McBarnacle
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Don't worry - it's back up now after being down - for me anyway - for the last 6-8 hours.
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You can count me in for a pair too GOF, I shall ask around amongst the UK Pirates to see if anyone else is interested.
Tall Paul.
You can count me in Paul. I'm looking at getting a pair of shoes and they don't come supplied with buckles so those would be perfect.
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Is anyone else having problems connecting to Jas Townsend's website at the moment? I was trying to place an order this morning - UK time - and got as far as the order confirmation screen. When I hit the confirm order button my browser just spent ages waiting before getting the message that the connection had been reset.
Since then I've either had the same message or that the page couldn't be loaded for all the pages on their site whenever I try to access it.
Just wondered if it was me or anyone else was having problems with their website.
Cheers.
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Here's an absolutely cracking image of our cannon being fired by the crew:-
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Glad to be of service Skavenger!
And to give the all-women crew their full dues:-
From left to right are Mainsail (Loading), Mannslaughter (Ramming), Bob the Cabin Boy (Worming and Sponging) - fans of Blackadder will get the reference! - Scupper (Firing) and Skavenger (Gun Captain).
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Well, we've put the first few photos online taken at this raid.
We decided to try out an all-women cannon crew for the first time - quite a few of our women members had crewed the cannon but we'd never tried an all-women crew out before - and have put 5 pics up on our webspace:-
Hope you like them! We'll be adding them to our gallery proper in the next day or so.
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October birthdays ROCK!
Prefer June birthdays myself. :)
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D.S.C.
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Wimbledon
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youse be getting a flea in the earhole young master filch, watch what you say, because we're watching!
I wanna be knowin' why young master Filch appears to be neglectin' his educashun' agin. I be thinkin' that Skavenger may need to be told.
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Why are you asking me?
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Are you asking me?
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aha
just be kiddin ya there mad dog.
ye have no fleas or so i think.
have a rum on me
Mad Dog, we can have Filch kissing the gunner's daughter if yer want fer his impertinence.
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Garbage's first album. "Supervixen" just began again. :)
You're talking my language again Kass. Got some of Garbage's stuff myself.
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Tolking
hobbit
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you've only just watched the first one 'Barney!!!
you take years to get round to watching films!
Not quite true Quartermaster. I did watch each of the Lord of the Rings films the day I bought the DVD.
Although, I must admit, there are a couple of my DVDs I've yet to watch even though I've had the films for a couple of years or so!
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A mariners' astrolabe looks like this:
I've just found that one on E-Bay - I assume that's where you got the pic - for sale for $250:-
Getting more expensive by the moment this is.
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The first of those two isn't an astrolabe, it's a universal ring dial - and a fairly nice one at that.
The second one looks ok, but I guess you get what you pay for. Also a true "mariners'" astrolabe is much more simple than that so you might be able to find cheaper.
A mariners' astrolabe looks like this:
I guess it's a bit modern looking and a little small but I have just found this:-
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sandwich
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No -- that appears to be cardboard.
You are probably looking for a mariner's astrolabe. There is a guy on eBay who is selling pewter replicas (of the original one he owns) from time to time.
What about this one then:-
http://www.uniquecanes.com/new/item_nautic...olabe_ring.html
It's only $119.95 which is about £70 given the current exchange rate and would be within our group's budget.
Or perhaps this one:-
http://uniquecanes.com/new/item_nautical_i..._astrolabe.html
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No -- that appears to be cardboard.
You are probably looking for a mariner's astrolabe. There is a guy on eBay who is selling pewter replicas (of the original one he owns) from time to time.
What about this one then:-
http://www.uniquecanes.com/new/item_nautic...olabe_ring.html
It's only $119.95 which is about £70 given the current exchange rate and would be within our group's budget.
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The Franklin Mint manufactured some excellent devices about 20 years ago, and they keep coming up on eBay from time to time. These include a planespheric astrolabe and a nocturnal. And now we're going to be competing against each other on auctions... and these items are already not cheap.
Tell me about it - I've seen the price of some of them.
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Here's mine:-
Your past life diagnosis:
I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern North Africa around the year 975. Your profession was that of a designer, engineer or craftsman.
Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Seeker of truth and wisdom. You could have seen your future lives. Others perceived you as an idealist illuminating path to future.
The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
Your lesson is to develop a kind attitude towards people, and to acquire the gift of understanding and compassion.
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Barney, if you're looking for authentic stuff bear in mind that most of the repros readily available are too late for GAoP.
There is (or was) a company that made rather attractive astrolabes and nocturnals, but I'm jiggered if I can find them on the web...
Captain Cutlass did send me a link for an astrolabe but I think it was a genuine one and quite expensive. Hold on I'll just go check................
...............Hmmm, now I can't find the e-mail. Must have deleted it by mistake.
Then I find this one on E-Bay:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320035479450
Not being an expert I have no idea if it's in any way suitable. What do you reckon?
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