Black Syren

welcome aboard and if yer buying a Plunder Me Cherry fer me..oh and extra cherries please!

Welcome to the safest pirate port on the net..

Aye Happy Belated Birthday!

Happiest of Natal Days to ye Mary Diamond! Hope it's a fun filled day full of surprises and all of them wonderful!

Perhaps..But I do believe we are all more than able to carry on such a request. Besides are we not pirates that thrive on adventure and cunning? What makes it all the more excitable is the Challenge of it all......

Hey Dutch..Try Foxe's site it talks about Flags and mentions BlackBeard's as "DeathHead" http://www.bonaventure.org.uk/ed/flags.htm

For all those of you that have contacted me via PM over the Tavern to ask about the issue with the wait in between PM's this was done to protect against Spam. I do not have the particulars on if this will be permanant or not. I do not know if we can shorten the time between PM's. I sent a message to the other Mods as well as Stynky and WE shall let you know when we find out. Till then carry on as normal as you can. Regards, Syren

I am...I live in Texas near Austin however my mother in law actually lives on Padre Island and goes to Corpus frequently.

Actually we are unsure how he knows unless he overheard the wee ones talking. and no his dog stays in his backyard but his fence is not sturdy and he is supposed to have a lock on his gate which he still does not. It's a big mess, and apparently this guy works for the Fire dept or some such and we think that is why Animal Control is not saying anything about his dog or the fact that it is still not locked. As for baby geese..I think that is awesome, we had one who was a lap baby... And I have learned I like rats as well. I would love to have one but they have such a short life and I would become to attached and be devastated to lose one. Nora's teacher bought a new one and we had them over easter weekend and she actually sounded like she was humming. And she was a minx..into everything! LOL but she was a sweetheart as well.

Hands QM James a hankie.... I think that sounds like a really neat idea, take lots of pics....

Sorry for the delay guys I was at work..however he has been banned! Once Stynky can get in he will make sure this spammer is given a broadside..afterall Dead Men Tale No Tales....

Hope it's a swell one and I just know you'll have lots of fun in your Pyrate Tavern! Have some cake and icecream for the Pub as we are thinking of you on this wonderful day! Huggles

Actually there is a pending court date, two of the neighbors are going the same day to fight the charges though they have done given their pets away to avoid fines. Three other neighbors are going as witnesses for them.

He sure was blessed with a lot of hair! So how much did he weigh? How big is he? How is Mom doing?

Oh trust me..If he finds out you have an indoor cat he will claim the cat was out and in his yard and either you pay the fine if you can afford it or you get rid of your pet. As for his dog..oh yes he's definitely bad. Police almost shot him one time as he had Me while on crutches and Nora who was about three at the time at bay. Ever since then we have not talked at all. No one on our street likes him because of how he does with the cats for nearly everyone on our street has had a cat taken by him. As for the Dog..never thought of CPS..that's a great idea. Thanks!

My neighbor across the street from me catches the neighborhood cats in a cage Animal Control gives him. He baits it with Tuna and once the cat is caught he calls Animal Control and they pick up the cat. My neighbor tried to release her cat and she recvd. a $400.00 fine. Even indoor cats that never go outside are subject to him calling Animal Control on them. My daughter's best friend had to recently give her indoor cat away because this jerk found out about her. We also live in the historic section of Round Rock and near the cemetary and we get lots of rats in the summer. Wild Nasty Rats! With no cats we shall be over run. BTW this guy has a Rottweiler that is dangerous and he does not have his fence fixed...if his dog gets out and attacks a child..Let's just say the only survivor would be the dog. Animal Control knows about his dog but has not fined him for his dog and not fixing his fence or keeping a lock on his gate. Im thinking when we have to set out rat traps anything and everything we catch should be dumped in his yard. But that's just my thoughts.

SPAGHETTI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yum yum..

She gave him a positively feral look and wished she had something at hand to hurl at them both as they chuckled and moved off leaving her once again alone at the rail. Spinning about she gripped the rail with both hands and studied the sea till she became aware of another prescence. Looking up she found Antonio "Che cosa volete? What do you want?" He lifted his chin with arrogance as he struggled to deipher her words though by her tone and the look given it had not been difficult to do so. "Le deseo. charla de .to. I wish...to talk to you." He frowned as he sought to make her understand. "¿Por qué está usted en esta nave? Why are you on this ship?" He saw her frown and she shook her head. "I do not know what you have said. I have to get back to work." Seeing he did not understand her she spoke slowly in Italian "Devo andare indietro lavorare. I must go back to work" She gestured as if she were working and turned and moved across the deck to hide at the starboard rail and felt his eyes upon her the whole way. Growling low in her throat she sunk down in a nearby coil of rope and debated her suddenly foul mood.

