[Sca-cooks] from Purgatory again-RE 'How to Assess Advice'

[Mark.S Harris]

'Lainie declared:
> I suppose they left the poly-cotton
> t-tunics with flopping facings and cheap metallic braid trim such as
> yours at home for their children to fight over and hand down through the
> generations."

Of course they did. Given a choice, would YOU wish to be buried in
such an outfit? I'm sure they chose their best linen/wool/silk
outfits. :-)

There have been some SCA folks who have made the same decision.

> 90% of the blowhards don't care about your work. They just want to tell
> someone that They Know Better. The other 10% might actually be impressed
> by what you're doing. If not- oh well. Do it anyway.

Well, then there's that miniscule, small percentage who would say
"Wow. that's neat. I wasn't aware of that. Can you please write
that up in an article for the Florilegium, please?"

> And don't bother 'Lainie till she's had her tea!

Maybe they need to made caffinated beer? :-)

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net