{"id":496,"date":"2016-05-09T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/?p=496"},"modified":"2016-05-09T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:47:02","slug":"how-dry-i-am-dry-sites-in-the-sca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2016\/05\/how-dry-i-am-dry-sites-in-the-sca\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dry I Am &#8211; Dry Sites in the SCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently realized Im going to a dry event. It isnt the first time this has happened, and it wont be the last. The site being dry wont keep me away.<\/p>\n<p>I have to ask though, what&#8217;s the deal with dry sites? In a world where we are adults,\u00a0and\u00a0drinking is legal, whats the point?<\/p>\n<p>I have been to larger events where some parties can get out of hand, but even then a few and far between. Smaller events this is a rarity at best.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a decision made by autocrats that don&#8217;t imbibe? Are they the only facilities within 100 miles?<\/p>\n<p>Im not saying event&#8217;s cant be fun without alcohol, but I will say in my experience, more people participate in bardics with it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/user-media.venngage.com\/384988-0d71fa086b73e29054165e30c1b6d51f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<div id=\"polls-5\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_5\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/village\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_5_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"09858356ec\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why do you imagine, or know, we use dry sites?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-5-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-27\" name=\"poll_5\" value=\"27\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-27\">The only thing available nearby<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-28\" name=\"poll_5\" value=\"28\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-28\">No real reason<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-29\" name=\"poll_5\" value=\"29\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-29\">Autocrat and\/or staff doesn't drink<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-30\" name=\"poll_5\" value=\"30\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-30\">Concern about noise, litter, or accidents<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-31\" name=\"poll_5\" value=\"31\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-31\">I was happily looking at cat pictures until this post<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(5);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(5); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-5-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently realized Im going to a dry event. It isnt the first time this has happened, and it wont be the last. The site being dry wont keep me away. I have to ask though, what&rsquo;s the deal with dry sites? In a world where we are adults,&nbsp;and&nbsp;drinking is legal, whats the point? I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2016\/05\/how-dry-i-am-dry-sites-in-the-sca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Dry I Am &#8211; Dry Sites in the SCA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[35,92],"tags":[107,108,36,110,109],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6dEBX-80","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1015,"url":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2020\/08\/here-comes-the-rain-again-fiveminutefilk\/","url_meta":{"origin":496,"position":0},"title":"Here Comes the Rain Again &#8211; FiveMinuteFilk","date":"August 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"#FiveMinuteFilk Pennsic Inspired by Karin Tayler de Cameron Virtual Pennsic where people are camping in their backyard. 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