Path: ccw.ch!elna.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.northeast.verio.net!newsfeeder.servtech.com!post.servtech.com!not-for-mail From: The Story Girl Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: YKYITSCAW... Date: 27 Mar 1998 23:58:16 GMT Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Lines: 23 Sender: anneke chodan Message-ID: <6fheeo$437$2@post.servtech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyber3.servtech.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970406; i386 UNIX_SV 4.2MP] ... you make a trip to the fabric store, and the lady behind the counter looks at your selected bolts of linen, muslin, and silk, all in solid colors, and at the basket and silk thread you're buying, and says: "Are you in the SCA or something?" *laughs* That did make my day :) Now if I could just get my cats to stop interfering with my attempts to make this fabric into garb ... For that matter YKYITSCAW (or just really obsessed with all things Viking, like me) you have to repeatedly explain to people that your lovely white female cat's name is Skadi, after the Norse goddess of winter, and NOT Scotty as in "beam me up" ... *chuckles* -Astrid , who thinks the Ice Dragon won this year ... :) -- ----,---'---<@ The Story Girl (fable at servtech dot com) @>---,---'---- May Odin give you knowledge of your path, may Thor grant you strength and courage along the way, and may Loki give you laughter as you go. ----,--'--<@ http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/7723/ @>--,--'----