Impressions A little reenacting humor

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Another funny meme

 

[bayonet]

I feel like it´s a little awkward, but I just smile and say ¨thank you.¨ Although I never experienced what the returning Vietnam veterans did, I did once have a teenager call me a ¨baby killer¨ and it was common for a certain college clique to call the ROTC students ¨H***** Jugend.¨ I understand the current practice as a something of a corrective.

"college clique" say no more with what so called higher learning is spitting out these days. 4 years of college got me a job that's it. Should of stopped at the 2 year Associate Degree then my pension would be higher. Plus I learned more there then at the 4 year Institution.

 

[7thWisconsin]

"college clique" say no more with what so called higher learning is spitting out these days. 4 years of college got me a job that's it. Should of stopped at the 2 year Associate Degree then my pension would be higher. Plus I learned more there then at the 4 year Institution.

Well, I´m not sure that 40 years ago counts as ¨these days¨ anymore, so loosen up on your pearls. I guess a historical perspective has always been helpful. As Kipling wrote:
¨For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! "
But it's " Saviour of 'is country " when the guns begin to shoot; ¨

 

[bayonet]

Well, I´m not sure that 40 years ago counts as ¨these days¨ anymore, so loosen up on your pearls. I guess a historical perspective has always been helpful. As Kipling wrote:
¨For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! "
But it's " Saviour of 'is country " when the guns begin to shoot; ¨

Guess no matter the time frame past or present. Don't think much of those that our critical of those that put their life on the line so they can run their mouths but don't have the intestinal fortitude to put themselves in danger. Going back a ways I was dating and getting hot with a Lass in High School. I went into the military and she went to college. We would write each other. Next thing I know her letters starting in on me about will I be a Killer and she was mentioning the incident at Kent State. I was like WTF!!!

 

[7thWisconsin]

Guess no matter the time frame past or present. Don't think much of those that our critical of those that put their life on the line so they can run their mouths but don't have the intestinal fortitude to put themselves in danger. Going back a ways I was dating and getting hot with a Lass in High School. I went into the military and she went to college. We would write each other. Next thing I know her letters starting in on me about will I be a Killer and she was mentioning the incident at Kent State. I was like WTF!!!

When I was a chaplain, I often concluded prayers with some variation of ¨we look forward to that day in which our profession is made obsolete in the Kingdom of God.¨ We still look forward to that day.

 

[LtTevis]

I was Security at a movie set in Arizona.
Cowboy reenactors would come out every weekend, both women and men, dressed in period giving tours and doing skits in the street.
One day a tour was getting ready to go and they needed an extra person to do the tail escort, so I jumped in behind the group to follow them.
I noticed a man with a young boy next to him who was his son of about seven or eight years old.
As they began walking I noticed the boy with wide eyes looking at everything around him: the old cowboys set, the reenactors playing their roles. He seemed to be awed.
Then I heard him innocently ask his Father:
" Daddy, were all the cowboys old people"?

 

[bayonet]

When I was a chaplain, I often concluded prayers with some variation of ¨we look forward to that day in which our profession is made obsolete in the Kingdom of God.¨ We still look forward to that day.

Probably the same thoughts of all Soldiers (and you Marines that hate being called Soldiers!) thru out history!

 

[R. Porter]

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You may have to change that look after you read this thread from an older discussion on CivilWarTalk.

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One of the more unusual Civil War era uniforms are the militia uniforms of the Continental Army style. These "Old Seventy-Sixers" uniforms could be found in both the North and South. Often the wearing of this style of uniform was considered part of the Nativist movement which tried to limit the...

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[JineArtillery]

My favorite comment I ever got was when I was sewing, this guy asked "Are you actually sewing or just moving your hand to look like it?"

