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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 10:29 PM
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Poll question: Your favorite aspects of Renaissance Fairs?
Made our trip to the Renaissance Fair today. A good time was had by all. What do you like best about the fairs?

I like to stand there and eye all the swords. I held a very heavy Claymoor today. Way too heavy for me. The kid got a cool wooden sword.
The blue knight defeated the red and there was great rejoicing! :)
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 10:33 PM
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1. hard cider
:D
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 10:35 PM
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2. oh,
I should have put in mead, or something. :hi:
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:22 AM
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22. Drunk out of the leather mugs
my friends make.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 10:36 PM
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3. you forgot all of the above!
I just love being there, in the atmosphere of all the excitement. the Queen, the jousting, the swords, clothing .. i especially like the clothing you can buy ..


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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 10:43 PM
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4. good point!
it is very exciting. And seems like such a great place to spend a lot of time. There was wonderful clothing, my sister and my sister in law could barely drag themselves away from all of it.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:32 AM
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5. kick
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:34 AM
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6. Dragon Balls, get your Dragon Balls here.
Fresh from the serpent.

:silly:
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:38 AM
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7. I know all those words.
:shrug:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 12:59 PM
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26. all right!
:rofl:

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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:41 AM
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8. The overall atmosphere
You're allowed to be part of a fantasy for a little while, where you can play act as much or as little as you want. If you have kids, you can teach them about the days before gunpowder and worse forms of death, and show them how people lived in that time before; you can get as dressed up as you want to and no one is going to laugh at you for looking different.
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:47 AM
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9. Low bodices and chain mail bras
Gotta dig those. I used to go the Texas Ren Fair quite often back in my college days when I was in the Society for Creative Anachronisms. Good times. Parties like no other.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:00 PM
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27. yes
you get the sense that the partying skills of those folks are quite extensive....
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unrepuke Donating Member (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:45 AM
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57. HuzzaHHH!!!
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:49 AM
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10. I'd have to go for the guys with the boots, simply on principle.
But kilts would be a close second. Clothes were so much cooler in pretty much every other era.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:56 AM
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11. I like the little side shows
minstrels and jokers and magicians.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:04 AM
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12. The authentic Renaissance funnel cakes. n/t
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:26 AM
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16. *snrk*
:rofl:
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:04 AM
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13. I was once serenaded by two wenches at the Faire.....
They told a tale of how they were both astonished at the size of my, er, um....the beast beneath my codpiece, as it were.

My brother-in-law had to pay them to do it, but it was fun anyway.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:01 PM
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28. c'mon we wanna see pix of you wearing a codpiece, Rob
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:24 AM
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14. Another all of the above ....
Let's not forget the booths selling clothes. Once you get them home, you realize the only place you can wear them is on your return to the RenFest!

Used to go to the Texas RenFest a lot. Perhaps it's time for a return...

www.texrenfest.com/
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:25 AM
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15. $6 Amstel Light
:bounce:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:02 PM
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29. my sis in law had a Guinness
it tasted pretty good. I have no idea what the tariff was....
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:26 AM
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17. That it's legal to kill wenches
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:34 AM
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18. The great costumes
which can be used throughout the year, esp. Halloween, and the huge tankards that hold a lot of...drink! :beer:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:04 AM
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19. Chain mail bikinis
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:12 AM
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20. Lurking_Argyle in sexy renaissance clothes
:loveya:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:03 PM
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31. yes the guys are way fun to look at!
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:46 PM
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36. That really is me
on a rare cool day at the Georgia Renaissance Festival this past spring. I didn't have to wait 'til fall to wear the leather vest.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:53 PM
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37. you are going to dress up like that again
when????????
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:17 PM
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39. That will have to wait for cooler weather
the tights and boots aren't too bad, but the leather needs cool weather. I'd like to go to the Carolina Renaissance Festival, but one brother lost his job, the other one just got one, so I don't know who will be available to go. :shrug:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:40 PM
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40. Here! Here!
*snipping excited with finger, jumping up and down*
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:10 AM
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60. Oooohh, baby!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:12 AM
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21. Cleavage
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:25 AM
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23. What he said....
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:04 PM
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32. my sister complimented one amply endowed young lady
on her dress and the young lady said no one had actually noticed "her dress." ;)
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:26 AM
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24. RENNIES!!
So who is going to faire soon? ME ME!!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 10:36 AM
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25. Who needs the renaissance fair when I have my trusty Dio records!
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:05 PM
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33. c'mon now Beast
pull out those tights! (and there were lots of guys wearing skulls hanging off their tunics, and stuff.)
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:07 PM
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34. Ever go up to Pennzic in Butler?
I have a friend who was in the SCA. He used to go every summer up to Cooper's Lake off I-79 for the festival.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:45 PM
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35. one of my son's friend's from school
goes with his parents every year. They are very involved in SCA.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:03 PM
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30. human chess!!!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 01:55 PM
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38. Knight jump Queen...Rook jump Queen...Bishop jump Queen...
EVERYBODY JUMP THE QUEEN

