Re: [Mid] Let's play a game...

Anyone know of good early period Irish books to answer these types of
questions? Would go type in "Irish History" or something into a computer at
the library for a book-finding program but it is finals week and one,
getting to their computer would be near impossible and 2-don't have time to
sort through the eight million unrelated things those computers tend to
throw at me to find the one thing I want...
Thanks
Siobhan

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>From: Alan Terlep <atterlep@oakland.edu>
>To: sca-middle@midrealm.org
>Subject: [Mid] Let's play a game...
>Date: Thu, Dec 9, 1999, 4:48 PM
>

> Greetings,
>
> I'd like to try something on the Middlebridge that was suggested by Duke
> Cariadoc some years ago.
>
> Cariadoc suggests that a group of people should try to answer simple
> questions about their personas--simple, at least, if you really live in your
> persona's time. The answers can't be made up; you have to have some basis
> for your answer in research.
>
> We could do this on the Middlebridge simply by posing a question and then
> looking up the answers. I would think that a month would be a good stretch
> of time to spend doing research and discussion of a particular question, so
> we could pose a new question each month.
>
> Cariadoc's list of suggested questions is on the Web at
>
> http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/little_things.html
>
> I'll start off with this one:
>
> What kinds of money do you use? What are the relative values of the
> different kinds? How much does dinner at the inn cost? How much does a horse
> cost? How much does a skilled worker make per month?
>
> If you're wondering how it might work, I'll provide an answer for a modern
> US citizen.
>
> --
> I use US dollars as my currency for the most part. For smaller amounts we
> have coins and we use paper money for larger transactions. None of this
> money is based on a physical standard; its value is arbitrary and changes
> relative to the value of currency in other nations. However, the US economy
> is stable enough that the value of a dollar doesn't change that much from
> year to year. The US dollar is accepted as currency in some other parts
> of the world, but if I travel outside the borders of the US I will probably
> have to have my money changed into another currency. However, I rarely
> travel outside the US and so this isn't an issue from day to day.
>
> Dinner at the "inn" can cost between $4 for a very cheap dinner to hundreds
> for a very expensive one. When I go out to a restaurant, I usually spend
> between $7 and $10. I don't know how much a horse costs, but a car will
> cost between $100,000 and $500. My car, a small model that is a few years
> old, is worth about $5000. A skilled worker will usually make at least
> $2000; workers who have skills that are particularly in demand can make
> $10000 per month.
> --
>
> Can you do this for your persona? I can't. I'm going to do some research
> on this question and see what I can find out...perhaps others could do the
> same.
>
> Alan Fairfax
>
> From: Alan Terlep <atterlep@oakland.edu>
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Received on Mon Dec 13 17:10:08 1999