OT: How old are you ?

Randallw · #1 March 25th, 2005, 05:42 AM

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get hit with sticks in armor,

Are you in the SCA? (If you don't know what that is, then you aren't in it)

Thermodyne · #2 March 25th, 2005, 01:21 PM

49 today. And still looking for the top of the hill. If I don't get there soon, I'll have to turn around and go back the way I came.

AngleWyrm · #3 March 25th, 2005, 11:01 PM

I'm fourty and just starting to realize that, yes, I'm fourty.

mac5732 · #4 March 26th, 2005, 02:23 AM

AH, to be 40 again,,sigh, I'd even settle for 49

Kana · #5 March 26th, 2005, 05:25 AM

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Randallw said:

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get hit with sticks in armor,

Are you in the SCA? (If you don't know what that is, then you aren't in it)

Yep...SCA...Society for Creative Anachronism...www.sca.org

You play down under as well?

Kana

Randallw · #6 March 26th, 2005, 07:58 AM

I was a member of the kingdom of Ynesfore. I was in it for awhile, mostly because a friend was in it. I was a bit insecure and shy back then and hung around my friend. ALthough I found the whole idea entertaining I didn't get on too well with the others. They had an overly romantic view of the middle ages I thought. I once mentioned the Crusades and Knights fighting Muslims, and their response was along the lines of "Oh we try avoid bits like that". I never did get into fighting (mostly because of the cost of armour), but I do have a shield, and some greaves.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 March 26th, 2005, 02:43 PM

I wonder if, in say 200 years, people will try to re-create the 'Primitive Computer Age'...(Ooh, look mommy, this one doesn't even have a 3d display!)

As I understand it, groups like the SCA are about the ideals of a period of history, which doesn't always match the reality. This can be a good thing, as long as they don't ignore the reality.