Military enthusiasts re-enact the Vietnam War

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Caliga

#75
August 19, 2009, 09:33:31 AM
 :huh: 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. :mellow:
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Ed Anger

#76
August 19, 2009, 09:36:08 AM
This thread makes me want to re-enact Dachau.
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Caliga

#77
August 19, 2009, 09:36:31 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2009, 09:36:08 AM
This thread makes me want to re-enact Dachau.
:lol:
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saskganesh

#78
August 19, 2009, 10:53:40 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 19, 2009, 09:07:57 AM
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?
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Darth Wagtaros

#79
August 19, 2009, 10:58:20 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 19, 2009, 09:33:31 AM
:huh: 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. :mellow:
You were put in your place.  Be a man and accept it.
PDH!

Caliga

#80
August 19, 2009, 11:03:16 AM
 :lol: I wasn't, though, because I never claimed I could do what Seigey was bashing me for.
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PDH

#81
August 19, 2009, 11:45:00 AM
Sometimes I wish Siegey would want to be a Masada zealot reenactor.
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Caliga

#82
August 19, 2009, 11:49:38 AM
Quote from: PDH on August 19, 2009, 11:45:00 AM
Sometimes I wish Siegey would want to be a Masada zealot reenactor.
I call Eliezer Ben-Yair!  :cool:
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The Brain

#83
August 19, 2009, 12:03:08 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 19, 2009, 09:33:31 AM
:huh: 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. :mellow:

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

#84
August 19, 2009, 12:05:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 18, 2009, 04:51:34 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 18, 2009, 04:45:38 PM
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.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
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Darth Wagtaros

#85
August 19, 2009, 12:52:18 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 19, 2009, 11:03:16 AM
:lol: I wasn't, though, because I never claimed I could do what Seigey was bashing me for.
Nope.  You heard it from the authority.
PDH!

Eddie Teach

#86
August 19, 2009, 01:09:07 PM
Cal got pwned. :yes:
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Admiral Yi

#87
August 19, 2009, 01:14:27 PM
Cal got lit up but Seeb broke the ROE.

Valmy

#88
August 19, 2009, 01:18:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 18, 2009, 05:45:11 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 18, 2009, 05:36:20 PM
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.
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Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

#89
August 19, 2009, 01:28:00 PM
Quote from: Valmy on August 19, 2009, 01:18:52 PM
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.
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