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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #45 on: 2013-10-19, 09:50:20 »
Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2013-10-19, 00:33:46
Man, how I wish I could be there for the big get-together and meet some more of the faces here! Have fun guys (and somebody had better post some pictures ;) )

Are you SURE you can't make it down here Sunday? - Looks like it will be quite an epic get together!  :)
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #46 on: 2013-10-19, 12:21:33 »
Quote from: Sir Brian on 2013-10-19, 09:50:20
Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2013-10-19, 00:33:46
Man, how I wish I could be there for the big get-together and meet some more of the faces here! Have fun guys (and somebody had better post some pictures ;) )

Are you SURE you can't make it down here Sunday? - Looks like it will be quite an epic get together!  :)

It is literally a once a year opportunity. :)

I'm on my way to MDRF to scope out the grounds incognito today.
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #47 on: 2013-10-19, 23:54:42 »
Agree the weather should be ideal.  Hoping to get there around 10 and will look for you guys around the White Hart - in armor, it would be a good idea to grab some place to sit :)
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #48 on: 2013-10-20, 09:06:18 »
Excellent! We'll be looking for you! :)
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #49 on: 2013-10-20, 14:34:45 »
Well it's 10:30 and we're still in Fairfax but hoping to leave soon - so will be getting there before 12 I hope...
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #50 on: 2013-10-21, 01:33:57 »
Well, didn't make it in time for the group photo but it was great to see everyone out there today.  I look forward to the next gather :)
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #51 on: 2013-10-21, 14:21:55 »


There were 5 members in attendance in armor... and 6 when Sir William arrived a bit after this photo.

It was also great to finally meet Lord Dane in person, and to meet Gareyth as well!
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #52 on: 2013-10-21, 14:56:56 »
It was great to get a good showing of armored folks at MDRF yesterday! I have a few pictures to process. I posted one group photo on the Order's FB page already (Sir James linked it above). I have others after Sir William arrived too, but this was the best of the "front" views, so I posted that first.

It was really good to get a chance to interact some more with Gareyth and Lord Dane. I think Sir William must have been dragged away by his lady though, since we lost track of him fairly quickly! We'll have to correct that mistake sometime soon, and find some time to have another gathering.
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #53 on: 2013-10-21, 15:15:26 »
Brethren, my sincerest apologies for the quick entry/exit- I pushed for us to attend this last day because I'd missed the entire season due to scheduling conflicts and my lovely lady had a prior engagement that I made her a little late for...but I've always missed this photo op in the past and besides, I hadn't seen any of you since the last VARF show date I made.  You guys looked fantastic!

My wife did take a goodly amount of pics so I'll be posting those as soon as I can locate her camera.

One thing I did note, even had I been able to stick around, I wouldn't have made it much longer in harness...I am woefully out of shape and it is showing up in spades now.  I have pains in areas I never felt pain in before- I am not currently aging gracefully I must say.
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #54 on: 2013-10-21, 15:27:15 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2013-10-21, 15:15:26
One thing I did note, even had I been able to stick around, I wouldn't have made it much longer in harness...I am woefully out of shape and it is showing up in spades now.  I have pains in areas I never felt pain in before- I am not currently aging gracefully I must say.

Oh man, I can relate. Some of it might be fit as well; that is, maybe some adjustments will improve the comfort. Sometimes even a small change can make a big difference in how it drags on you.

I have a hard time getting through the day in my 15th C. plate harness, but I've managed to make my 14th C. plate work reasonably well, and my mail harness isn't bad at all (unless I wear the chausses).

But yeah, age and fitness do factor in. I know there will come a day when I won't want to wear anything more than my aluminum. But that day is not today. ;)

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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #55 on: 2013-10-21, 16:42:04 »
What a good-looking group!  ;D

But I see swords in there...how did you manage that?
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #56 on: 2013-10-21, 17:38:40 »
It was great to see all of you there yesterday! The group photo looks awesome. I remember one year I had to stand next to the 7-foot tall Dragon (second one from the far right), and I looked like Gimli.... Sorry I missed this year's. Other than being rebuked by Mr. Pyland himself (of Pyland Jeweler near the White Hart) for putting my helmet in his wife's stone plant-holder, it was a wonderful day. In my defense, by that time I had already consumed five mugs of cider, and I thought they were weeds....

It's always great to be associated with all of you, and finally got to meet Lord Dane and Sir Gareth.

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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #57 on: 2013-10-21, 17:44:15 »
Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2013-10-21, 16:42:04
What a good-looking group!  ;D

But I see swords in there...how did you manage that?

My sword is quite the clever trick that I thought of about halfway through the photo shoot. :D



My crossed gauntlets at the top of the scabbard obscure the fact that I do not actually have a sword, just the belt and scabbard. ;)
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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #58 on: 2013-10-21, 18:07:29 »
Sorry I couldn't be there but it is a bit far away...maybe if I make it to pennsic sometime we can get together...


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Re: Closing weekend of MDRF
« Reply #59 on: 2013-10-21, 22:46:20 »
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Sorry I couldn't be there but it is a bit far away...maybe if I make it to pennsic sometime we can get together...


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