 

[Story]

I was Security at a movie set in Arizona.
Cowboy reenactors would come out every weekend, both women and men, dressed in period giving tours and doing skits in the street.
One day a tour was getting ready to go and they needed an extra person to do the tail escort, so I jumped in behind the group to follow them.
I noticed a man with a young boy next to him who was his son of about seven or eight years old.
As they began walking I noticed the boy with wide eyes looking at everything around him: the old cowboys set, the reenactors playing their roles. He seemed to be awed.
Then I heard him innocently ask his Father:
" Daddy, were all the cowboys old people"?

I might have told this story before, but at a RevWar event some 6 year old engaged my buddies and I (we were doing Hessian Grenadiers) and I wound up telling him about the first German paratroopers (Fallschirmjager; Hessians in Philadelphia Spring 1778, Hessians in Haddonfield (due east in NJ), balloon flight from Philadelphia to Haddonfield. See how all the truthiness elements necessary for a good BS tale were included?

Always wondered how he did on that test his teacher was about to give his class.

"Hessians did it 15 years before Blanchard"

 

[Story]

As someone who does Rev War reenacting too, I've never had someone ask if I was Union or Confederate, but as a Continental Army musician, we are constantly mistaken for British soldiers, especially at Mt. Vernon. So I created this Facebook meme a few years ago.

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I've felt your pain.

"No, ve are naught ze American Army"​

 

[Old Breck]

. See how all the truthiness elements necessary for a good BS tale were included?

Always wondered how he did on that test his teacher was about to give his class.

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Its no wonder why no one takes reenactors seriously.

That's pretty shitty dude

 

[bayonet]

I've felt your pain.

"No, ve are naught ze American Army"​

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Those are some well fed Hessians. Too much Brats with Sauerkraut

 

[Kurtlg]

Those are some well fed Hessians. Too much Brats with Sauerkraut

They've got that " lean Confederate " reenactor look.

 

[7thWisconsin]

My favorite comment I ever got was when I was sewing, this guy asked "Are you actually sewing or just moving your hand to look like it?"

I was sewing a seam repair on my trousers, which meant I had to take them off. There I was with a blanket wrapped around my waist sewing, and 2 ladies wanted to talk with me about sewing! It was the reenactor version of the dream about going to school naked!

I've felt your pain.

"No, ve are naught ze American Army"​

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Look at all those fusiliers! I remember events with 2 Germans!

 

[JackADriscoll]

Its no wonder why no one takes reenactors seriously.

That's pretty shitty dude

Mannnnnnn there's living historians then there are people who are larping for an audience. One has ruined it for the other.

 

[Story]

Those are some well fed Hessians. Too much Brats with Sauerkraut

Not that I'm disagreeing with the obvious but lots of reenactors are off the height/weight scale, so post a naked pic of yourself Studmuffin.

 

[Story]

Its no wonder why no one takes reenactors seriously.

That's pretty shitty dude

Lighten up, Francis.

 

[bayonet]

Not that I'm disagreeing with the obvious but lots of reenactors are off the height/weight scale, so post a naked pic of yourself Studmuffin.

Yeah especially the guy in his 70s who was our instant heat casualty that I got tired of babysitting. Should of left him where he fell just like they did on the march in the 1860s. You want to run around in 90 + degree heat in full wool you had better be in shape. That's why I gave it up before 50 to not be that guy.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Yeah especially the guy in his 70s who was our instant heat casualty that I got tired of babysitting. Should of left him where he fell just like they did on the march in the 1860s. You want to run around in 90 + degree heat in full wool you had better be in shape. That's why I gave it up before 50 to not be that guy.

While I do believe you need to be at a certain level of physical fitness to be a military reenactor, it´s a shame to give up something you love out of fear. Also, it´s not just age or weight that will make a person sensitive to the heat. We´re on a lot of medications that didn´t exist in the 1860s, that have side effects like sensitivities to heat, humidity, direct sunlight, etc. The guy in his 70s should have acquired the self-awareness to know what conditions were going to be good for him, what weren´t and the in-between ones where you tell your sergeant, ¨I´m going down in the first volley, OK?¨ BTW, me at 61 (age, not year):