^, <, V

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ the automobile. Completely changed every dynamic we have & not in a good way. We've gotten too lazy & fat to go anywhere under our own power, the push for cars undermined public transportation (don't get me started on the inter-urban), we waste natural resources to run them, we become selfish & self centered in the pursuit of having ever fancier ones. Ugh, I could go on. I hate cars!

< has a dream about living in a place with no auto traffic where you walk to get anywhere on paths through forests & fields. Ah a world without pavement *sigh*

V Concrete jungle or real jungle?

[Black Anne Rose]

^ real :)

< glad she's back on track with dead rose

V first car?

[Boots MacGee]

^ 1973 Dodge Charger

< Still has car in storage with plans of restoring it, after my 5 million other projects.

V Hate to part with old things?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ Depends if they are still useful or have significant sentimental value. Otherwise, nope.

< My first car was a 1963 Chevy Nova. Pea green.

V Do you have one of "those" drawers (you know - stuffed with junk)?

[Cpt Sophia M Eisley]

^ I actually have um...several.

I think it's time for some pre-spring cleaning.

< Woohoo! Just booked a tour to the Highlands and Isle of Skye!

V Do you cringe during scary movies, watch with out flinching, or avoid them altogether?

[Capt. Sterling]

^ usually too busy figuring out the make-up or special effects to be bothered although the last Saw (3) actually made me grit my teeth.

< having done some film and tv and studied for it, it takes a very good movie to keep me focused on the story and not how its put together...

V how many times must you play a movie at home before you actually have seen the entire thing?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ at least 3

< also tends to pay attention to things other than the story line. Lighting, settings, costumes. I'm easily distracted while watching a film.

V favorite period/ costume film?

[Capt. Sterling]

^ hmmm good question. Like Affair of the Necklace for the story, Master & Commander for the look

< geeze there is almost a 100 page booklet on how to give a state test down here!

V pass along the question favorite period film

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ I don't have one. I haven't watched nearly enough period/costume films. Something I am working on fixing when I have the time.

< Was really impressed with the use of the unseen antagonist in Master & Commander. I really like films that take a different approach to the traditional conflicts.

V Last film that impressed you?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ It's going to soun reccuring but Master and Commander. Riding high up in the sail and the battle stuff, and the little blond lad awww..

Good movie.

< Don't get to watch too often

V Favorite scene in a movie?

[Black Anne Rose]

^uuuhhhmmmmmm....... I like actually almost all the scenes in the potc movies... but the scene captain jack is bound to the long pole on caniball island, beaten up by two fruit throwing women... it really made me laugh that scene

<Yesterday was

litterly the 50st time i saw potc 2 dmc

Vwhat's on your mp3 player? (orif you dont have one, what would be on it?)

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ off the top of my head, I know there are about twice this on the thing. It holds tons of music!

broadside band: childgrove, Cheshire rounds, Hunt the squirrel etc

dubliners: drink up men

ewan mccoll: paddy doyle

bob roberts: hanging johnny

tannahill weavers: 3 healths

a bounkam drum solo

The giving tree: west coast

rusted root: heaven

barley works: flower of edinburgh

and then there are a bunch of songs picked by the little swab. Have to share the music listening equally with her when we go any place.

< yawn. another sleepless night but I learned tons about the middling class & block printed cotton.

V what's something you learned recently?

[Black Anne Rose]

^ that bristol is also a town in england. we have a shoe store called bristol

<bored to DEATH. might write another chapter. would be nice. 2 days, two chapters last one took a month

V did you "recently" turned pirate or was it always in yer blood te become one? I always loved captain hook, but hated peter pan

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ recently, within the last year. Although really, something like this was inevitable.

<technically though, I wouldn't count myself as a pirate. I know nothing of sailing or weaponry or anything else that would make a good sailor much less a pirate. But ask me about the clothes, or dying, or jobs for women in the period :)

V how long have you been reenacting (any/all time periods)?

[blackjohn]

^ just about 30 years

< What do I have to show for it?

V Do you think you will be doing it 30 years hence? Will I?

[jim hawkins]

^ Im not even sure Im doing it now. You proably wont be, 30 years is a long time from now, were getting old remember.

< been reenacting off and on for 26 ish years, yikes. But I had a alot a years off, it depends on how you define it.

V (borrows Chloes question, Im not awake enough to come up with one)

how long have you been reenacting (any/all time periods)?

[blackjohn]

^ re-answers Jim's passed on question... 30 or so years... my sister worked with this guy who did viking... she was always telling me I should meet him... then one day I did and went off to attack Senlac Hill with a bunch of Normans.

< I hope I will be. And I hope my kids will be too! I figure, at plus 30 more years I can be that crazy old timer dude! Feared and (maybe) respected. At the very least I hope I can hold out for the 250 of the RevWar!!!! Especially when you consider how the 200th was botched!

V passing along the passed along question... how long have you been reenacting (any/all time periods)?

[Black Anne Rose]

^have no idea what it means o.O ill searchit up sometimes...

<dominating the board with her amount of posts per sec

EDIT: struggling to keep sister off comp. better not go to the bathroom to keep seat

Vfav pirate shanty? (such as pirates life fer me, or drunken sailor, etc.)

[Black Hearted Pearl]

^ This week's favorite pirate shanty is "Pirate Lullaby" by the Whiskey Bards

< left arm is a cast since yesterday, wish i could say it was sailing accident, but i fell off a train years ago and finally got the tendon repaired.

V tough it out, modern day pain meds or old fasioned alcohol?

[Jacky Tar]

^ If the pain is extreme, take the meds.

< Sometimes toughness is needed, when ye need yer wits, an can't afford the fog o' meds.

V Ignore things that need fixin' or get right on 'em?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ Depends on how much it'll cost to fix em. Get them done to the best of my ability right away if I can. Other wise it's just triage.

< haha, used triage in a sentence! triple word score for me.

V favorite $1000 word?

[Black Hearted Pearl]

^ salpingoopherectomy

< Now, can anyone tell me what it means without looking it up?

V worse medical experience you ever had?

[Boots MacGee]

^ The snapping sound when the doctor set the bones in my arm, I broke both bones below my wrist, and they overlapped.

< Been pretty lucky injury wise, none to serious "knock on wood"

V Ever break any bones?

[Lady Alyx]

^ Yes broken (fractured) clavicle (collar bone)

> So glad it's time to go home for the day...rotten plotter arrr

v What movie you renting next?

[Boots MacGee]

^ Not sure what I want to see

< Can never decide wich one to get

V What's a good new movie to rent?