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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Sir John of Felsenbau on 2011-07-09, 14:16:26
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I asked this question before on one of the message board threads, but couldn't find my answers, so I thought I'd start a new thread. I wanted to find out where all the members are from. I know one lives in N. Philly, and I would like to get to know him better. I'm from NW Philly...Roxborough (or Felsenbau in german). Also, how squires get their coat of arms posted on your list? Is that only when two members sponsor you? Any two members interested in sponsoring me. I think I have a lot to offer the group.
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Sir John of Felsenbau,
I live in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thus, I have never met anyone one this forum in person; yet! :)
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I live in York, Pa. When you get up to PaRF look me up this year, I remember now why I couldn't place you, we met over on the renfaire.net site so I've never actually met you in person. I'd like to meet you in person so we can talk a bit. I'll be down in the Trayned Band camp at PaRF so drop by so we can chat for a bit.
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mad man, sounds like a plan, when it gets closer I'll let you know when I'm going...I go with relatives, so have to coordinate with them.
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Sir John, I am down in Charles Town, WV. Perhaps we will meet at the PA Renn Faire if I make it sometime, or if you come down to the MD Renn Fest (my "home" faire).
To have the coat of arms posted, you need to be a member of "The Order of the Marshal". A number of us here on the forums are members of the order, but the two are not synonymous with each other; you can be a forum member and not an order member, or an order member and not a forum member, or of course, you can be both.
You would need two order members to sponsor you into the order to have your arms posted and name added to the roster. You would be added as a yeoman/squire of the order. Once the other order members get to know you more, you can receive the title of knight of the order if you are sponsored by three existing knights of the order.
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i'm out a lil further in WV.
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I live the Reno/Sparks, NV area so I'm quite far away from everyone else myself.
That would be Here. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=reno,+nv&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&gl=us&z=10)
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I'm in the DC Metro area, so the MD Ren Faire is my home faire, but I plan on attending the PaRF at some point this year.
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I'm in Sterling, VA.
Roxborough.. heh, I used to live there when I was around 2 years old. :)
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I live in Pasadena Maryland and claim the MDRF as my home fair although I will visit at least four other fairs during the season, PARF a couple of times and VARF nearly every weekend.
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My Good Sir John,
I live in Cheshire, in the north west of England. Very close to the border between England and Wales. The main city of the county is Chester, which was Edward I`s base for most of his campaigns into Wales.
G
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Wow...you guys are from all over...would be hard to have a place for a meeting. I still haven't heard from the guy who lives in North Philly. This year it will be easy to recognize me at the PA Ren Faire, since I was talked into going as Royalty...but only as a prince...don't want to upstatge the queen. And my friends will be dressed as my retainers...still too far away to set a date. Last year we went the first Saturday in October.
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I live in Middlesex New Jersey and pretty much I hate where I live. West of here in Mercer isn't too bad though. Only good thing about living here is everything in this state is closeby, but the traffic is pretty bad....
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Sir Ulrich, I know that area...must've passed through there over a hundred times on my way back and forth between here and NY to see family. I agree on the traffic...even on the weekends it sucks, but not nearly as bad as during the week. Had the distinct misfortune to be stuck on the NJTP during morning rush hour...and I thought I was being smart leaving after the weekend was over. lol
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I still haven't heard from the member who lives in North Philly. Did I hear wrong about the location?
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I am from Tulsa, Ok. I claim the OKRF of Muskogee as my home.
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Sir Gerard,
(Hope I spelled that correctly) My grandfather was born in Yorkshire, England. He moved to the US when he was young.
Sir John
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Sir Gerard,
(Hope I spelled that correctly) My grandfather was born in Yorkshire, England. He moved to the US when he was young.
Sir John
Sir John.
Where abouts in Yorkshire did your Grandfather hail from?
G.
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Sir Gerard,
Bradford. Had to check my family tree...which is posted in my hallway. (I also have the tree for my late wife...her grandfather was of a line of hereditary blacksmiths to Count Czeckonich in Banat)- I researched it on line and have all the photos of the counts posted too.
Sir John
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I live just outside of Atlantic City, but I was born and spent most of my life up by Ulrich, in Plainfield.
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I'm in Bayville NJ, it is a part of Ocean County. Southeastern area of New Jersey, very close to the shore. I am not that far of a distance between me and Sir Ulrich.
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Too bad everyone is still a bit far away. I am hoping the 3 knights who will eventually sponsor my knighting are not too far away. I really want to have the knighting done at my hpuse. I've done and am still doing so much to create a medieval atmosphere to make it memorable.
Sir John
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Adelaide, South Australia.
