| Author | Message | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 1279 Registered: 9-2001 |
I would say the Folks that HEAVY into Jap Anime. I've heard some horror stories from my cousin that performs English dubs for DrangonBall Z & Cartoon Network. Some of the weirdest people show up at these cons. | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 1367 Registered: 3-2002 |
Precisely. | ||
| Jerry W. (Tork1966)
Member Username: Tork1966 Post Number: 943 Registered: 7-2001 |
I vote for the Star Wars/Star Trek wierdos who want to escape reality by pretending that they're Klingons, or Luke Skywalker or whoever. HELLO...GET A LIFE! While you're at it, get some REAL friends. | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1471 Registered: 5-2002 |
General Motors has a division to handle trandemark and licensing requests from manufacturers of reproduction parts. I believe that's because there is a sizable amount of money being made by the repro parts companies, and GM wanted a piece of the action. If you think that GM is not interested in antique car parts, just start manufacturing anything with the GM or Chevrolet logo on it. I'm sure they will be in touch with you when they discover your operation. When a guy reproduces a Confederate muzzleloader pistol in his workshop, who does he mail the Confederate licensing fee to? Would that be the decendants of Jefferson Davis, or some guy in France whose Grandpa made the LeMat revolver? | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 1365 Registered: 3-2002 |
Maintaining older cars seems like a very appropriate equivelant to preserving the memory of wars. Buying an older car has no bearing on the current auto industry, other than with replacement parts and car wax. Civil War devotees contribute nothing to the war industry, but they do buy period clothes and sandwiches. So, in a sense, both are a bit interlocked in their nostalgia to another era where style counted for something. | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1469 Registered: 5-2002 |
"what part does the Military Industrial Complex play in the economy?" JRV, I'm not aware that the Civil War muzzleloader and cannon factories play any signifigant factor in today's economy. But GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc, play a big factor. But to be my devil's own advocate, General Mills still makes canned biscuits and I'm sure that the re-enactors eat some of their biscuits while they are "hunkered down" around their camp fires telling old war stories about the great re-enactment battles that occured way back in the 1980s. | ||
| JRV (Jrvall)
Intermediate Member Username: Jrvall Post Number: 2363 Registered: 11-2002 |
>>Now tell me, exactly what percent of the gross national product does "civil war re-enacting" produce? << Uhhhh...... what part does the Military Industrial Complex play in the economy? Does playing Soldier really lead to harder drugs like seeking WMD? {  } | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1468 Registered: 5-2002 |
Folks are forgetting one important fact. People may be "crazy" about old cars, but the automobile industry that produced those cars is a vital part of our national economy and has been for 100 years. Now tell me, exactly what percent of the gross national product does "civil war re-enacting" produce? | ||
| JRV (Jrvall)
Intermediate Member Username: Jrvall Post Number: 2359 Registered: 11-2002 |
<<before you get on too high a horse, there's no small number of people who think we're all a bunch of idiotic boys who never made it out of puberty to spend our time and money on moronic overly expensive toys.<< Uhhhhhh....that's funny you mentioned that...I've long admitted to myself that "playing with cars" is a good sign that I never grew up!! { } | ||
| Dave White (Dwhite)
Junior Member Username: Dwhite Post Number: 52 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is vintage racing a re-enactment of some sort? Went to college with some guys who went to the civil war re-enactments, they were extremely knowlegeable of the history of the battles and the correct uniforms, ect. Seems like a good way to better understand our(US)past. It's not my cup of tea, but then I also own English cars, which some would say it pure insanity. | ||
| Dennis (Bighead)
Junior Member Username: Bighead Post Number: 203 Registered: 2-2003 |
To chime in on doody's point... Lamest hobby ever? Do you think there are people out there who hear about enthusiasts who spend $$$ and weeks of time to clean the underside of their cars and the interiors of their exhaust tips and use q-tips to clean vents, all to get a little trophy, and think, boy, that's the lamest hobby ever? vty, --Dennis | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 1631 Registered: 11-2001 |
before you get on too high a horse, there's no small number of people who think we're all a bunch of idiotic boys who never made it out of puberty to spend our time and money on moronic overly expensive toys. :-) to each their own, right? as long as they don't re-enact anything on my front lawn i don't give a rat's behind what they do with their spare time. doody. | ||
| Johnny Bravo (Johnny_bravo)
New member Username: Johnny_bravo Post Number: 31 Registered: 7-2003 |
I live about 5min. from the Antietam Battlefield, about 2min. from South Mountain Battlefield, about 15-20 min from Harper's Ferry, and maybe 30-45min. from Gettysburg so I see more than my fair share of Civil War related stuff. Around here (western MD) it's kinda hard not to be into it a little bit since it's everywhere. I'm sort of a history buff too so I can dig it, but some of the reenactors are soooooper hardcore over the top. I can understand what they do as it's not only a very important part of our history, but it's as close to real war as you can get w/o actually being in a war. I can also understand the medieval reenactors for that same reason too as it relives a part of human history and you get to pretend to beat the crap out of someone, but they tend to be a bit more...ummm...eccentric...but not nearly as much so as the Trekkies. They're on another planet altogether (bad pun intended) | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6120 Registered: 12-2000 |
