Military enthusiasts re-enact the Vietnam War

[Caliga]

  What's your point?  I never claimed to be fit.  But earlier you had specifically said I cannot lift either a scutum or a gladius, which is patently untrue, as I own both and can easily lift both.

[Ed Anger]

This thread makes me want to re-enact Dachau.

[Caliga]

This thread makes me want to re-enact Dachau.

[saskganesh]

I've known alot of reenactors who were either retired military or were reservists/on active duty.  One of the Roman guys I did shows with actually got deployed to Iraq in 2006 or so.

hopefully he's up on the best tactics to fight Parthians.

did he send you any pix of Ctesiphon?

[Darth Wagtaros]

What's your point?  I never claimed to be fit.  But earlier you had specifically said I cannot lift either a scutum or a gladius, which is patently untrue, as I own both and can easily lift both.

You were put in your place.  Be a man and accept it.

[Caliga]

  I wasn't, though, because I never claimed I could do what Seigey was bashing me for.

[PDH]

Sometimes I wish Siegey would want to be a Masada zealot reenactor.

[Caliga]

Sometimes I wish Siegey would want to be a Masada zealot reenactor.

I call Eliezer Ben-Yair! 

[The Brain]

What's your point?  I never claimed to be fit.  But earlier you had specifically said I cannot lift either a scutum or a gladius, which is patently untrue, as I own both and can easily lift both.

I can lift my scrotum, but it's hard work.

[alfred russel]

Everytime I think about Charles I and the ECW I always think what a comparative coward James II was.  Charles I went down with the ship and never once admitted that maybe he should compromise or be reasonable for one second.

James II sees a few Dutchmen in wooden shoes and runs away.

Someone here suggested to me that he was traumatized by his father's execution and didn't want the same to happen to him.

Maybe it was also nice just being a king, even a deposed one. The current royal family has a pretty good gig, even if they are powerless. Maybe he made the calculation that when push came to shove, political power wasn't worth risking his neck over.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I wasn't, though, because I never claimed I could do what Seigey was bashing me for.

Nope.  You heard it from the authority.

[Eddie Teach]

Cal got pwned.

[Admiral Yi]

Cal got lit up but Seeb broke the ROE.

[Valmy]

Why did the house of Orange not continue on the British throne?

No children.

It was best for all concerned.  The English really hated having the Dutch Stadtholder on the throne.  They felt, very correctly btw, that he was using England and Scotland to advance the interests of The Netherlands.  Plus with the Dutch and the English being fierce trade rivals it made for a tense union.

[garbon]

It was best for all concerned.  The English really hated having the Dutch Stadtholder on the throne.  They felt, very correctly btw, that he was using England and Scotland to advance the interests of The Netherlands.  Plus with the Dutch and the English being fierce trade rivals it made for a tense union.

Agreed. It probably wouldn't have lasted long even if there was an heir.