Neat pictures I've taken - Page 96

plthijinx · 10-10-2011, 07:55 PM

poor you. your driveway? really? too f'n sweet!

classicman · 10-10-2011, 07:57 PM

Wow. I'm so jealous.

glatt · 10-10-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Wow. I'm so jealous.

Just think of shoveling it in the winter.

BigV · 10-10-2011, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Just think of shoveling it in the winter.

yard truck with a dozer blade

Nirvana · 10-10-2011, 08:39 PM

That is our acre pond the cows drink from and we have a loader tractor YAY!

classicman · 10-10-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Just think of shoveling it in the winter.

puh. I wouldn't go anywhere till the snow melted.

That or I'd be too busy Ice skating

BrilliantDisguise · 10-10-2011, 10:37 PM

Beautiful view Nirvana!

plthijinx · 10-10-2011, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

puh. I wouldn't go anywhere till the snow melted.

That or I'd be too busy Ice skating

hey! i test snow melt panels!!

glatt · 10-16-2011, 07:08 AM

Yesterday I went with my son's cub scout den to a Civil War reenactment of the battle of Cedar Creek. I'd never been to one of these before. It was an interesting view of a culture I'd never seen before. These reenactors spend thousands of dollars to buy their own gear and costumes and they join the battle just for the experience. They don't get paid.

They buy reproductions of period tents and camp the whole weekend using only period camping gear (at least the stuff left out in the open. Maybe they had down sleeping bags and air mattresses inside the tents.)

There are vendors who have larger period tents set up off to the side, and they sell most of the stuff that the reenactors need. So you could just walk up to one of these events and buy everything you need to join in on the fun.

BigV · 10-10-2011, 08:22 PM

very lovely Nirvana. I hope that's a river, irrigation canal, _______ pond, and not a flood.

but it sure is purty. thanks for the nice picture.

Big Sarge · 10-10-2011, 11:01 PM

WowNirvana. You have that view and all I have is the old sewage lagoon. sigh

plthijinx · 10-16-2011, 09:28 AM

excellent pics glatt! I'd love to see a reenactment. later today i'm going to the Wings Over Houston Airshow and should have plenty of pics of that later on....

classicman · 10-16-2011, 11:48 AM

glatt - great pics. I haven't seen a reenactment in decades. I gotta look around here and see whats up.

Lola Bunny · 10-16-2011, 02:51 PM

Looks super cool.

DanaC · 10-16-2011, 02:56 PM

Awesome pics glatt.

We had a little demo at the Soldiers and Soldiering conference, put on by a couple of reenactors (not sure, but I think they're from the 33rd Foot). Fascinating stuff.

A lot of what we know about uniforms and marching ephemera, we know because of the re-enactment community. Formal, and informal historians who work through experimental history and try to reconstruct, from fragmentary evidence and the odd throw away line in a memoir, the backpacks, and blankets, and uniforms as they'd have been used. There are people who've spent 25-30 years trying to piece together exactly what the back pack was like for a foot soldier in the latter stages of the Peninsula war for instance.

10-10-2011, 07:55 PM	#1
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	poor you. your driveway? really? too f'n sweet! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

10-10-2011, 07:57 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wow. I'm so jealous. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-10-2011, 08:39 PM	#5
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	That is our acre pond the cows drink from and we have a loader tractor YAY! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

10-16-2011, 07:08 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yesterday I went with my son's cub scout den to a Civil War reenactment of the battle of Cedar Creek. I'd never been to one of these before. It was an interesting view of a culture I'd never seen before. These reenactors spend thousands of dollars to buy their own gear and costumes and they join the battle just for the experience. They don't get paid. They buy reproductions of period tents and camp the whole weekend using only period camping gear (at least the stuff left out in the open. Maybe they had down sleeping bags and air mattresses inside the tents.) There are vendors who have larger period tents set up off to the side, and they sell most of the stuff that the reenactors need. So you could just walk up to one of these events and buy everything you need to join in on the fun. Attached Images Last edited by glatt; 10-16-2011 at 07:28 AM.

10-10-2011, 08:22 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	very lovely Nirvana. I hope that's a river, irrigation canal, _______ pond, and not a flood. but it sure is purty. thanks for the nice picture. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-10-2011, 10:37 PM	#7
BrilliantDisguise Master of the Domain Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 224	Beautiful view Nirvana!

10-10-2011, 11:01 PM	#11
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	WowNirvana. You have that view and all I have is the old sewage lagoon. sigh __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

10-16-2011, 09:28 AM	#12
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	excellent pics glatt! I'd love to see a reenactment. later today i'm going to the Wings Over Houston Airshow and should have plenty of pics of that later on.... __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

10-16-2011, 11:48 AM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	glatt - great pics. I haven't seen a reenactment in decades. I gotta look around here and see whats up. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-16-2011, 02:51 PM	#14
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Looks super cool.

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