Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> www.tinamanley.com > >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > >> < > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html>