piratelassie

I've been goin' out on the sea since I were a few months old, an' seasickness never bothered me until abou' 2 years ago. But then twas prolly cos I were shut up in the bunkroom 'avin' a mutinous conversation wi' a couple o' me mates an' I 'ad just eaten a luvverly nutritious lunch o' macaroni an' cheese wot were made wi' egg noodles, powdered milk, old orange cheddar an stovetop stuffin' all mixed tagither. But seasickness has ne'er bothered me since, an' a cup o' mint tea fixed me right up. stuff calms yer stomach I'm told.

Aye, T'was damned funny. And Steve the Pyrate is a riot.

And dodgeball should never have been banned, it's why kids today are wimps.

"Oh, are you going outside? Better wear your helmet!"

tell me about it. Me mum were always concerned fer me safety as a youngun, but never o'er cautious. She learned me ta swim about the same time as walkin'. Encouraged me ta play ice hockey she did. Slashin's an bruises no object

'tis Newfoundland fer me. Went there 2 summers ago, didn't want ta leave. gorgeous, great food, great music

Oi, mate, I lives in Rhode Island. Tisn't that large. Only abou' 40 miles across. An' that be includin' a rather large bay But i gets what ya mean abou' the headache wi' the prop. The on'y real play I was in, was in grade school. Twas a murder mystery. I played the dead body cos I couldn't remember me lines.

Ali

I was birthed in Newport, RI, and I make berth in Jamestown, wot be just across the East Passage o' Narragansett Bay fra' Newport

seein' as a pertected bay cuts me state in half, takin each go fast boat out fer a joy ride AND THEN holdin' em fer ransom would be fun. Unfortunately, the downside o' said pertected bay is everyone knows who ya are an' where ya are ifn ya lives on it. A kayak would go pretty undetected near any o' the three, aye?

I just got a pair of boots at me local thrift store. I thinks they're fake leather, cos the soles be sayin' waterproof, an' the leather feels a little like those outdoor tablecloths wot are usually red an' white checks with the wooly stuff on the bottm. Still, $4. Can't be complainin'. Wot I'd like ta know, is 'how do I age em? Do all the aforementioned suggestions fer real leather work fer imitation?

~Ali

there's only one o' me. Well ,hey, that's wot friends are for

There be some excitin' goin's on in me home port. Or rather, in the port across the bay. But anyway, the Portuguese trainin' ship Sagres be in town, an' also 2 America's cup boats. I can't make up me mind as ta which one I'm more interested in takin'. There be lotsa droolin o'er the sight o' all three. Ifn ya had ta pick just one, which would ya pick, super fast modern or traditional?

Ali

Pyrates be one o' me favorite books! Been forcin' it on all o' me mates.

Unfortunately, I probably can't get ta Chicago fer seein' the play, but let me know 'ow it turns out

Here's to the Sea,

The Muse of You and Me.

May our verse be always flowing

And our poetry set free.

well spoken! The sea be me muse as well. After livin' by it me entire life, I don't know wot I'll be doin' wi' meself, fer I be goin' ta school in VT in the fall. Ah well, I guess me dorm room will be filled wi' pictures o' the sea, so's I kin still be inspired. Speakin' o' which, I gotta post some o' me own poetry up 'here. Got lots o' it I 'ave.

*runs off ta rummage through stuff in search o' a very worn out notebook*

~Ali

"I be a moderne Pirate, but me troubles begin out o' the blue when I feel me kin callin' me from beyond the sands o' tyme. I find meself wishin' I cud help 'em thru the troubles they had, and I find meself wishin'...they wud jes pluck me up from a traffic jam..an' plunk me back a century or two...so's we can have some closeness. Wryters think about these things....one leg in moderne tymes..and the other leg way back...somehow..maybe connected thru a common emotional state o' mind. Kinda like when ya look up at the clouds an' think free thoughts...not like the ones all programmed into yer head by the chains of a non-thinkin' society...."

I know exactly wot ya be talkin' about. Hafta grapple wi' the same problem. Fortunately, ya can sorta go back in time by writin' an' readin' and dreamin'. But none o' that's as good as the real thing

Uh I lost track. I say arrggghhhh all the time! Even before I got into pirate stuff!

Me too. I even writes arrrrggghhhhh. Ya should see me journal.

~Ali

Hey, women on board be OK with me,

Thanks ta ya Jack fer stickin' up fer us ladies. Although it aint as if we couldn't stick up fer ourselves. Tis nice ta know o' some true gentlemen on the account.

~Ali

www.patternsoftime.com has some good patterns. A little steep as patterns go, and ya have ta sew it yerself, but hey, I finds ya gets wot ya wants that way. An' ifn ye're really not averse ta spendin', look up "pirate coat" on ebay. They've both a premade vest an' a premade leather coat. Least they did last time I checked.

Ali

jersey, what exit...i means inlet...har

Don't remember. We sailed pretty far offshore. Bound fer RI. Why?

Aye, I enjoy sleeping in the sail pile up on deck. Just give me my woolies and a warm cap and I'm a happy sailor. It does get a bit damp below. Think sleeping in a tent all closed up and the drip drip drip from the condensation.

Ahhhh. Taken many a nap there meself. Quite comfy. But then, so's the deck at 3 AM off the coast of NJ Taken a nice nap there too.

'Course, I weren't on a tall ship necessarily, but a research/ sailin' school vessel.

I be "tra dish onal" also?

I smells a rat, and not one a me own bilge babies, neither.

Blast me, I be riled. Wastin' me time like that. Aye, who's in line fer killin'?

Arrgh.

Well, maybe they got it right, after all.

Aye. Tis quite a coincedence that we all be gettin' traditional. Meself, I thinks they rigged it. I tried to get something other than traditional, an' me answer was still the same.

~Ali

Actually, "The Female Smuggler" is a good example of a pirate love song. She ends up with the very commodore that finally captures her. Chris Roe of the chantey group, "Broadside" does a stirring rendition of this song:

never come across the music fer the female smuggler. Did Broadside write their own?

there's far too much thought been put into that... I'll quote a friend of mine...

"You need to find yourself a girl, mate..."

nice one. But still, there be a valid point about tha codes wi' in song lyrics...

Got traditional pirate as well. twice. just ta be sure

Tis highly interestin' says I. Very nice background info. Ya really gets a sense o' the place. Keep on wi' it

good on ye lassie... ye know ye ken tell a parsons intelegince by thar corekt pronownseactions... i gradeated fron the skool of hard knocks, meself... gradeated wit 'oners, did i.

Aye. book learnin' be a truly good an' useful thing ta have, but methinks tisnt much ifn ya don't have the practical intelligence ta go along wi' it. Ye'll not survive wi'out that