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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Which do you mean "on the right"? are you wearing glasses?  Your daughter 
(pretty young lady) is holding one man's hand, but you said that she was 
paging one of you and being escorted by the other.  And, I don't see a sword? 
 

Great photo; it looks like you have big crowds.  I went to a Renaissance 
festival in Houston about 25 years ago, I don't remember much, except that 
you could buy big turkey legs for snacks instead of hotdogs ...bobford

p.s. I have no clue about rules for email attachments.  I have never used 
one, though I have received and opened them before from people I trust.  I 
wouldn't think you could get a virus from an attachment unless you open.


--- On Wed, 10/8/08, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:

> From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if OBama
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 4:49 PM
> I don't generally wear the greatkilt during the
> summer..., or most of 
> the winter, for that matter...  Too freaking hot.   I
> generally wear a 
> tunic and braes, belt, dagger, boots, and of course, me
> greatsword.
> 
> When I actually do armored combat, my "fighting
> persona" is a Teutonic 
> Knight, approximate same time period.   I will attach a
> photo of 
> meself, escorting my daughter when she recently won a
> prize.   I am the 
> one on the right.   Left is the man my daughter is page to.
>   I don't 
> recall if this list allows attachments, but...
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 4:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if
> OBama
> 
> 
> 
> Tht was very funny :)  ..........bobford
> 
> p.s. does your outfit include one of those big wooded
> mallets for 
> boppin' heads?
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 10/8/08, rayzentz AT aim.com
> <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> > Subject: [Homestead] Padruig McTavish, was What if
> OBama
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 4:08 PM
> > Padruig is a very early versoin of the name Patrick.  
> I
> > have always
> > liked that name.   The time period and location I
> chose for
> > my
> > "persona", if you will, is mid 13th century
> (app
> > 1242), highland
> > Scotland.   I've always liked scotland, for some
> > reason.   Don't really
> > know why.   Perhaps the fierce independant nature of
> the
> > early scots?
> > I think this is one reason I am a big fan of Patrick
> > Stewart  ;-)
> >
> > Anyway, The Irish gaelic version of Patrick is
> Padruig.
> > There was
> > contact between Ireland and Scotland at the time, so
> names
> > also crossed
> > borders, making it a period name.  It is pronounced
> similar
> > to pad-
> > dregg, with a rolled "R", and emphasis on
> the 2nd
> > syllable.
> >
> > The McTavish, while a bit later in period, comes from
> a
> > favorite joke.
> >  it follows...
> >
> > Sandy McTavish was walking the Macy's basement
> sale
> > when, before his
> > eyes on the sale table, was a bolt of the McTavish
> tartan!
> > He'd been in
> > New York for about six years and his kilt showed it,
> so the
> > need was
> > there, the price was right and he approached the sales
> > clerk (you'll
> > have to supply your own Scottish burr).
> > "Lassie, Ey'd like a yayrd an a haf o'
> the
> > McTavish tartin"
> > "Beg your pardon sir?"
> > "Yaryrd an a haf o' the McTavish tartin,
> I'm
> > needin' a new kilt"
> > "I'm sorry sir, you'll have to show me
> the
> > material you mean"
> > So he walked her over to the sale table and showed her
> what
> > he wanted.
> > "Sorry sir, that plaid only comes in three yard
> > lengths"
> > "Ya dunna understand lassie, I dunna need three
> > yayrds, I need a yayrd
> > an a haf"
> > "I'm sorry sir, you don't understand,
> that
> > plaid comes in three yard
> > lengths, why not take a yard and a half, make your
> kilt,
> > and take the
> > other yard and a half and make a scarf for your girl
> > friend?"
> > It was clear that Sandy needed a new kilt and that he
> was
> > going to have
> > to buy three yards if he was going to get the McTavish
> > tartan...
> > "All ryut, I'll buy the thrree yayrds!"
> > He did and went home, made a new kilt and a scarf for
> his
> > girl friend.
> > He was so pleased with his new kilt that he decided
> > he'd go over and
> > show it to her and let the scarf be a surprise. As he
> was
> > running over
> > to her house he forgot that the pattern he'd used
> was
> > over six years
> > old and he'd lost some forty pounds in the mean
> time
> > (two stone?). As a
> > result, the new kilt slipped down off his waist, over
> his
> > hips and was
> > gone. He got to her door and knocked.
> > She saw him in the window and opened the door and as
> she
> > did, he threw
> > open his coat and said:
> > "Well! How dee ya lyke et?"
> > She looked and thought a moment and replied, "I
> guess
> > I like it just
> > fine."
> > "Aye Lass, and there's another one
> > n'a'half yards ye'll be gettin for
> > Christmas!"
> >
> >
> > Have a nice day
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 2:30 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] What if OBama
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm guessing this is a Renaissance Festival
> function,
> > but tell anyway;
> > I'm
> > interested in hearing about the name ...bobf
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 10/8/08, rayzentz AT aim.com
> > <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Homestead] What if OBama
> > > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com,
> homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:40 PM
> > > I never said I wasn't part of one.  Afteall,
> I
> > talk to
> > > you, don't I?
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > >   And, I am very willing to talk about my
> > subculture..., to
> > > anyone.   I
> > > can even tell you why I specifically chose that
> name.
> > > Again my issue
> > > isn't so much the name, but the
> "why?"
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > > ****** Padruig?  and you are talking about other
> > people
> > > using weird
> > > names being
> > > part of a sub-culture <G> ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >
> >
> >
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