Women On The Battlefield Thread

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Post by carentan »

Jon, Before you say anything, no it wasn't me :lol:
Hanging up my Knochensack for now, it's been a good war!
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Post by Hoffman Grink »

OK so we seem to agree - GIRLS = BAD BOYS = GOOD.

Can you stop a moment and think about a certain dame's feelings?

The compromise has been brokered. Some may not be happy that she is still taking to the field - She is however doing it in context.

Let's turn this thread into "metaphorical" fish and chip papers now can we please? It's a circular argument that does have some merit but ultimately causes angst to some parties. Inveitably it gets wider and fat, old, beardy, shortsighted, very tall, very small people get shot at...... with no good achieved.

Can't go any further with it - we all know the pros and cons and we all know the general concensus.

Just bear in mind that someone has been disappointed through this... and may not feel that welcome so maybe we ought to show some SUPPORT now eh?
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Post by LAH650 »

Paul,

All are welcome and in fact the more the better... :D

The questions raised are better out here and sorted than raised on the day.

I look forward to seeing the fruits of everybody labours, in all there forms, from a new shinny Sdkfz251D down to a new pair of boots that finish off an impression.

I look forward to putting faces to people in the field or in the car park.

Hopefully I will meet Bee, but it would have to be in the car park, otherwise it means I’m in the bag… :lol:

Pete and all the guys supporting him have put a lot of effort in and we all want to have the best 36hrs possible, lets play the game, follow the plan, stay on track…

Lets do it. :roll:
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Post by les hearn »

spot on

lets ALL play the "game"

we have heard about standards required for this event .

not all are on this forum but all have access to the info in some way.

many people will be very very dissapointed if some turn up in non authentic kit....strutt around doing a crap impression and go away moaning about it becoming a blatt .
if it does become a blatt then you have only yourselfs to blame.
you all have the powers to police this event in a way it should be policed .

petes and spencers events are becoming some of the best events in the community .
so lets not ruin em by wearing crapp.

and bee i would be more than happy to see ya there :wink:
and you are more than welcome to make a nest in the camp
with us lot
heheheh just take lots of pics of me :lol: :lol:


look around people brynn is going as far as making his matchbox germanic..............are the others going as far?
hope so :wink:
95th nacht..attached 85th gebirgsjeager

have enigma ,will travel.
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His matches have also been insructed to be Germanic - They will be Streichers!!!! HO HO HO HO!
And he will be Schtreiching them HO HO HO HO!

Und zey vill burn für egzaktly vier seconds before schmartly extinguishing zemselves mit der kustomary schrei of "Rauchen Für Den Sieg!"
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Baggy pants has got it right, if you come to swynerton in as best kit and attitude as possible then whether you shoot 100s of rnds and "kill" loads of allies (ultimatley unrealistic and disapointing) if you have done as good a job as poss to get together your impression ,ie.. period looking Matches/cigerettes without filtetrs/tins wrapped in period wrappers/bread or cheese wrapped in cotton or brown paper your not only making the event better for yourself but for everyone who witnesses you bringing ersatz coffee/bread/cheese/apple wraped correctly from your kit and gets the feeling of being there!, rather than seeing a Calor Gaz burner and packets of Crisps!!! .Same as when your involved in a firefight situation, when a NCO shouts out for a general advance against MG and/or rifle fire, STAY PUT as that is exactly what the real guys would have done. put yourself in a position of leaving your wife and kids, business back at home and being forced to fight a war you never wanted or was interested in or will never get any benefit from, why would you run headlong into MG fire?, sure SOME did but NOT many!, its all about doing the job in hand but not getting slotted doing it,I know since I stopped being a blatter and tried to see more indepth into how it must have been I have really understood and gained understanding what a shitty part of life that must have been for them all and take my hat off to German/Yank/British Vets for doing their duty even if they really did not want to?!. well thats my take on it. cheers Pete
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Post by Jon Das Reich »

Lets get this straight this thread isnt about Bee or another other woman reenactor personally its about cross dressing within reenactment in general is it right or wrong or acceptable.
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Wrong
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I had to nick this off another forum just so's we can tick the boxes and remind ourselves we have testosterone.....

