[MR] care with accusations Re: Pennsic Water Challenge

Sat Jul 16 13:48:42 PDT 2011

I meant I was hot in the middle of a field and it was available.

--- On Sat, 7/16/11, Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [MR] care with accusations Re:  Pennsic Water Challenge
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 4:47 PM
> I know I have had Pennsic water
> before and while not what I've wanted, when you're hot in
> the middle of the field I know it never made me truly sick.
> 
> Are we sure that Pennsic water is what made people
> unhealthy and have documented it?  I ask because I
> worry that if we relate stories like that and they're not
> well documented with medical testing we could become the
> group that brings SCA into a slander suit with Coopers Lake
> Campground.  From what I understand slander suits are
> kind of expensive.
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> --- On Fri, 7/15/11, Logan <Logan at ebonwoulfe.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Logan <Logan at ebonwoulfe.com>
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic Water Challenge
> > To: "'Atlantia maillist'" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 9:46 PM
> > "safe and drinkable"?  i would
> > hardly suggest that.  the purity level of
> > pennsic well water is horribly turbid and anyone who
> > consumes it runs the
> > risk of peeing from their butt for some time.  in
> our
> > camp we have to change
> > each of our filters several times a week and upon
> returning
> > from pennsic you
> > can literally scrape the funk off your skin and
> > nails.  bad news......
> > 
> > also, transporting water to pennsic isnt necessary. 
> > there are some tiny
> > small towns nearby that have places to buy the water
> > there.  ;^)
> > 
> > regards
> > logan
> > 
> > "I never did give them hell. I just told the truth,
> and
> > they thought it was
> > hell." 
> > Harry S Truman 
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> > severe that his
> > vengeance need not be feared"
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org]
> > On Behalf Of David
> > Chessler
> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:18 PM
> > To: Stefan li Rous; Atlantia maillist
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic Water Challenge
> > 
> > Period would be to drink beer or small beer. Wine in
> the
> > south. Small beer
> > for breakfast and for children. 
> > 
> > What does Duke Cariadoc do in the Enchanted Ground?
> > --
> > 
> > Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
> > Procurator parumper aurifex in Portus Liburni Officina
> pro
> > Moghul terra
> > Curalium quod Smaragdi ex Indicum quod Serenus 
> >  
> > 
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:42:46 PM EDT
> > From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> > To: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic Water Challenge
> > 
> > > Gracia Esperanca, Baronesa, Black Diamond,
> asked:
> > > <<< Last year a challenge was set
> forth...
> > water was needed for our 
> > > troops at Pennsic.  Atlantia in all her
> > generosity responded with over
> > > 300 gallons!  The amount was staggering and yet
> > we still ran out of 
> > > water before the end war. With every passing day,
> War
> > draws closer and
> > > once again the challenge
> > sounds.   There is no minimum effort....
> > no  
> > > one should give what they can not, but any effort
> is
> > vastly welcomed 
> > > and appreciated and every gallon of water is a
> great
> > help. Can we beat 
> > > last year's numbers? >>>
> > > 
> > > Perhaps this is clear to everyone, but I'm not
> sure.
> > > 
> > > Are you asking for gallon containers of drinking
> water
> > to be imported 
> > > to Pennsic from elsewhere or are you asking for
> empty
> > containers which 
> > > can be filled up at Pennsic?
> > > 
> > > For those unfamiliar with Pennsic water, it is
> safe
> > and drinkable, but 
> > > it has a high iron content which many people
> don't
> > like, and if you 
> > > leave a bottle of it out in the sun, it begins to
> turn
> > a disconcerting 
> > > brown from the rust.
> > > 
> > > Pennsic-water-msg (6K) 9/ 1/07 Dealing with the
> > Pennsic drinking water.
> > > http://www.florilegium.org/files/PENNSIC/Pennsic-water-msg.html
> > > 
> > > So if you have room to throw in several gallon
> > containers, I'm sure it 
> > > would help. And you can fill that space with
> goodies
> > from shopping on 
> > > the way home. :-)
> > > 
> > > Stefan
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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