You'll have to forgive me, as we aren't really taught the abbreviations for the US states - we aren't taught the names of the states at all. I could maybe name 7 or 8, if I had to, but would recognise the names of most of them. All that is learned from television or books, however.
So if I don't know what you mean by CA, or VW, or HIJKLMNOP, I apologize. :P
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No problem. :) Some of the basic ones you'll see here are:
CA - California
VA - Virginia
WV - West Virginia
MD - Maryland
PA - Pennsylvania
NJ - New Jersey
DC - District of Columbia (the capitol)
Of the ones I mentioned above, CA is on the west coast, and the rest are on the east coast.
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No problem. :) Some of the basic ones you'll see here are:
CA - California
VA - Virginia
WV - West Virginia
MD - Maryland
PA - Pennsylvania
NJ - New Jersey
DC - District of Columbia (the capitol)
Of the ones I mentioned above, CA is on the west coast, and the rest are on the east coast.
Ahem....don't forget New England Sir Edward :)
MA - Massachusetts
CT - Connecticut
RI - Rhode Island
NH - New Hampshire
ME - Maine
VT - Vermont
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NY - New York
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Noted. Thanks for that clarification. I'll probably need to refer back to it a few times, I imagine. :P
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NV= Nevada.
BTW I also live 30 miles west of Los Angeles even though I'm 215 miles east from the Pacific.
http://www.50states.com/abbreviations.htm#.UDPaUt1lSnI (http://www.50states.com/abbreviations.htm#.UDPaUt1lSnI)
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Yeah, I wasn't going to get into listing all 50. :)
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No problem. :) Some of the basic ones you'll see here are:
CA - California
VA - Virginia
WV - West Virginia
MD - Maryland
PA - Pennsylvania
NJ - New Jersey
DC - District of Columbia (the capitol)
Of the ones I mentioned above, CA is on the west coast, and the rest are on the east coast.
Ahem....don't forget New England Sir Edward :)
MA - Massachusetts
CT - Connecticut
RI - Rhode Island
NH - New Hampshire
ME - Maine
VT - Vermont
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NY - New York
NY is most certainly NOT part of New England, Sir Sorbus- do not be fooled by Lord Dane's listing it with the New England territories. As a native NYer, I take issue with that. ;)
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No problem. :) Some of the basic ones you'll see here are:
CA - California
VA - Virginia
WV - West Virginia
MD - Maryland
PA - Pennsylvania
NJ - New Jersey
DC - District of Columbia (the capitol)
Of the ones I mentioned above, CA is on the west coast, and the rest are on the east coast.
Ahem....don't forget New England Sir Edward :)
MA - Massachusetts
CT - Connecticut
RI - Rhode Island
NH - New Hampshire
ME - Maine
VT - Vermont
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NY - New York
NY is most certainly NOT part of New England, Sir Sorbus- do not be fooled by Lord Dane's listing it with the New England territories. As a native NYer, I take issue with that. ;)
Sir William is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". :P
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Sir Edward is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". :P
Sir William. :)
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Sir Edward is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". :P
Sir William. :)
Apologies Sir Edward. I do hate typos when ridiculing NYers. :)
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Ewww... New England.... Originally from New York myself (Staten Island), but like many New Yorkers, we moved to the Tampa, Florida area when I was young.
I currently live in Pensacola, Florida, but will more than likely be moving to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area of Virginia next spring. I'm in the Navy, and move around a lot. With the Navy I've lived in Annapolis, Maryland -> Pensacola, Florida for the first time -> Corpus Christi, Texas -> Pensacola, Florida for the second time -> Jacksonville, Florida -> and now back to Pensacola, Florida for a third time! Sprinkle in some various periods of living in the middle of the ocean for months on end :)
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Sir William is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". :P
Lord Dane has it right in one way- New York does in fact stand alone. Greatest city on earth, weirdest state in the Union- central and southern NYS is like...a Mecca of sorts, while the northern part has some really strange and weird inhabitants...like that one town way up north where 80% of the populace is interrelated (products of incest and marriages between close family members mostly) and it is largely rural. We generally don't claim that part. LOL
And, the NE Patriots? Didn't they just lose the last Superbowl to the New York Giants? Twice in the last four years, if I recall correctly. And while I am no Yankee fan, I do believe they field a better team than Boston. The Mets, however...yes, they do suck perennially but it would appear they're trying to do something about it this season. I'm no baseball fan tho so I could be wrong about that part, but not football. Heh. ;)
Ian's from Staten Island...see, I knew I wasn't crazy, you must've mentioned it before. Even after having been out of NY for quite some time, he still has the inherent dislike for New Englanders and their strange accents. lol
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... I like sports too...