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TRUE MAN WHEN ....
1. OPENING JARS - She's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it
effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are
men's work.

2. CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially policeman but even saying it to
kids makes you the man.

3. DOING A PROPER SLIDE TACKLE - Beckham free kicks - camp. A Stuart
Pearce tackle is the pinnacle of the game, simultaneously winning the
ball and crippling the man. Magic.

4. SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here
love. No, I don't need a sharpener, I've got a knife thanks!

5. GOING TO THE TIP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and-
as you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other
rubbish - noisy destruction.

6. DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat
on and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding
towards the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone
else struggles to catch up with you. You're hard.

7. HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.

8. HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, but even an
iron burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".

9. HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When birds have been partying
they just whinge. You on the other hand have physical evidence of your
hardness, sprouting from your face. "Big night?" Grrrrrr, what does it
look like.

10. NODDING AT COPPERS - A moment's eye contact is all it takes for you
to share the unspoken bond. "We've not seen eye to eye in the past",it
says, "but someone's got to keep the little scrotes in line".

11. USING POWER TOOLS - Slightly more powerful than you need or can
safely handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a fag? Superb.

12. KICKING A FOOTY AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Stick that
Becks, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.

13. ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE - And everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean
you're popular, it just means your mates are pissed. However, the rest
of the pub doesn't know that.

14. NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - Fat is a feminist issue, apparently.
Brilliant. Pass the pork scratchings.

15. CARVING THE ROAST - And saying "are you a leg or breast man?" to the
blokes and "do you want stuffing?" to the women. Congratulations, you
are now your dad.

16. WINKING - Turns women to putty. Doesn't it?

17. TEST SWINGING HAMMERS - Ideally, B&Q would have little changing
rooms with mirrors so you could see how rugged you look with any DIY
item. Until then, we'll make do with the aisles.

18. TAKING OUT £200 FROM A CASHPOINT - Okay, so its for paying the
plumber later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The
only thing better is peeling notes off the roll later.

19. PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - Unlike birds, we get
straight to the point. "Alright? Yep. Drink? Red lion? George, it is
then. Seven. See ya."

20. PARALLEL PARKING - Bosh, straight in. First time. Can Schumacher do
that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which, technically, makes
you the worlds best driver.

21. HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in
the fields in blistering heat. Why? So when it's over we can stand there
in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut
while the other nurses a foaming jug of ale. Aaaah.

22. HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU - Especially if you didn't
make a fuss. "Why was I off, nothing much, just a brain haemorrhage".

23. KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "A Phillips? For that? Are you
mad, bint?"

AVE SOME!
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Post by Wilder Feger »

Well, good to know you lot have the same issues over there that we do over here :D I have two girls who do FJ, but their Dad is the unit CO and one who does GI and her boyfriend is the CO of the Ranger unit... so, whatcha gonna do??
And Jon, some of us are content doing proper women's roles for WWII :wink: I do those for living history and public events and still do a proper woman's resistance role for private battles as I enjoy that aspect of re-enacting as well. Personally, that satisfies my needs so I don't feel the need to do a uniformed man's role. That's just me. To each their own I reckon.
And Paul, some of those things above apply to me as well :oops: 4, 6, 7, 11, 19, 20, 22, and 23 and I'm no man!! :shock: Then again, I am kinda different :wink:

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Post by Krupp »

I see this thread was taken over to the Axis History Forum for more fuel to fire. Shame on you :? . You know who you are!
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DIE EVIL THREAD! DIEEEEE!

Whoops - Sorry - I mean Evil FRED! :oops:
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Post by axis sally »

You know you are a true man when:
8. HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound
That makes me melt, especially if your called Otto Skorzeny or William Joyce. No chance if you are Ernst Kaltenbrunner though! :lol:
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