I wanna hear this too.
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So we go up and show a bit of interest in the kit the 20 or so guys had on display, how often do i get to see a real Mp40 and handle a replica STG44. Never.
Guns are cool, panzerfaust panzerschrek etc awesome stuff. Held a luger etc you get the picture. All very welcoming and perfectly friendly. No issue at all.
I noticed then (without really giving it much thought to be absolutely honest) that they had “closed ranks” around my wife, shes giggling trying to hold the Mg44 up in the pictures above.
Anyway the “ubergruppenfurher” or whatever he was, sort of shoves past everyone and im still messing around away from them. He starts talking about the group (i feel i HAVE to point out, these guys are playing dress up. No nazi or any form of hate or malice in any of them that i can see AT ALL. dress up)
Their aims, how many members. Kit, vehicles. Cool stuff really.
Wifey mentions i have H cat on my license meaning i can drive tanks etc on the road and am always looking for an excuse to buy one 
This dude then states quite clearly, "we have too many men already, we are looking for “females” not girls, ladies women. FEMALES.
He says he has been doing it for 23 years and they never have enough females to really get into the real swing of the re enactment and lifestyle (whatever that means)
He says you should (both, in fairness) come to some events if you are interested. But (to the wife) if you want to come along alone you would be perfectly safe.
(I figure he’s just a bit awkward around girls and dont think he means anything.
Then he really gets his stride on, 'ive been doing it 23 years and we have never had any problems with creeps or weirdos, no ones ever been assaulted when they are with us! Smiling…
You could happily share a tent with any of us! No one would touch you! You would be perfectly safe!!
Now let me preface this next sentence by saying im not being rude or mean, just factual. I am 5’6 and fairly fit and healthy. I could of taken out 7 or 8 of these dude just by breathing briskly near them. They are historians not warriors. They had been doing formations and parade all day that was unbelievably amateur and very unrehearsed and very very funny. i am not being mean, i would of been the same had i tried
Anyway, they are all surrounding the wife and the boss continues his pitch, 'their are loads of costumes and uniforms you could wear, i think you would look best in a german nurses outfit, in fact you would look amazing! 
Now this was the funny part. After all the parade cock ups and out of step marching etc all day. The only thing they did as a unit was laugh sycophantically, close in 3 steps to her and turn to gauge my reaction in the most creepy way i could of imagined.
Im not good in situations like that.
I. Laughed. My. ■■■■■■■. Arse. Off.
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…wow.
How do you say “neckbeard” in German?
You handled that pretty much perfectly - it sounded a bit like they were trying to dare you to lash out. I will say, better you than me- if that’d been my wife, she would’ve left them in tears and seriously questioning all their life choices.
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In all honesty i dont think there was any malice in it. Just a serious lack of self awareness.
If it had been in a club. I would of been angry. But getting hit on by a bunch of faux nazi soldiers holding deactivated kar-98k rifles speaking part german part english in a field at a quaint british museum just tickled me. I mean really really made me cry laugh.
Me and the wife discussed it on the way home and we both laughed again but it does show a weird disconnect between hobbies like that (which while not my particular thing, i can see the fun in it) and women being misunderstood and scared off.
If they just calmed down a touch and just carried on being the nice knowledgeable people that made us feel welcome 30 seconds before they would of got a billion times further than that. Bless em. My god it was ■■■■■■■ funny watching them all turn around in perfect inch perfect lock step though. I thought i was going to collapse. Im still giggling now
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Oh, I can tell you SO MANY stories like this from ComicCon and DragonCon.
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Spill!!
Dudes really are their own worst enemies. “She has a vague passing interest in my hobby, i must have her!”
Sod. That. I love my wife but if we shared hobbies i couldn’t think of anything worse. You do you, ill do me. Lets meet in the middle occasionally and have a cross over giggle and leave it at that 
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I have huge tears in my eyes reading through most of this. Of course we have Civil War reenactors that live in camps and carry out mock battles, like those at Gettysburg. It’s not uncommon for the wives to dress-up and camp with their husbands. Some of the battles look huge and they have artillery booming as well.
Personally, it’s a shake my head moment, but is it really any different than when we build elaborate cockpits of our favorite fighter aircraft or mount VR headsets and spend nights flying campaigns. Or engage in multiplayer campaigns, some with hundreds of sim enthurpsiasts.
I’m in the last few chapters of The 13fh Valley and there is a lengthy discussion of whether humans are biologically disposed to war. Or are we just looking to be part of something larger than our menial existence.
I’d like to say for me that it’s all about the hardware and mastering flight, but admit that the feeling of being on some grand adventure is further compelling. Sprinkle a bit of need to compete on top, and it seems to scratch some necessary itch.
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It’s both. Seeking meaning in our lives is an almost biological imperative. We can’t live like cattle, and if we do, we become very unhappy.
Man is a social animal. We find meaning with one another. Our kids, our families, our comrades or companies. Notice how those others are mentioned as groups. One belongs, and some don’t. But not belonging anywhere at all is a cause for great angst as we are a social animal.
But groups by their very definition are deliniated. You are my family, you are my friend, but they are not. The stranger easily becomes the enemy.
Tldr; yeah humans are biologically wired for war.
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We’re certainly more eager to kill with ranged weapons as opposed to fisticuffs.
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Saltby Airfield. Now the base for Buckminster gliding club. A military airfield since 1916 and a base for Hampden bombers early in the war and later C47s. Both Frost and Sosabowski were flown to Arnhem from here with their troops.
The club keeps up to date with a John Deere tank remover.
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Ahh yes! the MG3, MG42 or the 7.62 M/62 Let maskin gevær (light machine gun) Danish version that I have experience with.
I have tried it prone, kneeling and standing. Great sound but hell to carry.
I found a couple of videos
Night shooting
I like the last one best
I miss the beast
Happy Simming
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Shooting it with tracers is immensely fun!
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Every paper is reporting another fuel shortage again. Not affected me personally yet but i assume its in the post.
I HATE this crap
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Great … just what we need now
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My wife and i have been doing the house up (ive been doing)
I wanted the living room to be as bare and empty as possible.
Arguement ensued. Els wanted “to make it about us”
I imagined pictures of us and the kids like the rest of the house and rebelled.
She won the arguement (obviously)
She ordered the frames and some “art”
Shes now in charge of decorating from now on
Im fairly sure she may be an angel.
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Very cool but where is the dcs box cover art 
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I said the same thing, but she said we have enough planes and pictures of planes round here…she may have a point TBF
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Did you create her with a PC?
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Lol it does feel bit weird science doesnt it
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