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OOPS ....IT SAY'S SATURDAY NOW !!!!!!!!!!!

It appears that the Mercury Crew wiil have a presence at the Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony at Portage De Soix on SATURDAY I think this is the most ecumenical thing we have done !!!!!!!!!!! We will convey pictures !!!!!!!!!!! Yo Ho !!!!!!!

Pirate !

michael Iv got it

I think we will be there also ! Yo Ho

Yo Ho ....recipe's are commin next week....didnt forget ...just busy...Yo Ho

Thomas.......please e-mail me....Yo Ho

Sam......most actions are forgiven but nerver forgotton.........oh well it lit up the night sky....Yo Ho

classic picture of our Quartermaster and his bacon........Yo Ho

it's true then...... "Dead Jim Keele" is alive and celebrating a bithday ! Yo Ho....Happy Birthday

A very handsome crew if I do say so my self............Yo Ho

After the tent burning? You'll be lucky to be allowed back in the state without armed escort. Isnt there a wanted poster being issued for HIM..??????????? Yo Ho

Oui......my Lass will send you the recipe for the Beef Hispanola and Beef Burgandy........glad you ate it without getting sick..........Yo Ho

Thanks to you Sir... Next year....and I promise...... that we will have a "Pirate Personal Shower" for our crew ( this will help with the heat)..... along with a new bed that will fit in the tent this time......... and a new dish wash station that the Lass said she wants........Yo Ho

It was our pleasure Sir......,.........and a salute to all of our crew that was there.......we all left alive.......Yo Ho

We were delighted that all of you came down for this event....and hope that all had a fine time ...........william and I had some....excitement... on the voyage home but managed to pull into port safely......my Lass had two wonderfull steaks ready for William and I when we arrived and of coarse we broke open the HP sauce......Thank you again M,K and S

OH MY....THAT IS HUGE.........ARE YOU BRINGIGN THAT ON TO THE FORT????????????? IF SO, WE WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST FLAG THERE....... YO HO

Well done C- ........ your a good man...good pirate........you didnt leave the rhum with Rusty did you?..... William and i will be there thursday.......my Lass will be there friday...........Fair winds and dry weather............. Yo Ho

shall i address you as captain oatmeal or Michael ?????? I want to be grammatically correct you know>>>>> ok then>>Crew>>>>>I just got off a phone call w/ Darrell at the Fort...........Everyone that will be camping has to check in with Darrell before setting up.......He has taken the names that were listed on the tent layout that William generated and sent to him.....so when you check in, give him your names and tell him you are with the Crew of the Mercury and that we are here to rob and pillage........better leave off the last part......Also Darrell is laying out as we speak the Crew's encampment site...Just as William designed it...thank you William<<<<<<<< should we bring extra canvas to cover up non period, offensive, get thown out of the Fort kind of stuff??????? check Fort De Chartres web page please..Darrell said he updated it....... Update>>>>>>the crew of the Mercury is mentioned twice in the Forts web page just updated.....please note we have been press ganged into hosting the TUG O War event right out side the Main Gate at the Fort...so i guess we have an opertunity to demonstrate our "PIRATUDE".... Yo Ho

The cooking thing........It's all good ..... No problem........we can all have fun cooking all sorts of grub because as it looks we are going to have a full Crew to feed...I am picking up bags of lump charchol....any one have primative fire starting equipment ?...I have always have used gun powder and a shot, but maybe thats not a good idea this time !..thanks to all for the help and enthusiasm...this is going to be a big event......and we are going to have lots of fun (even if we do get caught)... dont forget about the big "Ball" held on Saturday night...bring your dancin boots...... Quartermaster do you think the live feed is a go? less than a week YO HO!

Thank you Silas......when is your crew arriving at FDC ? Yo Ho

Why not scurry down to ours for a day for a visit and see for yourself ??????? We will put ya next to the British......Yo Ho

Capt. Sterling........We may have a suprise for the lot of you......live feed.....the quartermaster is working on it.......and yes we hope to have a lot of fun....lots of British and French to antagonize !!!!!! Yo Ho

Request Bretheren The Fort would like The names of "Head of House Hold" for check in purposes...... please e-mail me with that info please.....jjgallia@yahoo.com...please pass this info on to those that you know so that i can get this info quick......also foot prints will be done this Friday as of now i told the Fort that we are planning 12 tents and pirates will be showing up as early as the 30th.....the Fort is very excited about our participation (thanks to Williams.information he sent them)..in fact they are moving us up closer for better visibility.....also they can accomodate the ROPE Walker and would like that demonstration to be added. Yo Ho