Gunpowder Gertie

Oi Mate!

Just got the flag yesterday..we have a pending postal strike up here, so I was happy it arrived safe and sound.

and- oh what a flag, me hearties!

We be VERY happy, we be...and I cannot recommend the maker enough!

I'll post a pic next week when we unfurl it for the first time at the first parade o' the season!

I'll raise a mug in his honour, sirrah!

an' a meat pie.

starting Dampier's A New Voyage Around the World, and just finished Silver by Ed Chupack. Good read, indeed!

Our best wishes and most positive thoughts fer our brethren and sisters in the Tornadoes wake.

Although I have some problems with pacing and character development...I would've liked it to slow down a bit and give us some backstory!

Overall-

I LIKED it!

My biggest disappointment was probably the music.I would have liked something a bit more fresh..I think we only got one new thematic piece, and the rest was a rehash, including some parts which to me were evocative of characters in the first 3 movies, like Will.

However- I REALLY liked Scrum..nice having a shanty man aboard.

Happy birthday ye scurvy dog, ye!

u..I mean MAD DOGGE!

I hear that rum wards off th' scurvy though, mayhap ye better have a couple o' bottles, just in case!

I'll forgive you if you are stranded on a dessert island.

No need for the pistol and shot, I'll have the lemon meringe pie.

Pirates...god love 'em.

Even the Acrobat/Klingon hybrid ones....

Why Chrispy!

Yer lookin' gritty!

I don't think it was whalers..I've seen this picture too, but I don't think it was in regards to whalers in Nova Scotia.

Oi Lady B-

I'm naught but a humblepiiiiiiiirate.....

perhaps ye'll acquiesce t' my request ...

t' have a grand and merry birthday, Lass!

Mugs and meatpies all around!!!

Thanks VS for posting this. I am finding it quite fascinating to see the effort and the workmanship that goes into making these old weapons.

She's a thing to behold, and that's the truth!

Aye...I'm set to record it as well!

A mug an a meatpie raised in yer honour sirrah!

Excellent work, Mate! Great t' see ye back at the pub! I was wonderin' how it was workin' out fer ya!

Happy Birthday! Hope ye get lots o' rum cake!

Ahoy Lass! Happy Birthday! Rumcake all around! ( Used the last o' the rum in the rumcake, y'see- but it seems so appropriate for a birthday!)

Happy Birthday, Eye- me brother in pyracy!

I'll lift a mug o' ale fer ya, and hope ye hoist a few in return!

Hope it's the best birthday ever!

Oi Chrispy!

Well deserved, Mate!

Congrats!

and congrats also to all on the Pub who were nominated!

Nice job, Mate! Whet's me appetite t' see our flag!

gobsmacked.

Sorry to take so long to acknowledge yer fine wishes..me new job site, and the 12 hour days that it entails, and lack o' the internet seas presently...

well, took me some time t' get to me home freebooter computer.

Thankee so much fer the wishes, Mates! Makes me fairly fog up me deadlights with a wispy tear, it does.

An' rest assured, I shall endeavour t' enjoy a mug o' the rum...

and enjoy a bit o' the chocolate cake- and blow out the candles...

fer all o' ya!

Avast! Cannibal Chrispy!

Have a fantastic day, Mate!

Rum all around!

There are no words for the sadness. First the fire, now this. Best wishes to his family, and crew.

That "treasure chest" has shown up for sale in a gallery in New Orleans.

Happy birthday Lass!

Rum all around!