I've seen them do this at a park here in Dallas when I was running. Seem like nice people, just a little slow for me. What you don't see is the 1-2 hour build up. They divide up in villages and role play for all that time before an actual "conflict". I guess I can kinda understand because we use to do this when 8 years old when D&D was big. | ||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 490 Registered: 5-2001 |
My friend just sent the link - don't know if it works, but here goes...enjoy??? go to: http://www.funfreepages.com/videos/ and check out the ogre battle link. | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 1501 Registered: 3-2001 |
JRV, you're quite the Casanova. | ||
| JRV (Jrvall)
Intermediate Member Username: Jrvall Post Number: 2356 Registered: 11-2002 |
My hobby's pretty lame... taking pictires of girls in various stages of undress. It all started something like this: Bella: I'm here to apply for that secretaryjob from the paper. JR: ok great, please be seated and tell me about yourself. Bella: well I finished colledge 2 years ago..(jr interupts) JR: wow, you've got truly beautiful legs... Bella: thank you....well I finished colledge 2 years ago...(jr interupts) JR: you have some of the most beautiful hair I've ever seen.... Bella: well I finished colledge 2 years ago, and I wasn't working, but I just broke up with my boyfriend (jr interupts) JR: Ohhh I'm soo sorry to hear that, did you ever do any modelling in colledge...I mean your incredibly beautiful....you definately have Model Looks...how old did you say you were.... Bella: Realllyyyyyy.. my boyfriend wouldn't let me model JR: that Bastard !! a guy should never hold a woman back from persuing her passions in life, the things she loves, her destiny. Bella: you think so, I did feel held down and smothered, he was very posesive and immature.... JR: figures, you need to find a self assured guy, one with confidence, a good carreer, one that could help your Modeling Carreer...hehehe { } | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 1360 Registered: 3-2002 |
I gave up knocking other peoples' interests long ago when I realized there's a lot of interesting things out there if you're willing to not give a s**t what people think about you. Dr. Strangelove likes SciFi stuff, and then you see pics from his convention and there's all these hot little girls running around dressed like Lara Croft. The Medieval enthusiasts preserve ancient methods of society and combat, and at the same time they beat the hell out of eachother. I'm know there are a lot of people out there who shrug their shoulders and roll their eyes at us for being Ferrari enthusiasts. | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 2007 Registered: 11-2002 |
>>Someone sent me a web vid with the heading "Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on here?" of just what you described, although to an even further bizarre extreme. They were running around in the woods with some girl tossing white objects at some guy yelling "lightning bolt" with every toss. Then she yelled "sleep" or something and the enemy laid down and everyone cheered<< WOW!! Sounds like FUN!  Cheers | ||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 470 Registered: 5-2001 |
WM - Someone sent me a web vid with the heading "Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on here?" of just what you described, although to an even further bizarre extreme. They were running around in the woods with some girl tossing white objects at some guy yelling "lightning bolt" with every toss. Then she yelled "sleep" or something and the enemy laid down and everyone cheered. Stupefying... | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1602 Registered: 12-2001 |
Yeah, i gotta vote for the medieval folks. There is a park nearby that hosts a medieval fair all summer; guys walking around in leather armour, fighting with fake swords; some really strange new age folk tripping on a scene from the Holy Grail movie. Very strange. | ||
| Mark (Markg)
Member Username: Markg Post Number: 578 Registered: 2-2001 |
I did Civil War re-enacting for a couple years in Bay Area, Union Calvary. History buff, thought it might be fun. Expensive costumes, Sharp's rifles, cannons, horses, etc. Created entire camps in some nice remote areas around gold rush towns. Got huge crowds, tremendous noise, smoke, a 5 pound (load of black powder) cannon shot going off will make you bounce off the ground a few inches... It was fun but, like some Ferrari owners, many took the hobby just a little too seriously. | ||
| Carl Roberts (Carl63_99)
Junior Member Username: Carl63_99 Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2001 |
Anyone ever watch Real TV on Spike? They showed an accident involving a teenager and a cannon during a Civil war reenactment. As best he figures, there was still some hot embers in the cannon when he went to shove the gunpowder down the barrel. Blew his arm to shreds and he lost an eye too. All in the name of fun. Takes all sorts | ||
| IamA (Ski_bum)
Junior Member Username: Ski_bum Post Number: 158 Registered: 12-2002 |
Love Star Trek, but those guys running around talking 'Klingon'...get a life, dude! Haakt ununketh whatcheverkirk... | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1820 Registered: 12-2002 |
Doc, which one were you? Actually I think thats a hilarious hobby! Im a bit of a trekkie myself, but I love Star Wars --maybe even slightly more. | ||
