[Moo] War Question

[Aimee Kratts]

All things are relative. Upstate New York is a really financially poor place to live. In my little town, if you could get into St. Lawrence, it meant you had money. That's just the way it was seen by the locals, of which I was one in 1982. I'm not saying that was accurate (!), I'm just saying that's the perception. 
 
Small towns are breeding grounds for alternate realities. All I need to do to remind myself of that is talk to my cousins who have never left the Green Mountains of New Hampshire. Just ask them about how to solve the world's problems. They know. And never having left the borders of New Hampshire, they are certain they know all about how Washington, D.C. works.
 
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so blood-chillingly black and white.
 
And my bad on the geography. That was so long ago!
 
Aimee
 


From: cframwymarc at hotmail.com
To: moo at lists.stierbach.org
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:43:56 -0500
Subject: Re: [Moo] War Question




I really have to get in on this one. :)

There was a "medieval faire" at St. Lawrence in 1980-81 time frame that was probably done by the SCA.( Freon can helms and tire and carpet armor.)

Adrianna, Sig, and Betran can probably better answer questions about Winter War.

St. Lawrence and SUNY Canton are 10-11 mines away in the same direction. 
And St. Lawrence had great financial aid program, as Richard and I can attest to. We weren't rich but had the grades to get really good scholarships. :)

Ceridwen
SLU Alumna


> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:34:13 -0500
> From: marcolobronzethunder at gmail.com
> To: moo at lists.stierbach.org
> Subject: Re: [Moo] War Question
> 
> Yeah, I just looked it up on google maps. My brother lives in Oneonta,
> NY. That is practically the city compared to Potsdam. Heck the nearest
> actual city is Montreal.
> 
> On 2/15/11, Aimee Kratts <troenwolf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I went to college in Potsdam, NY. If the SCA was active back then, I didn't
> > know about it. I played a lot of D&D because that's what you could do up
> > there for fun and not get frostbitten.
> >
> > Potsdam is in the far reaches of upstate New York. The town itself is
> > charming but it's darn cold up there and not very populated. I see that the
> > event is held in Maxcy Hall, which I believe is on the campus of Clarkson
> > University. Potsdam is a 2-college town in a 4-college area. Ten miles away
> > is SUNY Canton (2-year Ag&Tech school) and 10 miles in the other direction
> > is St. Lawrence University, where all the rich kids went.
> >
> > I can imagine that it's a great breeding ground for college-type SCA
> > membership. I doubt the locals understand the appeal. (I also grew up in
> > Upstate NY, so I know the local mindset as well.)
> >
> > I'd be surprised if anything held in Potsdam would be large,
> > attendance-wise. Lord knows it's beautiful up there and cheap, with lots of
> > space for battles, but it's a long way to drive for a single-day event.
> >
> > Amie
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:31:58 -0500
> >> From: marcolobronzethunder at gmail.com
> >> To: moo at lists.stierbach.org
> >> Subject: [Moo] War Question
> >>
> >> Now I tend to think of Pennsic as the best war the SCA has to offer.
> >> But to be honest I haven't been to any of the other big ones so my
> >> opion is rather provincial. I decided to look around at other wars
> >> online.
> >>
> >> It seems like the big Three are Pennsic, Gulf War and Estrella. Are
> >> any other wars at that scale? For example: Winter War in Potsdam, NY.
> >> Lilies War in Smithville, Mo. Antir/West war in Gold Beach, Or. Gothic
> >> Wars in Lubbock, TX or Rules of War (Southern Crusades) wherever that
> >> happens.
> >>
> >> Marcolo
> >>
> >>
> >>
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