[Leica] IMGS: Vietnam

[Jim Nichols]

I'm sure they do in Tennessee as well, Tina.

On 7/12/20 6:13 PM, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
> They still have cockfights in South Carolina.  They are illegal but they
> happen all the time.  There are many farms with individual little tent-like
> coops for each rooster.  They have dog fights, too, but I think the
> cockfights are more popular.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 7:04 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Don, you may have never encountered cock fighting.  When I was about 12
>> yrs old, in the early 1940s, I lived near an elderly gentleman who had
>> been interested in that in his younger days.  He explained it to me and
>> showed me some of the specialized gear involved.  If you will take a
>> close look at Tina's Champion rooster, you will note that the spurs on
>> the inside of the ankles have been surgically cut, leaving blunt stubs.
>> During training, the stubs are covered with small, round pads that look
>> like little boxing gloves.  During actual fights, gaffs, made of
>> surgical steel, are attached to these stubs.  Her Champion is actually
>> the survivor.  Yes, there is money to be made, but it is from bets on
>> the outcome of the matches.
>>
>> On 7/12/20 5:13 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>>> Wonderful ethnography catching someone dressing up their rooster with red
>>> dye.  That should result in some sales somewhere.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 3:59 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> PESO:
>>>>
>>>> I thought I'd better post a few before I get too far behind.  We left
>> Laos
>>>> for Vietnam, spent a couple of days in Saigon, and then got on a boat to
>>>> travel the Mekong River back to Laos.  It was great fun and we stopped
>> at
>>>> many villages along the way.  Here are the first of the photos:
>>>>
>>>> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170867519
>>>>
>>>> And hit previous until you get back to Laos.
>>>>
>>>> We are working outside every day until the temperature hits 90 and then
>>>> we're inside at our computers.  We haven't left the farm at all.  South
>>>> Carolina is not a safe place!  You'll see that almost everybody in Asia
>> was
>>>> wearing masks back in February.  Most people here still don't wear masks
>>>> and look at you like you're crazy if you do, but we do!
>>>>
>>>> C&C greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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