Barry, you said what most everyone else was thinking....

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Charles Heath wrote : Barry, you said what most everyone else was thinking....

You guys are sick, sick, sick. I like that in people!  

And yeah, I was talking about my amazing fake teeth with the stainless steel roots! Bernie, I'd be your dream patient. When my dentist introduced me to his son, he said "I'd like you to meet the man who put you through college".    

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Bill wrote :   You guys are sick, sick, sick. I like that in people!

Charles, now that you and I are being lumped together, which one of us should be offended?  

Bill,

Just so you know:  Them there are titanium roots; no rust, no fuss.

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flattop32355 wrote : Bill, Them there are titanium roots; no rust, no fuss.

Bernard,

Maybe no rust, but a whole bunch of fuss, not to mention cash.

Drop me an E-mail and I'll tell you the gory details.

Curtis honey,

Where did you find a period correct double decker teef box?

Still working on the finer points of my impression of filthy, profane, snuff dipping, toothless sesesch trash.........

Terre, sweetie pie, darling, you know full well the further South you get the more trouble the natives have with the spoken word.  Down here where the land starts gitting damp they ain’t nair reason to e-vin minton duh written kind--specially rill writtin.  Ain’t no matter, nairn de less, anywho, y’all jist might fetch a tad uh luck in dem 75 cent chawing gum boxes nailed up on sum public outhouse walls.  In sum ob dem dey’s sumpin called novel-teefs. Dey’s liable to had sumpin to put um in. Caint nair tell, dey might.  

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Curtis,
Congratulations.  I have never seen grammar, punctuation and diction deteriorate so dramatically over a single post as that last one.  You are to be commended.    

Bernie,

Curtis and I have both learned from the best--he from a career in public school teaching in Lower Mississippi, me from an early lifetime in the Alabama hill country, and subsequent years of working in a college where speaking standard English was actually a part of the course of study.  

The scary thing is that I could read what Curtis said without even thinking about it.  

We gots yer Green County English, yer Wilcox County English, your Hale County English, your Amory, Noxutubbiiee, Kushla, Gees Bend, Wetumpka, Sehoy, Slapout, Selma, Union Springs, Bayou La Batre,  Dog River,...........

Toss in Back Bay Biloxi and you‘ll declare there are times those people are not even speaking English.  Add Black dialects to those already mentioned and things do get interesting, a cacophony of accents in the same buffet line

One of the interesting things that is war related as pertains to Bayou La Batre is there were a couple of French speaking companies in the 21st Alabama Infantry  that came from the Bayou La Batre area of south Mobile County, Alabama.  The leading lights had a heck of time finding bi-lingual officers and NCOs.  Most of those kids were French speakers only.

Let's take this in another direction. What equippage would you need to attend a winter event? To "Winterize" your material goods collection?

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GrumpyDave wrote : Let's take this in another direction. What equippage would you need to attend a winter event? To "Winterize" your material goods collection?

Dave:

First and foremost, a greatcoat. But having said that, I realize that many southern troops didn't exactly have the access to them that our northern brothers did.

Secondly, extra socks. Nothing worse than cold, wet feet for a 24-48 hour period.

Multiple warm lightweight layers under that greatcoat--undershirt, domet shirt, knit scarf, comfort, sleeping hat and such like.  Same thing below--thicker drawers, 2 pair of socks...

The key though is layers--layers to trap the air and aid in retaining warmth.

There are a couple of guys in this hobby wearing a documented knit hat I make (this is not my regular pointy headed striped sleeping cap).  

Sister and I have been making them for about a decade, but they are so much work, and so boring to knit,  we haven't really pushed them.  We refer to it as the Hat from Hell, though its official name is "Nightcap in the French Style".  

Its real claim to fame (besides the fact that it has a half pound of wool in it) is that it can be folded in such a way that there are 4 layers over the ears, and two layers over the rest of the head.  That one thing is what enables us to stay in the field down to about 5 degrees.  I'm not saying we don't whine, but we don't go home either.  

Change socks as many times as is the situation allows.  Feet sweat even when cold.  Socks absorb perspiration.  Dry socks go a long way in keeping feet warm, much warmer than the damp variety.

Dave,

I'll stick to just the "Guys Events" for this one.  If it is a family style event that my unit attends, it is a whole different ballgame!

The bedroll on the back of the saddle gets an extra blanket.  Have to roll very tight so I can still get my right leg over it when I mount and dismount.  Not easy on my horse because he so tall.  Over the pommel goes the great coat.  I always end up having to read Jerry Todd's directions to do it before an event.  I just do not have to do that often.  I make sure my sleeping cap and gloves are readily accessible.

For JT, my horse, I make sure that my period curry comb is in the saddle bag along with his pick.  It is really important that as soon as we unsaddle that I get him combed down to get as much of the sweat off as possible before the cold sets in overnight.  The other thing is to stretch out the saddle blanket so it can dry overnight.  Cold blanket is rough.  Cold and wet blanket is worse.  If it is not dry, swap out my blanket for his.  He is getting up there in age so I do try to make sure he is taken care of.

The rest of the preparations are pretty standard.  Keep the feet dry and head and hands warm.  

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Barry Smithson wrote :  Cold and wet blanket is worse.  If it is not dry, swap out my blanket for his.

Barry,

Now, that is true love.  

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Bill wrote :   Barry, Now, that is true love.

Thanks Bill but please, what goes on in Texas, stays in Texas.  

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There are a couple of guys in this hobby wearing a documented knit hat I make (this is not my regular pointy headed striped sleeping cap).

And I'm one of them This baby is warm. When I go east south east in February I will be taking it. I'm using it from now until the thaw. One of the reasons I like it so much, is that the wife and kids hate it so much.

Rob Murray
Still pimpin' yer work.

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Rob Murray wrote :   I'm using it from now until the thaw. One of the reasons I like it so much, is that the wife and kids hate it so much. Rob Murray Still pimpin' yer work.

One of the many advantages of being a CW reenactor is the ready ability to embarass one's children.  Darling Daughter says I look like a demented homeless bag lady in mine.  As a result, I made them for both her grandparents and they wore them last Christmas when I took them to visit her.  

For those of you who deal with such on a regular basis, you will perhaps be a tad chagrined to know in this little coastal town 12,000 pounds of ice was ground up and placed in front of a local bank yesterday so the poor deprived Gulf Coast children could see snow.  It was 80 degrees yesterday.