[Milsurplus] Toys on Parade

[J. Forster]

Fair point.

In my case, none of King Arthur's kin were in any condition to care much
after 900 odd years. :)

-John

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> I attend milradio/milvehicle shows a few times a year. At the next show I
> plan to bring my 72 land rover lightweight. But I am very reluctant to
> wear anything that might suggest I ever served anywhere because I didn't.
> I am not a re-enactor and I am not a vet. I have thought about getting a
> uniform but I wouldn't want to be thought of as a "poser" which is how I
> would feel.
>
> I would rather reserve the honor of wearing a uniform to those who
> actually served.
>
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Forster [jfor at quikus.com]
> Received: Saturday, 17 Aug 2013, 5:48pm
> To: COURYHOUSE at aol.com [COURYHOUSE at aol.com]
> CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net [milsurplus at mailman.qth.net]
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Toys on Parade
>
> Years ago, many years ago, I was involved in a re-enactor group that also
> drew crowds of people clothed inappropriately for the Middle Ages. The
> same kind of issues were raised at the time.
>
> Basically, we selected a few 'ambassadors' to chat with the people in
> modern clothes, and most everybody else pretty much ignored them.
>
> It's not so easy to exclude onlookers from events in outdoor sites. We
> also did indoor events that were everybody in appropriate dress.
>
> -John
>
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>
>
>
>> and  you  do not  wear  your  pirate  clothes?  SHAME ON YOU!  <Grin!>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/17/2013 2:32:42 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>> bruce-macmillan3 at sky.com writes:
>>
>> It  looked like an event to give exposure (and some fun) to the public.
>> It's  quite impracticable to expect the public to come dressed in BD.
>> It's like  saying if you want to ride the "Pirates of the Caribbean" at
>> Disneyland  you have to be dressed as a pirate.
>>
>> These guys do events where they are  in full dress. Google " Tanks in
>> Town " in Belgium or the War & Peace  show.
>>
>> On the topic of dress up I've heard remarks from military &  ex-military
>> people who resent civvies "playing soldier". One chap said he  would
>> prefer to see a person in civilian cloths rather than an aged,
>> overweight, balding person in WW2 BD.
>>
>> How many of us wear some  matching theme clothes when attending a mil
>> radio  function?
>>
>> Bruce    m0soe
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