You might be a Re-enactor if
. . . Your kids can correct their history teacher.
. . . You have named and have slept with your musket.
. . . You have half completed sewing projects decorating your living room furniture.
. . . You have more closet space devoted to uniforms than "real" clothes.
. . . You have ever been asked at a gas station if you are Amish.
. . . You win Halloween costume competitions - hands down.
. . . You can spot 100% wool at 30 yards.
. . . You have spent over $500 dollars on clothes that went out of style 200 years ago.
. . . You have replayed the Discovery Channel's Rev War series 25 times in a row just to see your foot in the left hand corner of
the screen.
. . . You consider black powder and beer essential to life.
. . . When the power goes out you click into 18th century mode.
. . . You travel over 1,000 miles to sleep in a tent.
. . . You've driven by some open land and thought, "What a great place for a battle!"
. . . You've worn wool when the temperature tops 100 degrees, repeatedly.
. . . You've received cuts, burns, ticks, chiggers, poison ivy, and still look forward to doing it again next time.
. . . You have ever made a vehicle purchase decision based on how well it accommodates your gear and how easily it can get into
and out of muddy fields.
. . . No one will attend a war movie with you.
. . . Your $20,000 car sits out in the rain so your $200 tent can stay in the garage.
. . . You spend more on a pair of reenacting shoes than you do on "dress" shoes.
. . . You spent more then $800 on a gun that still needs a sharp rock to work.
. . . You spend more then $50 on the sharp rocks.
. . . You know what black powder tastes like.
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