it makes you look like a fool on the field!"

Medieval Tacticool..

Maeryk

It's called a "lantern shield" and is not even remotely unique.

Maeryk

well, next time call! Bob's cheery voice with any of six possible accents will say "For you? I DO TOMORROW!"

Maeryk

It didn't say that when I just looked at it. If your browser is telling you that, try CTL+R (or the equivalent of a hard reload for your browser). It's there, I promise you. Cheers, Bob P.S. Maeryk, please don't remind Kass that she can kick me. I'm just getting over some lovely bruises. LMGTFY Bob.

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:Maeryk, you know you could have gone to Pennsic and STILL had breakfast with Goofy!

OK, I'm done for the day. Thank you everyone, tip JT!

-Aaron

Where I camp, I do every day. We have a view right into Darius' kitchen.

BA DUM DUM!
(Don't kill me omega, I meen it in FUN!)

Maeryk

What happens when Kass is out of stock on a pattern? She kicks the printer. And Bob goes OW!

Maeryk

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Put on breather.
Put on rubber gloves.
Get bucket full of very bleachy soap water.
Get big scrub brush.
Scrub off stains.
Rinse.
Repeat.

A word of caution.. I did that once with a canvas tent. in about five years it looked like swiss cheese. Bleach eats natural fibers. Use care.

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:
Maeryk wrote:I'll be in a 5star disney resort on the monorail loop this year.

Maeryk, you've won an arguement on the Archive! What are you going to do now?

I'm going to Disneyland!

-Aaron

World. There are no resorts on the monorail at Disneyland.

Maeryk

Cost + effort > fun + enjoyment Excellent summary! But I would take it one step further: Cost > Enjoyment Cost = financial, social and time cost. This way cost and effort are the same thing. Time is money after all. Fun = enjoyment IMO. With finite time and resources, and wanting to maximize my fam...

Maeryk

Another point, about stagnation and cookie-cutter events. (Yes, I can hit an event a month, or maybe two a month.. and many of them are the same thing.. double elim, bearpit on the side, perhaps archery and thrown weapons, probably a court and food), our group has done a bunch of "pinpoint"...

Maeryk

I came away with a completely different impression form Drogo's commentary than you did, Maeryk. I read it as that we're overdoing events, and they're becoming stagnant (which might also have something to do with award inflation?) and boring, and thus it's too expensive to drive a distance, pay for...

Maeryk

I won't be making it to Pennsic. =( I'm actually not doing reenacting with this at all, really. I'm wanting a modified Highwayman's Coat and the only one I've seen available is the horrible black "Brotherhood of the Wolf" one. I'm thinking olive green canvas with a lighter accent color. =...

Maeryk

Cost + effort > fun + enjoyment Events are becoming repetitive and stagnant. I have no polite way to say this but there are some very socially inept people representing the SCA. Solutions: Fewer, but higher quality, events. Filter who gets to recruit. I admit, this coming Pennsic will most likely b...

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:Sorry. Carry on.

Can somebody repost the results of the poll the SCA leadership did, including the comment section? Then we can discuss this.

Or...start a poll here on the Archive on another thread.

-Aaron

What poll? It's the census.. it's available in PDF at sca.org

Maeryk

Thanks for the product suggestions so far! Any thoughts on how to clean the inside and then get it dry enough so it doesn't mildew again? I figure that this fall I am going to take the walls off and sew in loops and toggles so that it can be reattached and packed better... Maybe this is a project f...

Maeryk

I have heard people use both vinegar and borax. You might want to search on them, and see.

sunlight is the best killer of mildew.. but the trick is to make absolutely sure it's COMPLETELY dry before packing it.

Maeryk

Just as a side note... Fighter Practice is about fighitng, learning to fight, teaching to fight. I am not a big fan of fighter practices being a "demo" for recruiting people. I think it depends on where your fighter practices are, and on your local group dynamics. If you fight on a colleg...

Maeryk

Jump into the RH tent at pennsic, stare bug-eyed at Brewer, and yell STAND AND DELIVERrch710!

Maeryk

Flyers, videos, fights on the quad, or in public parks, demos, (as a "hey, this is what we do, come join us!" rather than "Hey, this is a 14th c Moneyer"), word of mouth, internet postings, craigslist, etc.

Maeryk

Yes, I'm aware of what the BOD says. I'm also aware that plenty of what we do on a daily basis (classes on just about any medieval topic, and immersion exercises) fit the definition of "educational". We have no duty to educate "the public", just as the BoyScouts don't. We only h...

Maeryk

I cant speak to big events other than Pennsic, but I know people who keep a storage shed (or even a house) out there, and have "pennsic specific" gear, that lives there year to year, and who will fly in carrying only their armor. Others show up, buy everything at Walmart they will need, th...

Maeryk

Yes, I'm aware of what the BOD says. I'm also aware that plenty of what we do on a daily basis (classes on just about any medieval topic, and immersion exercises) fit the definition of "educational". We have no duty to educate "the public", just as the BoyScouts don't. We only ha...

Maeryk

I will also bring up something else from another thread that got me to thinking. The SCA is a non-profit educational organization. It it becomes so insular that it does not meet this goal anymore then it runs the risk of loosing its non-profit status as an educational organization. People keep brin...

Maeryk

wonder what his tuition costs are?

Maeryk

Pennsic in about a week?

Maeryk

But no you are just being absolutely retarded, claiming that what many have seen doesn't happen, and if it does, it's our own fault. TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF MAN. I like you.. but really.. you are being incredibly mindblind right now. I will say this one final time, and you will ignore me and insist t...

Maeryk

Not a chance. That is your baggage talking and not my words. The people I am talking about are self-promoting types who are not doing anything unless it gets them recognition and then get upset about not receiving something that they have not earned and do not deserve - except in their own minds. F...

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:Maeryk,

So what you are saying is you are ugly, and Duke Gavin and Duke Aleric are pretty?

-Aaron

and we are all prettier than you, cave troll.

Maeryk

You mean like.. pet friend of the once and future king gets awards out the ass, but the people who bust their ass for a decade get nothing? That doesn't HAPPEN man.. except when it happens over and over again. But that's an anomaly, and therefore, not accepted into the statistical analysis, therefo...

Maeryk

Not a chance. That is your baggage talking and not my words. The people I am talking about are self-promoting types who are not doing anything unless it gets them recognition and then get upset about not receiving something that they have not earned and do not deserve - except in their own minds. F...

Maeryk

You do realize it has been maybe 4 years since last time AEthelmearc has fought with the East, right? Over the past 5 or 6 years, we have been a pretty good solid ally with the Middle. This year the command structure and the Majesties decided to fight with the East. I could be wrong Finn, but I can...

Maeryk

Check the auction! You can buy your own crap from two years ago back!

Maeryk

Hi, Considering the adpating nature of the SCA and the internet, would a website built on the Armour Archive fashion for m work? You'd log on with your name (SCA or otherwise) and you membership number would be underneath. If you are not a paying SCA member, you can't log on. I bet those who have i...

Maeryk

Are We really turning into an "Anachronism" in our own time ? If the the "Innerweb" and "nintendo" had been around in 1968...There would be no "Society for Creative Anachronism"...It's all in the "Presentation". I've said this a number of times, If ...

Maeryk

CHEERS! I'll follow that banner.

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