Imric is very sad.

Post #48,265 by imric 8/5/02 9:11:11 PM Reply	Imric is very sad. For the second year in a row, I'm gonna miss [link\|http://www.pennsicwar.org/\|the War]. I've never missed two years in a row (and I've been going since '82) - and I really feel the need to beat people up with sticks about now. The rest of [link\|http://www.icod.org\|my houshold] is going - I feel like an incredible loser. I hate being poor. I hate not having enough business. Right now, I hate this so-called 'career path'. This sucks. Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,273 by inthane-chan 8/5/02 9:35:14 PM Reply	Sorry to hear that... If you were in the area, I'd invite you over so that we could beat the crap out of each other. ;) There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #48,279 by imric 8/5/02 9:49:33 PM Reply	Thanks... I appreciate it, really... Are you were a stick-jock too? I wonder how many others of us share this vice? Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,284 by inthane-chan 8/5/02 10:09:41 PM Reply	At least three of us. Actually, I'm more of a boffer (foam-padded PVC pipe) jockey - and I know of one other guy COUGHBrandiCOUGH who has been known to partake from time to time. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #48,292 by imric 8/5/02 10:33:38 PM Reply	One day, when I once again have money We'll all have to get together and 'dance'. smile Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,283 by folkert 8/5/02 10:08:41 PM Reply	AHHHHH---HAH! I knew it... now everything about Skip now makes tremendous sense! d00d U R 8c4rY! Now... I gotta know... Metal or Plastic?? `greg - Grand-Master Artist in IT, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #48,291 by imric 8/5/02 10:31:58 PM Reply	Steel armor, usually A 12-gauge stainless cuirass with a scaled backpiece, 14-guage mild-steel full legs (I have knee problems - they were custom designed to fit ove my brace), with leather bits and pieces. Normally I'm a sword and board man, but I love the GS - it's too limited for the War, though (read: I'm not good enough with it and I prefer to give more than I get when I'm there...). But for the War, I 'cheat' and wear a plastic suit. Too much running around for an old man like me, otherwise... Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,294 by Silverlock 8/5/02 11:55:33 PM Reply	Freak! Uhm.. How do I join? "...the problem with the French is that they don\ufffdt have a word for entrepreneur." George W. Bush
Post #48,314 by imric 8/6/02 4:42:11 AM Reply	ROFL Never ask that of a SCAdian - We can be worse than born-again Christians when it comes to 'recruiting'... I guarantee there's a [link\|http://www.sca.org/findsca.html\|shire near you] - and I guarantee you'd be welcome there. We're a friendly lot, as a rule. Rattan fighting is great fun - but there's a lot in the organisation for non-combatants as well! Really - it's a great subversive cult to belong to... chuckle Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,304 by rsteiner 8/6/02 1:58:43 AM Reply	I've been to two wars (XVI and XVIII). Great fun! I was but a bystander at the time, though (member of SCA in good standing, but not authorized in any weapons). The field battle and some of the others were a lot of fun to watch, though. My fiancee and I plan to go year after next, I think. I wanna see it again!!! -Rich Steiner (OS/2 and Linux user in Eden Prairie, MN) aka Alaric Blackwoode former Seneschal and founding member, Shire of Rivenwood Tower, Northshield, Midrealm
Post #48,313 by imric 8/6/02 4:21:53 AM Reply	Next time you go, Look me up - as I said, I'm usually there... We have a choice plot this year, too - right near EK Royal. (It's worth it to camp there, even though as a squire I've pulled guard duty @ the EKR gates - it's not too bad) House ICOD is where I can be found - grin I'll get you an invite to the Scotch & Cigar party - it's always a hit... We have some old pics on the household site (I'm not the webmaster, I just provide the name) - that ought to provide some incentive... [link\|http://krieger.home.mindspring.com/graphics/pfield1a.jpg\|[link\|http://krieger.home.mindspring.com/graphics/pfield1a.jpg\|http://krieger.home...pfield1a.jpg]] [link\|http://krieger.home.mindspring.com/graphics/pfield2.jpg\|[link\|http://krieger.home.mindspring.com/graphics/pfield2.jpg\|http://krieger.home.../pfield2.jpg]] Squire Imric the Lame - "In Charge Of Destruction" Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,317 by Ashton 8/6/02 5:08:20 AM Reply	Migawd - thought for a minute this was a pic of rioting soccer fans.. after Albania won the World Cup! :-\ufffd but it do look like Fun, sorta on a par with the (local = S. Rosa CA) Scottish Games - where folks with extreme hernia-resistance.. try to toss around telephone poles!
Post #48,347 by imric 8/6/02 9:17:26 AM Reply	chuckle Nah. There's only about a thousand guys per side, here.... Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,399 by rsteiner 8/6/02 1:27:12 PM Reply	I shall do that. The folks here in [link\|http://poet.minstrel.com/nordskogen/\|Nordskogen] seem to be very well organized, so I'll probably be with them. Who knows, I might even have some heavy weapons experience under my belt by then. :-) -Rich Steiner (OS/2 and Linux user in Eden Prairie, MN) The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.
Post #48,406 by imric 8/6/02 2:07:46 PM Reply	bow Cool - I'll have to practice my GS, then... (and re-attach the ricasso points for close-quarter H-H) Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,407 by a6l6e6x 8/6/02 2:20:21 PM Reply	LRPD sayeth "Ni!" :) Alex "Television: chewing gum for the eyes." -- Frank Lloyd Wright
Post #48,413 by admin 8/6/02 2:43:20 PM Reply	The one I got: "Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable." Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #48,554 by orion 8/7/02 3:42:37 PM Reply	If it makes you feel any better I am not able to go either, and I have never been to that war not matter how much I wanted to go. [link\|http://www.houseofgames.biz\|House Of Games] nearby me even sells those PVC swords and maces and daggers and stuff to use in the war. They make it themselves. "Mad Tony" runs it, in case anyone wonders what happened to him. Mad Tony plans to move his gaming store to Lingbergh and open up a computer store in November, he talked about hiring me. But my wife is against it, because she says she doesn't think he will have enough business to keep me employed there. *[link\|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg\|Kahn!!!]*
Post #48,569 by imric 8/7/02 4:41:36 PM Reply	ROFL! I take little comfort in having company in my trip down poverty lane, though - especially my friends! those PVC swords and maces and daggers and stuff I wish! It's actually rattan (solid bamboo) wrapped in duct tape... Well - I hope we both have the option to go next year, anyway.. smile Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #48,581 by orion 8/7/02 5:07:43 PM Reply	Maybe next time if we both get good jobs that allow us to take a vaction to the next war, I will see you there. Bamboo wrapped up in duct tape? Nasty! I'll have to consider using that if I ever get into those games. Wack wack wack wack, get out some agression and get in some exercise. *[link\|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg\|Kahn!!!]*
Post #48,593 by imric 8/7/02 5:37:56 PM 8/7/02 5:38:35 PM Reply	Worse than 'just' bamboo. Bamboo implies a hollow, light material. Rattan is solid - we use it instead of other woods because it's resistant to splintering and breakage. Add to the rattan the weight of thrusting tips, tape, cross (or basket) hilts and you can think a sword as being about the size and weight of a softball bat. Without armor, these weapons are literally deadly. WITH armor, it's not unusual to accumulate some nasty bruises. It's not as bad as it sounds, though. It is truly one of the most fun activities I've yet encountered... And it IS an excellent way to work out agression! Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win. Edited by imric Aug. 7, 2002, 05:38:35 PM EDT Expand All History

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