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Obediah
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 Posted - November 02 2006 : 10:49:48 PM
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Back when I was re-enacting (c. 1983), our unit (Confederate) was headed to Fort Point (the brick fort guarding the Golden Gate (now right under the S end of the Golden Gate Bridge)), and we stopped at a Denny's in SF for breakfast. Since we were in full uniform, the (so-called) management put us at tables in a back room of the restaurant, obviously so the other customers couldn't see us! All was not lost, however; when we left the joint, one of the customers there asked us what rock band we belonged to!  |
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felicitysgramma
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Posted - November 08 2006 : 11:58:08 PM
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I work selling cell phones in a kiosk in a mall in part of Pennsylvania's farm country. The Saturday before Halloween all the kids from the surrounding area come to the mall in costume early in the morning to show off their stuff and take a guided walk around the mall so they can gather candy from all the merchants. My boss said we could dress up for it, so I tossed on my 18c clothing and played in it for the day, stays, cap and all.
A week later a customer came to the kiosk (bearing in mind I'm back in the usual business suit with long curly loose hair) and told me the "other lady" had told him such-and-such could be done to fix his wife's phone, so he'd brought it in with him. His statement was a bit off the mark for our policies, so I asked him "which lady?" thinking maybe he'd talked to our other female coworker at another time. He said, "That lady with the white hat I talked to last Saturday...the Amish lady."
I thought about explaining it, but he was so completely clueless that I just let it ride and stifled a laugh. And ya know, it never did dawn on him that it had been me.  |
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Obediah
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Posted - November 09 2006 : 12:15:42 AM
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Kay, I just want you to know 2 things:
(1) "I feel your pain!"
(2) I have the cutest granddaughter in the world!  |
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felicitysgramma
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Posted - November 09 2006 : 10:26:23 PM
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Originally posted by Obediah
Kay, I just want you to know 2 things:
(1) "I feel your pain!"
(2) I have the cutest granddaughter in the world!
1) Thanks, I appreciate it!
2) No you don't - I have the top two!  (This your first?) |
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Obediah
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Posted - November 10 2006 : 2:03:11 PM
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My granddaughter is the 1st but not the only one...and she will tell you that she's the cutest granddaughter in the world! She's 11-going-on-16. Lucky us, we get her every weekend. Normally, when I pick her up on Friday evening, I get a big hug; last Friday all I got was "Grandpa, look, I got a cell phone!"  |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - October 06 2008 : 12:54:36 PM
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Well, I had a funny experience this weekend.
Seamus, 2 other guys from our regiment, and I were driving home from a nice little event out in western PA, near Pittsburgh, and were traveling in our 18th C. clothing. We were all in Seamus' truck and pulled into a large Flying J complex to get gas and visit the Necessary.
As I was coming out of said room, 3 women were coming in. They all stared openly at me as they passed me and looked me up and down. I'm getting used to that, now, so it didn't bother me. I just smile and move on.
But the last woman, who was Puerto Rican by appearance and accent, called after me, "Where is your town?" I stopped and looked at back at her in puzzlement, as I didn't know what she meant. I said, "Pardon me?"
She repeated, "Where is your town?" Because I was still staring at her with a quizzical look on my face, she continued, "You're Amish, aren't you?"
I stifled a laugh, but smiled and said, "No. I'm not. I'm a re-enactor."
Now it was her turn to look blank. She said, "A.... what???"
By now, I figured this was pretty much a lost cause, so I briefly explained that I am a Living Historian who re-enacts the French & Indian War era. With that, I smiled at her, turned and walked on, leaving her still staring blankly. Then, I heard her call after me in her heavily accented English, "Can you tell me where an Amish town is?"
The ridiculous part of this all is that when I am dressed in my 18th C. clothing, I look absolutely nothing like an Amish woman! But, as Kay said above, people can't seem to get past the white cap.
Ah well... the education continues..... 
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blackfootblood
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Posted - October 06 2008 : 1:56:35 PM
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Too funny, WW! You know it's crazy how ignorant some folks really are. Did they not pay attention in history class? Do they not know or remember any sort of American history? And what is this fascination with the Amish? I'm sorry, I guess since I grew up with the Amish being my neighbors, it's not that interesting to me. But hopefully you might have sparked an interest with this stranger!  |
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Obediah
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 Posted - October 06 2008 : 4:08:55 PM
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At re-enactments I've actually heard some of the unwashed masses ask if the Yankees wore blue or gray! 
Although I have heard many of my fellow re-enactors state that they were doing this hobby to teach folks about American history, I always doubted that ... I was in it to be with my friends & have fun; if a "civilian" learned something, so much the better. Let's face it, the civilian spectators are like the news media discussing firearms: they don't even know what they don't know! |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - October 06 2008 : 4:42:56 PM
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| Last weekend after the raid at Fort Dobbs I started cleaning my fusil. Then spectators started stopping by. No stupid questions or anything, but 1 1/2 hours later I still hadn't finished the cleaning, usually a 10 minute job. So I just put it up and got away from that area. Hadn't eaten diner either. I hear people talking about educating the public, but if that was my reason for going I would just take up golf or something. |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - October 09 2008 : 09:38:30 AM
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Well, I just have to post this one, because it made me laugh right out loud. You guys who are on the F&IWar Yahoo list probably read this.
One gentleman re-enactor who portrays a Highlander was apparently having a bad day with the tourists. He was asked by a someone what "that furry bag hanging in front was." His reply, delivered in his broadest Scots burr was, "Mah scrrrrr-otum."
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blackfootblood
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Posted - October 09 2008 : 1:02:31 PM
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Originally posted by Wilderness Woman
Well, I just have to post this one, because it made me laugh right out loud. You guys who are on the F&IWar Yahoo list probably read this.
One gentleman re-enactor who portrays a Highlander was apparently having a bad day with the tourists. He was asked by a someone what "that furry bag hanging in front was." His reply, delivered in his broadest Scots burr was, "Mah scrrrrr-otum."
LOL, Oh goodness!!! That made me spit my drink out!! |
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