[Sca-cooks] hot tubs at SCA events

[Stefan li Rous]

Anahita asked:
> not a Peer, but i usually don't wear my danglies either,
> in the laid back West -
> ...I wonder when someone is going to make a mobile hot tub and bring
> it to events...

Been done. I assume multiple times. Here are a pair of messages
from the Florilegium.

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
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> From: Andrew Tye <atye at efn.org>
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: Hot Tubs was Re: Caidan Camping
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:56:39 -0800
> Organization: Oregon Public Networking
>
> On 23 Feb 1997, NatalyaDeF wrote:
> >       "A Turkish bath, called in Scythian _tzerga_, with a hide
> >       cistern of red leather; 12 three-measure pitchers; 12 grates
> >       for the bath (pp 105-7)<see note>"
> >
> > Ah ha!  Just as I suspected!  For all of the criticisms we Caidans take
> > for being not authentic enough, it is obvious that we are actually on the
> > cutting edge of historical research about this whole hot tub thing.....
> >
> > Natalya
>
> Ivar here,
>
> About 10 years ago or so I remember a household from the Barony of
> Allyshia, (Humboldt Cty., CA) that showed up at an Egil's Tourney in An
> Tir, and at a Purgatorio in the West with an early-60s Lincoln, (or some
> other piece of big Detroit Iron), towing a trailer that had a large wooden
> hot tub on it.  They would dismount the tub, fill it with water, and then
> disconnect the radiator on the Lincoln and run a pair of hoses from the
> engine and water pump to the hot tub.  It would take about 3-4 hours of
> the engine at idle to bring the tub up to temperature.  (The tub held
> about 16)  I hope they were not using anti-freeze.  For myself, I'll stick
> to the wood-fired baths at Clinton War.
>
> Ivar Hakonarson
> Adiantum, An Tir.
>
>
> From: "Morgan E. Smith" <mesmith at freenet.calgary.ab.ca>
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: Re: Hot Tubs was Re: Caidan Camping
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 07:37:38 -0700
> Organization: Calgary Free-Net
>
> A gentle named Geoffrey of Cyrtenham(sp?) started the hot-tub/car radiator
> thing about fifteen years ago at Clinton. It will always be remembered
> fondly by me, as he brought it to an Avacal Regional Tourney one year, and
> a lady with whom I had a long and acrimonious history sat with me in that
> tub, and we drank wine, soaked and not only resolved all our differences,
> but became, after that, very close and dear friends. Hot tubs are the
> ultimate leveller, and far pleasanter than the alternative methods of
> resolving disputes. Hmm? Maybe this bridge could use one?
>
> Morgan the Unknown