Size doesn't Matter (Part 2)

[Kenny D. Hare]

Okay, the last time I made a comment, it seemed like everyone had their turn kicking the wheels of my wagon. So, with the courtesy of a rebuttal, I would like to clarify my position. Testicular fortitude is not unthinking, hot-tempered, testosterone bravado. In layman's terms, it's having the "Balls" to self motivate a man to action under extreme circumstances, sometimes self-preservation. This certainly could of applied to the McLaury Brothers. I would surely think all war veterans have this trait, myself included. Because without it, there would be no heroes. And in all fairness, there is absolutely no correlation between pulling a gun on a Marshall in 1881 and doing the same today. The mindset of the beaten down South after the Civil War and living under forced Reconstruction is non compatible with today's America. After all, it was the Wild West.

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

If you want to know my position on the Civil War, here it is:

[Sue Cauhape]

Good looking rig, Murray. Do you ever make it out to the Carson City Rendevous on Memorial Day. They have a Civil War camp, among other things.

Sorry I offended you, but it appears my title for the Civil War is still very much the sentiment. Some things never really end, do they. 

Settle down, gentlemen.

[Buck Grizzly]

If by politics you mean power, then I agree.

 

I believe the War between the states had little to do with it, but it certainly could have some significance with a few of the players, but this is just another example of "greed", and exercising control and power over a turf/area. Gang bangers/organized crime 1880's style.

[Buck Grizzly]

Murray if you were any bluer, you'd need a tissue. ;-)

 

Modern glasses??

 

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

Buck,

I wasn't a reenactor. I put together the uniform for a costume party for a niece. A lot of the stuff on it I made myself or adapted by modifying things made for other purposes. That includes the kepi, the sack coat, the pants, the canteen, the bayonet, the haversack (?), the breast belt with medallion, and though you cant see it in the photo, a cartridge box. If the camera had focused in on details, you would be able to see the make-shift nature of most of the stuff, though I tried to make the overall appearance, from afar, authentic looking. I had to wear my own eyeglasses, having no access to 19th century ones, or they would have had to award me a Purple Heart for my injuries after walking into a wall. That was before I had my two cataract surgeries and artificial lens implants. Now I can see well enough to dispense with the glasses for a while. Then again, someone who wanted an owlish look could've had large lenses made in the 19th Century, contrary to the style. (Now I sound like the guys defending rodeo hats on cowboys in the 1800's.)

[Buck Grizzly]

Great costume!!

[anthony martin]

  Murray,

     The English started the whole owl eyed look with  big round Oxford glasses and spectacles in the 1870's.Those really didn't " take" over here until well after 1910.Think Harold Lloyd.