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June 20, 2015 at 1:04 pm
I'd be surprised if anything like that was still happening in Western Europe
I saw something similar in Thailand though, an elephant park where the elephants were whipped to make them walk, and one had a hook in it's ear to make it pose. The worst bit was I never noticed this going on until after we had already paid money for the elephant ride and got on the elephant. Had I known before I wouldn't have given my money to the company, I felt so bad after.
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June 20, 2015 at 1:10 pm
I hope so. Things are getting better, it just moves so slowly. Especially whenever animals are involved.
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June 20, 2015 at 4:07 pm
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(June 19, 2015 at 11:20 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: (June 19, 2015 at 2:24 am)Alex K Wrote: No, it just paid a visit to the chairdresser. But Rob, I so love the idea of getting married at an ape sanctuary. We had a Darwin+Dinosaur themed wedding celebration (it was 2009), but that would have been just great.
We had a "how cheap can we make this thing" themed wedding in 1995.
That was our theme as well.
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June 20, 2015 at 7:54 pm
Went to a real swordfighting display today. Point was to teach kids more about the reality of the middle ages, and not so much the movies/video game versions. It was pretty cool.
Here my daughter posed with the younger fighter after their show.
Here is some of the replica armor they wore. They have it specially hand made in the Urkrane for them, and is supposed to be a very accurate replica of 14th century German armor.
It was a pretty cool show. Educational, and a bit scary, lol. I liked that they showed the difference between real fighting and movie fighting.
Well, I thought it was interesting anyway, and so did my daughter.
Just got home....now I need to go make dinner!
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June 20, 2015 at 7:59 pm
I love Medieval history looks like a good event you went to
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June 21, 2015 at 6:33 am
Wow, that looks like a lot of fun
That's a lovely picture of your daughter.
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June 24, 2015 at 3:36 am
Great photos, Aroura. Looks like your daughter really had fun.
Messing around with some more photo editing. This one, I borrowed from an early '40s Alan Ladd movie, "China". The character that Alan Ladd played in this movie, and the character that Charlton Heston played in the movie, "Secret of the Incas", served as the inspiration for Harrison Ford's, "Indiana Jones"....
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RE: Member Photos
June 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm
(June 20, 2015 at 7:54 pm)Aroura Wrote: Here my daughter posed with the younger fighter after their show.
So wait, is that guy wearing real chainmail??
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June 24, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(June 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm)LostLocke Wrote: (June 20, 2015 at 7:54 pm)Aroura Wrote: Here my daughter posed with the younger fighter after their show.
So wait, is that guy wearing real chainmail??
Yes he is! Only, as he explained to us, it's just called mail. The word "chain" was a modern add-on that started in the 19th century.
The swords were real too. There was an overhead projector attached to the ceiling that one of them hit on an overhand swing (the area they had marked off to fight in was very confined, and the ceilings are low), and he scarred it about half an inch deep. It survived though.
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June 24, 2015 at 2:23 pm
(June 24, 2015 at 3:36 am)A Theist Wrote: Great photos, Aroura. Looks like your daughter really had fun.
Messing around with some more photo editing. This one, I borrowed from an early '40s Alan Ladd movie, "China". The character that Alan Ladd played in this movie, and the character that Charlton Heston played in the movie, "Secret of the Incas", served as the inspiration for Harrison Ford's, "Indiana Jones"....
The hat is a Stetson Nutria fedora that was converted from a vintage Western hat
I like the hat
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