:bounce:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:58 PM
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43. ...ah, it's good to be King!
:evilgrin:

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:46 PM
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41. my brother is getting married at one in about 2 weeks.
KC RenFest.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 02:49 PM
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42. I get to walk around w/ my boobs ready to pop out
at any moment in one of those dresses and no one in my family calls me a sl*t for a change.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:18 AM
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61. Cool.......
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:50 AM
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67. the only good thing about it
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:00 PM
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44. back in the old days
that is to say before AIDS, there were fetching wenches selling kisses for a dollar. Those were the days.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 05:59 PM
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45. Ironically...
I love medieval + Renaissance stuff, even not-so-accurate things like Faires, and I haven't been to one in years.

I'm going to go to the Bay Area RenFair year after next, though. Got a mail vest I need to finish making, and I lack any form of trousers...
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:00 PM
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46. Mead. Game, set, and match.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:04 PM
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48. I've actually got a recipe for brewing your own...
Lemme know here if you want it and I'll send a message.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:05 PM
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49. Wow. Yeah I'd like that. Unlikely I'd ever make it, but my neighbor and
friend brews his own beer and does a damn good job, maybe he'd be interested sometime.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:02 PM
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47. Guys in kilts.
:)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 11:42 PM
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51. wow there is just something about 'em
I got to see guys in kilts 2 weekends in a row!

:hi:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:10 PM
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50. just love going. We go to Scarborough Faire every year
wander around, eat the cool food, check out the cool stuff for sale, enjoy the entertainment, drool over the brass artist's fountains, etc.

My daughter has a whole array of costumes and buys a season ticket every year.

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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 11:46 PM
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52. So you went to the Renaissance Faire?
You're going to love this one then; Michael's latest obsession is making chainmail. I took him to his first Renaissance faire about a month ago and he decided he needed to learn how to make chainmail and leather armour. So now our house is full of metal rings and leathermaking tools.

I'm sure he'll be taking orders soon, so let me know if you want that Xena outfit I know you were lusting after. ;-)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:00 AM
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53. there was some really nice leather armor
in one booth. I like the leather bustiers with all the celtic designs and such - but I didn't see that guy this year.


that should be amusing for you at home! Well, let me know if he starts selling anything! :hi:
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:08 AM
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55. Time will tell
There have been other obsessions prior to this one. ;-)

He does seem to be getting the hang of making chainmail pretty quickly. I think I prefer the idea of metal rings laying around the house than a bunch of untreated leather. :-)
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 05:29 AM
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58. Sorry to butt in...
A fellow mail-maker here, and out of hobbyist's curiousity, I have to ask: What metal is he using, what gauge, and what diameter?
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:01 AM
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59. Not sure
I think he's using something that's pretty cheap, since he's just started and is just learning how to do it. :hi:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:01 AM
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54. I like making fun of the pale goth kids.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:39 AM
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65. you would!
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 12:15 AM
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56. Eating all that food while oggling the wenches!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:21 AM
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62. What I've heard happens late at night at the Renaissance fair
Lots of weed, booze, and sex. I wish I could say that I was making this up, too!
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:23 AM
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63. Taking acid and laughing my arse off
at all the people who are acting so seriously.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:31 AM
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64. I knew a gypsy girl who read fortunes and made one....
Worked her way through University doing just that.....

I think the push up thingy's really helped her out, IF you get my drift.....
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:41 AM
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66. but what could you be talking about?
;) Dressing up and doing various performances in Med. garb seems like a cool way to make some money, actually.

( can't believe this thread is still around.)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 11:06 AM
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68. It was fun for her....
She traveled to about six or seven festivals in Ohio and Pennsylvania and made about six or seven grand....

She was "equipped" to make full use of the Medieval garb....
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 12:16 PM
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69. Ren Faires
I love going to the MD Ren Faire. For dressing up and living sort of like in the past, we go to Pennsic each year (ask me about the new Henry the VIII pavilion we just bought LOL). By the end of the 2 weeks there even a real basic shower and toilet look like the height of sophistication. But for fun we go to the Ren Faire, sometimes in garb and sometimes not, and people watch and eat and just have fun. Mead, yum.
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