Starve.Org White Noise Usenet Archive: "Re: Freaky geeky people"

Home Depot has 12 foot poles that could theoretically be used as a
flag pole. However, I'm not sure that I could fit a twelve foot pole
in my car to get it home, much less, getting it to Estrella. We'd
have to segment it somehow, and fit it back together after we get to
Estrella.

I am also not sure how well the portable hole will hold up a 12 foot
pole, especially in soft ground. We might have to brace it with a
piece of rebar, or ropes, or something.

Also, I'm not sure how to make the flags. Fabric paint will not be
soft, so it will not flutter in the wind. Maybe using some fabric
markers will work.

Would we give the dimensions of the flags to people and have each
person make their own, or would we have one person do it all?
Reproducing a device on cloth is a lot of work. Maybe we could get
everyone together for a flag making session.

Clearly, there are some obstacles to overcome. It would be cool though.

- Dave

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Brian Pickart

<neutralbuoyancy@comcast.net> wrote:

> How tall is Simon's flag pole? (<--Wait that question sounds indecent.)
> How tall would our flag pole be? If it was tall enough we could fly flags
> of everyone's devices below it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edric" <hunahpu@gmail.com>
> To: "TageSterne" <tagesterne@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Freaky geeky people

> The gate is dead and buried. There was some discussion about a new
> entrance to our encampment, however. I do miss having a bit of a
> statement for the people who walk by. Mark had an idea of doing some
> sort of entrance with carvings (which would be damn cool). My idea
> was a little more simple of having a wooden frame. I think it is a
> matter of time and motivation.

> I am also on a bit of a banner kick, since I just made one with my
> device on it. I was thinking of a flag with the household device on
> it, flying on something similar to Simon's flag pole. Which reminds
> me: Simon, where did you get that flag pole? I have two portable
> holes, one for my banner, and one that can be used for the flag.

> - Dave

> On Mar 4, 11:34 pm, "Brian Pickart" <neutralbuoya...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> I'm not saying that I mind being weird. I actually embrace the word
>> "dork". What I found interesting is my reaction to the Cowboy
>> Re-enactment group video. For a second I had become the mundane that
>> didn't understand the dorks. Maybe it was just the people in the video.
>> You know there are cool SCA people and then there are the "others". You
>> know who they are. The one's that always somehow get into the latest SCA
>> documentary video that you want to show to all your friends . . . until
>> you see them.

>> Off the subject - What kind of tent are you building? and
>> Did y'all have the gate up this year or is it officially dead?

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: DDzM...@aol.com
>> To: tagesterne@googlegroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: Freaky geeky people

>> Maybe I'm just accustomed to being the weird one, or maybe it's that the
>> older I get the more I really don't care what everyone thinks. I tell
>> people about our trips, show them pictures, and get excited. I get the
>> feeling sometimes as I'm doing it that it probably sounds pretty weird.
>> My advantage is that everything out of my mouth is pretty weird, so the
>> shock factor some of you encounter isn't there for me. Most of the
>> mundanes I talk to about it seem more interested in it than not, and
>> consider checking it out.

>> Much like Dave, I do experience the post-Estrella-euphoria, but I also
>> start sewing like crazy 5 months before any war. (pre-euphoria?)

>> I think a lot of us avoid the politics for a reason. Politics involve
>> drama, which is not why we are there. We are there to escape the real
>> world and relax. It's half of the charm of going. Having to be busy
>> participating and dealing with dreaded drama makes it not worth doing at
>> all. I'm not sure that makes us anti-establishment. I think that just
>> makes us a group of folks with more common sense than most.

>> Last week I was asked at work what I was doing for the weekend, and my
>> reply was "building a period tent." The folks at work found it strange,
>> but interesting. I'll take that over boring any day. As an aside, now
>> they ask about my progress, and a few discussions about my tent
>> engineering plans have cropped up.

>> My opinion -- it'll always be cool to be weird.

>> In a message dated 3/4/2009 2:09:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>> huna...@gmail.com writes:
>> I think in some ways we've become the anti-SCA. For years, we had the
>> sign entering our camp that said, "Us," and leaving it said, "Them."
>> I think that this is more than just a joke. I mean, we don't go to
>> court. We don't get involved in the politics. We don't do many
>> SCA-like things. In fact, I think that the people who get too
>> involved are a little weird -- well, some of them, a lot weird. In a
>> group that is anti-establishment, we are anti-establishment.

>> We are what they call "weekend tourists." I wrote about this in my
>> blog:

>> http://hunahpu.blogspot.com/2006/03/crazy-kooks-vs-weekend-tourists.html

>> At the same time, I still like to go to Estrella (and sometimes
>> Highlands), and will probably keep on going. When I'm there, still
>> have a good time. I am still in awe of really period encampments, and
>> things like that. Also, I do get interested in some period things,
>> like brewing. Finally, I have this period of euphoria after a major
>> event, where I get interested in things SCA for a few weeks (which I
>> also wrote about in my blog:
>> http://hunahpu.blogspot.com/2009/03/post-estrella-euphoria.html)

>> As far as telling people at work. I only tell them on a need-to-know
>> basis. Most people, I tell them I am going camping or something like
>> that.

>> In some ways, it is like putting on a familiar, comfortable piece of
>> clothing, but it is a little funny looking, so you are embarrassed to
>> wear it in public. I don't think it is nearly as cool to be weird as
>> it was when we were young.

>> - Dave

>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Benedikt <neutralbuoya...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:

>> > So a funny thing happened to me the other day. Some friends and I
>> > have been hitting the gun range for like the first time in years.
>> In
>> > addition I've been watching like every cowboy movie ever to star
>> Clint
>> > Eastwood all in a row. Now I'm heavy into the single action
>> revolver
>> > and plan on purchasing one. I've even gone so far as the thought of
>> > participing in single action shooting contests.

>> > So I was doing some you tube viewing and came accross these cowboy
>> > action shooting clubs. In the clubs members dress "old west" style
>> > and create "alias's" and even go so far as to call each other by
>> these
>> > names, much like our personas. Although I don't think any reserch
>> is
>> > invloved. Now when I saw that I just thought, "That is soooooo
>> stupid
>> > and dorky. What a bunch of FREAKS!" Then I had to check myself as
>> > that is the exact same thing we do.

>> > When I got into the SCA as many of us did I was just 19, 20 or so.
>> I
>> > also did a lot of roll playing games in my teens so I guess it
>> wasn't
>> > such a stretch. Sometime in my mid 20's I stopped telling my new
>> > girlfirends about this great hobby of mine or I would lead into it
>> > slowly, only talking about it is they asked questions. I found it
>> > would scare them away. I'll tell my co-workers all about it if the
>> > subject comes up. I don't care about them so much. They think I'm
>> a
>> > HUGE dork. I'm sort of proud of that fact. This "cowboy" thing
>> just
>> > gave me a glimpse of what the mundanes feel when we start talking.

>> > What interactions/experiences have you had with the mundanes?

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