Why is this forum so dead on weekends

overlordchuck · February 03, 2008, 09:45:50 AM

I wish I could forge weaponry and whatnot, it's really something I wish I could do. Alas, I am a teenager in a sleepy neighborhood. A forge might ruin that

Also, the odds of accidentally killing myself would be rather high

Will · February 03, 2008, 12:15:00 PM

Thats why we have video games!

rcallicotte · February 03, 2008, 01:12:57 PM

@JimB - Looks like something fun. I'm sure it's easy to learn a lot, when you're doing these.

@Will - That would be interesting. A woman I work with is married to a man who does full-blown Civil War re-enactments and even has a cool canon that actually fires from that time period. I find the Civil War re-enactment thing rather distasteful, though. Was about the worst time in the U.S.'s history.

Will · February 03, 2008, 01:18:44 PM

Still they are important battles that defined the history of the country.

rcallicotte · February 03, 2008, 05:03:27 PM

True. I understand that. Not saying it's wrong. Just think it's a waste of time. LOL

I do understand grasping the importance of history.

Will · February 03, 2008, 05:07:09 PM

It was a very realistic reenactment, nearly everyone got food poisoning form bad hardtack.

rcallicotte · February 03, 2008, 05:08:34 PM

Food poisoning? What's hardtack?

Will · February 03, 2008, 05:10:51 PM

its like a really really tough biscuit.

rcallicotte · February 03, 2008, 05:16:22 PM

Oh yeah. I remember now. Sounds like you enjoyed it.

Did it make the whole war history seem more realistic and make the objective history stand out? Which war was it?

Will · February 03, 2008, 05:22:15 PM

civil war, it was not an actual battle more a look at the types of battles through out the war. It was the best final ever though.

rcallicotte · February 03, 2008, 05:23:44 PM

If you're interested, I can try to get more information from the lady I work with about her husband's activities. He's pretty devoted.

Will · February 03, 2008, 05:24:51 PM

no but thanks, I'll stick to video games but it was fun for the day. Must be interesting for the roman period though huh.

JimB · February 03, 2008, 06:05:07 PM

Quote from: Will on February 03, 2008, 05:24:51 PM
Must be interesting for the roman period though huh.

A thousand years to choose from (two thousand if you count the Byzantine Empire - the Byzantines actually called themselves Roman IIRC), and the basis for most of our modern institutions, yep. I never thought I'd be doing some of the things I have, and every week seems to throw up something that utterly surprises me (superglue, burning braziers for helmet crests, I know I'd rather have been a Roman slave than be one in more recent Europe or the Americas). It gets a bit obsessive, and I must admit to groaning when a Roman soldier walks onto a movie or TV screen; they looked much better than Hollywood fare

Forget all this nonsense where they acted like 18th-C robots in the field - they could be complete nutcases and act highly independently.

Will · February 03, 2008, 06:07:36 PM

I was going to do a 300 quote but that was Greece.

JimB · February 03, 2008, 06:12:47 PM

Quote from: Will on February 03, 2008, 06:07:36 PM
I was going to do a 300 quote but that was Greece.

If it was "Molon Lave" (Come and get them) be careful. The Victorian translation was for polite society it seems. A fairly common Greek insult, and still used today when you want to insult someone by suggesting they perform a certain act. I've also gotten to know some Greek ancient Greek re-enactors.