*is utterly oblivious to American sporting teams and politics*
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Sir William is correct, Sir Sorbus. That is why I put the '&' in the comment. NY stands alone and is not good enough to be part of New England as we host much better sports teams such as the "Boston Red Sox" & "NE Patriots". :P
Lord Dane has it right in one way- New York does in fact stand alone. Greatest city on earth, weirdest state in the Union- central and southern NYS is like...a Mecca of sorts, while the northern part has some really strange and weird inhabitants...like that one town way up north where 80% of the populace is interrelated (products of incest and marriages between close family members mostly) and it is largely rural. We generally don't claim that part. LOL
And, the NE Patriots? Didn't they just lose the last Superbowl to the New York Giants? Twice in the last four years, if I recall correctly. And while I am no Yankee fan, I do believe they field a better team than Boston. The Mets, however...yes, they do suck perennially but it would appear they're trying to do something about it this season. I'm no baseball fan tho so I could be wrong about that part, but not football. Heh. ;)
Ian's from Staten Island...see, I knew I wasn't crazy, you must've mentioned it before. Even after having been out of NY for quite some time, he still has the inherent dislike for New Englanders and their strange accents. lol
Maybe so but I believe New England can claim to in recent years to be host of the last home of champions simultaneously in all major sports ... Celtics (Basketball), Bruins (Hockey), Red Sox (Baseball..before they blew it), and NE Patriots (Football...before Bellachek fell from grace). Insignificant to me but needed to mention it in defense. :)
Standing up for my Italian heritage.....there is virtually 'no significant difference' in the accent of Bostonian North End Italians from those 'goom-bas' of the Bronx. Just as hard to listen to & follow when they all use the hand gestures to communicate in frustrating conversations. As they say, it's all 'Italian' to me. :P LOL
And you can keep upstate NY activities under wraps....I really don't want to know what they do much let alone 'who' they do.
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My family is all Brooklyn Italian, so I can sympathize with the 'language barrier.'. lol... My parents shed their accents long ago though. Now, upstate NY, that's not even really NY, that's just part of Canada... :)
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My family is all Brooklyn Italian, so I can sympathize with the 'language barrier.'. lol... My parents shed their accents long ago though. Now, upstate NY, that's not even really NY, that's just part of Canada... :)
Better chance of that if they didn't pay American taxes..... sorry Ian, but those upstaters are all yours. Regardless if they inter-marry & incest is typical of most ancestral FRENCH bastards. ;)
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I currently live in Vancouver, on the west coast. I've lived many other places as well including the arctic and Mexico, but I really do enjoy the fine weather we have here on the coast.
I am beginning to think I might be the only Canadian on this forum thus far! ;)
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I currently live in Vancouver, on the west coast. I've lived many other places as well including the arctic and Mexico, but I really do enjoy the fine weather we have here on the coast.
I am beginning to think I might be the only Canadian on this forum thus far! ;)
I believe you do have that distinction!
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Although I do seem to recall reading some posts from gentlemen in Oz and the UK if I am not mistaken :)
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Although I do seem to recall reading some posts from gentlemen in Oz and the UK if I am not mistaken :)
Sir Gerard is in the UK; Oz, I am not sure of offhand.
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** shouts across the pond** "Hi there!!" ;)
G.
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Good Sir John, I live in the quaint town of Janesville, Located in Wisconsin near the Illinois border.
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I gotta say, I almost spit out my coffee reading the posts about New York and New England! ;D
I've got family in Toronto, Boston (south-e), and Chicago (south/105th). But I grew up not ten minutes from Disneyland in Southern California. Served in the US Coast Guard, got to see a lot of the east coast (Yorktown/Chesapeake bay area as far south into North Carolina and as far north as Massachusetts). Man I do miss Waffle House, it just isn't the same once you cross that Rio Grande, same for Dunkin Donuts for that matter.
Now I'm living in north-western Arizona, Mohave County, but not a particular town or city, out in the boonies like I like it.
Southern (LA) RenFaire and now Northern (Original) RenFaire are probably my two "home" renfaires even though Phoenix is closer. The other two are a great excuse to visit family.
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Arizona is a beautiful state - great spirit there.
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Hi
I am walking around the forum and opening doors to see what is inside. I am looking to see what has already been discussed so I don't ask the same question. On the topic of location I have added a link to zeemaps which allows groups to create one for members to post were the are in the world. It is free and given only as a suggestion for TPTB to decide on its use or not. I use it for the many surname groups I am associated with. If used members can add as much or as little information as they choose.
https://www.zeemaps.com/ (https://www.zeemaps.com/)
Tim
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Im from philadelphia area. Fort washington/ambler area and it is north of philly.
Nice to meet someone more local.
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I am from Albuquerque, NM
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St. Louis, MO. Grew up in Indiana though.