| Frederick Thomas (Fred)
Member Username: Fred Post Number: 786 Registered: 2-2001 |
You want to see nerds, check out the guys that dress up like midevil knights in home made armor and swords and fight each other. | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 851 Registered: 4-2003 |
I am NO SHlTTlNGLY STUNNED that MY name has not come up yet!!!!! Just take a look here.... http://www.501st.com/default.html DrS  | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1383 Registered: 1-2003 |
I thought the hobby industry would be fun to sell to...Until I started my own company and work 18 hours a day! | ||
| BILL CHIUSANO (My355)
Junior Member Username: My355 Post Number: 208 Registered: 3-2003 |
beats getting dressed up as a woman I suppose ------------------------------------------------ Hey!! Stop making fun!! We are people TOO.!!!! Of course I'm kiddin' | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2365 Registered: 8-2002 |
Bob, this "friend" of yours wouldn't happen to own a red/tan 355 Spider, would he? | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1818 Registered: 12-2002 |
LOL Ryan! Arlie, just goes in the below deck luggage area | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1993 Registered: 11-2002 |
Jordan, Since you are already there, why not take a couple of days to soak in the rest of the island? A friend of mine (well, his dad) owns an Asian airline. Thought you might appreciate that. What Asian airliners do you want pictures of? Although I'm assuming the best part of your collection is that you yourself took the pictures. Cheers | ||
| Robert Callahan (Rcallahan)
Member Username: Rcallahan Post Number: 325 Registered: 7-2002 |
I happen to have a friend that his hobby is to watch porn while eating Cheetos! | ||
| Ryan Alexander (Ryalex)
Junior Member Username: Ryalex Post Number: 60 Registered: 8-2003 |
There are even American Civil War reenactment groups in Europe! I took a class on The History and Culture of the American Civil War, covering the whole war and the cultural aftershocks - great course, the prof was a noted Civil War scholar and reenactor himself. Read "Confederates In the Attic," by Tony Horwitz, great book written 2-3 years back by a NY reporter who spends a few months touring and interviewing locals to understand the Civil War mystique... | ||
| G. Green (Mr_green)
Junior Member Username: Mr_green Post Number: 174 Registered: 8-2003 |
If you want to see nerds, go to a coin show. | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1445 Registered: 5-2002 |
Jordan, how do you get your Civil War muzzleloader rifle through airport security when you travel? (I'm assuming that you travel in full Union Army dress blues with matching rifle.) | ||
| Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Moderator Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 2358 Registered: 8-2002 |
Jordan, are you serious? That's VERY cool! | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1817 Registered: 12-2002 |
William, nothing can beat that! I actually may have the lamest hobby ever. I pay lots of money to fly around the US, and the world, just to stay at an airport for about 2 hours and take pictures of airliners. After Im at the airport for a few hours, I fly right back home Ive got thousands of pictures of airliners from around the world! My next trip is going to be to Hawaii! I will fly out there early in the morning, stay for lunch and spend a few hours shooting planes, then fly back and be home by midnight Now tell me that isnt lame? Im the only person that wants to go to Hawaii to see the airport and some rare asian planes you cant find anywhere else in the US! | ||
| G.Peters (Wfo_racer)
Junior Member Username: Wfo_racer Post Number: 189 Registered: 5-2002 |
I see the other side of it. From time to time I go to gun shows and see people dressed in that periods outfits. Most people that fought were young men not 60 year old obese guys. These guys walk around in these wool suits sweating and stinking up a storm and the worse part is when they stand next to you smelling like a Frenchman . Then you walk away and you can hear them breathing from the next aisle. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 787 Registered: 4-2002 |
Are you kidding? Looks like tons of fun to me! You get to run around with a gun, make lots of noise and smoke & stuff, scream and yell alot and in general misbehave in a manner not allowed by wives and managers. Plus if your a history nut, you can use that as the excuse to get your wives to go along with it. | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Advanced Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2898 Registered: 2-2001 |
beats getting dressed up as a woman I suppose | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1444 Registered: 5-2002 |
I was thinking that those Civil War reenactor guys have the lamest hobby known to man. How did such a bizarre thing ever get started in the first place? Were two guys sitting around one day and it just came up? I'm sure it started out something like this: Bill: Hey Joe, what are you doing this weekend? Joe: Oh, I don't know. Maybe relax and watch some TV then go out to dinner and a movie. Bill: How about trashing those plans and we both dress up like Civil War soldiers and run around in the woods pretending to shoot each other while dodging snakes and ticks all the while gnawing down on some rancid beef jerkey and moldy hard tack biscuits. Doesn't that sound great? Joe: Sounds great. Count me in for sure. And I'm sure that I can convince a few dozen of my friends to join us. Is this whacked or what? It's gotta rank right up there with curling, that bizarre sport where guys slide a giant weight across the ice while sweeping the ice with brooms to reduce the friction. Hello waitress, can we order a PAIR OF LIVES for both groups? |