I was born in 1980, but I identify more with Millennials than Gen-X. So that’s the generation I picked in the poll even though @Spice_Weasel defined Millennials as 1981-96.
I don’t know, your reckless disregard of the rules screams Gen X to me.
(My understanding of Gen X is largely shaped by The Breakfast Club.)
I’m a Gen Xer, but just barely, based on the most-common years used to define those generations. Had I been born three months earlier, I would have been a Boomer.
In fact, it has an actual name: “Bucking Horse & Rider” (BHR), and it’s a registered trademark of the state of Wyoming.
Not many snooker fans here then ?!
Maximiiian Schell sounds vaguely familiar …
I used to love renaissance faires, and I worked at the Bristol faire (in between Chicago and Milwaukee) throughout the 1990s, as well as visiting several other faires during that time.
I got burned out on them, due to spending pretty much every summer weekend at the faire for a decade. I haven’t been back to the Bristol faire in years, and I think I’m OK if I don’t ever go to a ren faire again.
I became familiar with RenFest (what we called the local renaissance faire) when it started in the mid 70s as they recruited heavily from my high school. I was surprised to find myself working in several years later as I a) thought it would be fun, and b) needed some extra money and didn’t want to work regular retail. I did it for two seasons but did not fall in love with the atmosphere. Also, I couldn’t afford any of the beautiful crafts that I wanted to buy so I removed myself from temptation.
I went to my first Ren Faire in the late 60s. I knew people who’d gone to the first one when it was held in somebody’s backyard in the San Fernando Valley. I’m kind of amazed at its spread and staying power.
That was my opinion, too. It’s also a little less legible then some of them.
I went to the one in Maibu Canyon near Agoura in 1971. Was that the progenitor of all the rest?
Agoura IIRC was the first or second “field” location. I don’t remember there being other ones earlier than the one (that was originally held in a backyard) grew out of. I went to my first in 1968.
I attended the Agoura festival in 1973. Was a ton of fun. Not as much as the faire I went to in Murfreesboro, TN but close.
Looks like I need to watch DS9. I never could get into it for some reason, but I hate having to skip a poll.
From the latest “do you recognize these names” poll, I recognized three without looking them up:
- Mata Hari: seductive female spy
- Lord Lucan: English noble, who disappeared when suspected of murder, and was never found
- Ip Man: Chinese martial artist, subject of several films starring Donnie Yen
I recognised :-
Mata Hari - spying person.
Lord Lucan - disappearing person.
Fela Kuti - Afrobeat person.
Astrud Gilberto - Ipanema person.
Donald Tusk - EU person.
Eduard Khil - Trololo person.
Mario Kempes - Football person.
For the last three of these “do you recognize” polls, my positive answers have been uninterrupted at the top of the results … meaning I have had some sort of familiarity that matches general awareness, like a Q score. For the poll before that, it was all over the place.
That might be about the poll and its inclusions, that might be about my knowledge, that might just be coincidence.
Most famous for being Bruce Lee’s teacher.
It gets much better with the appearance of the goatee. It’s by far my favorite Trek.
The gigantic spider (and its descendants I presume) on the porch keeps us Halloween-ready year round. Otherwise we don’t decorate for anything.
Muppets : No Zoot - No Vote.