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Scott A. MacKenzie

@5thborderstate.bsky.social

Canadian historian of the American Civil War, author of The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia 1829-1872 (WVU Press, 2023), remover of mattress tags. Big #hatm fan.

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Yes. Knights wore it into battle. It cost a fortune

01.12.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My late father had an MG. Loved it. Spent far more than the initial price to fix it. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you know how much chainmail costs?

01.12.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because the license for one of their song probably cost more than the movie. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Final Thoughts: Champagne Problems is a sweet Hallmark-esque film about an American executive who travels to France to discuss champagne. Along the way, she hits every cliche of this genre: the love interest whom she meets, challenges her, then they fall in love again. Good cast but meh. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh that was a very nice 360 degree steadicam shot. Of course now the lovers run a small bookstore in France. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A-yup! #hatm

01.12.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"How did you know I was here?" Well, it's a Hallmark movie! The love interests always meet at the end where they met at the beginning. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She said the words we say at the end - "the friends we made along the way"!!!! #hatm

01.12.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He was also in The King and All Quiet on the Western Front, which #hatm has done. Being an English speaking French actor has its benefits.

He was also in the British-French TV series The Tunnel, based on the Swedish-Danish show Bron/Broen

01.12.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thibault de Montalembert appeared in the recent Franklin Apple+ TV series with Michael Douglas. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The producer asked the editor to pad the length. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My family had a dog like that. My little brother LOVED him. Ever listen to a two year old talk about their dog? It's a hoot. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I understand only lighting one side of the tree if the other side faces the wall. But that one does not. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed! #hatm

01.12.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whose wife died recently. This seems to happen a lot. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This actually twists the cliche a little: usually the big city business person comes to disrupt a local business, run by the local hunk. She actually wants to help them, but this time the hunk wants to harm her business. It makes no sense either way. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember the time we did Christmas in the Bayou? I looked up the next film that came up, Christmas in Biloxi - same producers, same screenwriter. Didn't see that coming. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the movie throws the wrench into the mix. This movie is hitting all the checks on the Hallmark Christmas Movie cliche list. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today, I did my housework. Nice clean home. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I wonder how many takes that exploding champagne bottle took.

Fun fact: Sigourney Weaver's basketball shot in Alien: Resurrection took one take. the crew prepared for a whole day to get it, but she did it in one. Incredible. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The one circumstance when I would drink champagne is when, after I win big, I fly to the Maldives first class on Emirates. The heaviest thing I will carry on that trip is a champagne flute. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only in Germany would Hans Gruber be the hero of Die Hard. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I received a notice yesterday that the tenants in my building cannot have real Christmas trees. Artificial ones are allowed but the lights must use good condition cords - which must be unplugged when no one is home. Oh well. Too costly anyway. #hatm

01.12.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder how long it took for the vintiers to realize the importance of rotating the bottles 90 degrees. #hatm

01.12.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They should have! But I think that Napoleon took over the place. Austria perhaps? America? #hatm

01.12.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Boy those beds look comfortable. One of my lottery dreams: stay at the Paris Ritz. Those bedrooms look incredible. And so many famous people stayed in them. #hatm

01.12.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And to think they had to get all these shots in one night. #hatm

01.12.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back in the good old days, the Directory would have had these people beheaded. Then Napoleon would have drafted the men and led them to their deaths in Russia. #hatm

01.12.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't forget Sideways. #hatm

01.12.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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