Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 > > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA