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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.

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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And that's not counting the armor.

Are you a time travelling hedge knight?

What is it you're getting up to that you could have a suitcase full of historically accurate clothing in any place outside a museum? Only thing that comes to my mind is renaissance festivals or similar, but I wouldn't have thought accuracy was taken that seriously.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Historic reenactment.

It's basically people doing things like they were done in the past, sometimes to the level of "hello visitors, let me explain stuff while in period clothing" to "completely recreating a medieval military campaign from underpants to anything-stew, excluding dying from a minor infection".

But it also includes period crafts, so weaving your own fabric, etc.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

That's quite interesting. It reminds me of a group of people that are building a castle using period correct construction and material gathering techniques. I saw a Tom Scott video about it, I think they started in the 90's or something.

Very cool to hear about. I'm glad people do these things, even if it's sort of the first I'm learning of it. I'll keep an eye out for such events in my area in the future. Thanks!