Some wiring shorted out. And Yep Im glad I made it home too..I have become rather fond of my person...lol still the firefighters could have been cute.

Treasure shot a warning glare at Alan before smiling cooly at Hollis "Hollis, you startled me. And yes indeed it is a small ship." She debated not telling Hollis but could see no way out and she was never one to lie. "Owen is one of the gentl'men taking care of Argus at the moment. " She could hear the spainards talking, some weak laughter and she went to see what might have amused them but Hollis re-drew her gaze. "If 'e is taking care of Argus why do ye not like 'im? " "We just have issues and those issues will be worked out tween us and that is that. Alan should not have brought it up at all." It was rare but when it happened it was amusing to see for her face was slowly flushing with her anger at the way the conversation had turned. Blue green eyes snapped fire and her voice was downright cold as she spoke to both. Alan tried to hide his amusement, Hollis appeared startled and Treasure was stuck between the pair of them seething inwardly. She shot a lethal glare at Alan her eyes demanding he fix the mess he had wrought for if he had not asked she would have went to her grave never telling a soul. Now Hollis was here and though he meant well he carried gossip worse than a woman and he would tell Owen and then she and Owen would have words and she had no wish to have words with anyone nor make the situation worse. Owen did not care for her, nor she of him. However she was grateful that he was caring for Argus. What a quandry.

SOOOO glad to be home! Hmm a gent hit my truck this morning as I was pulling into a space he decides to back out and not look so his mirror just touched my truck. Mind you he paid no attention to my horn though he did cuss me out and act stupid in front of my wee one and other people. I just calmly got out and began to look for damage which further annoyed him..he hit ME! Stupid Man! Then as Im driving to work it's raining really hard...Two lane road woods on one side the creek on the other and what happens..My wiper motor goes out so I have to slow down to 5mph an hour to drive because I cannot see but I cannot pull over either. THEN I get to work at 9 and about 15 minutes into my shift the front end floods! Wet Vacs and squeegee's to the rescue! And to finish off the morning..about 11 am we got smoke in the store from a small fire and had to evacuate the store and stand in the drizzle and the firemen were not even cute! What a day!

She tapped her nails upon the rail completely absorbed in her own thoughts though not so much that she could deny watching Nathan as he moved sulkily about his duties. She brushed a lock of hair from her face and as Alan asked her what she thought of Owens she startled and eyes widening glanced askance at him. "I am sorry..did you just ask my thoughts on Owen?" As Alan slowly nodded and grinned seeing he had her full attention he leaned lower on the rail. Cautiously glancing about she spotted Antonio observing them and turned her back to him so that she faced alan her hip leaning against the rail and crossed her arms over her chest. "Aye. I did ask yer thoughts on Owen." Pulling her lower lip through her teeth she chewed upon it and fidgeted nervously "Why would you ask me such?" His warm gaze was astute and she looked to the water then back to him "He is caring for Argus so I am grateful for it. But I will never forget him getting me into trouble with Mr. Franklin. He seems to like to cause mischief and I have no use for it." She gave a shrug and blew a sharp breath "But I am still grateful for what he has done." She arched a brow as if silently asking if her response had enlightened him. A rapid burst of spanish behind her had her frowning and trying to follow the rapid conversation but Alan drew her attention as heshook his head at her. "A bland answer if I e'er heard one. 'Owever I think you were right, but he seems changed. As do you."

Pausing to stretch she jumped with surprise and turned quickly to face Mr. Gage who asked her to take a few trays to the surgery. He gestured to where Moira had been setting them up, then went to nod her acceptance of the task but Mr. Gage had already moved on. Huffing a breath out she placed her knife upon the table and reached for the linen towel to wipe her hands clean then replaced the towel before walking quickly to Moira’s side. Hefting the trays she had to catch her balance as the Dog pitched and nodding to Moira who had helped her keep from dropping the first tray she quickly moved through the door into the passage and across it’s width to the surgery. Entering the open door she settled the tray upon the table used for surgery then moved back for the next tray. Making several trips she finally managed to bring the trays safely into the surgery and smiled at Maeve and Briar as they tirelessly worked. “I have brought lunch. Mr. Gage thought ya’ll might be hungry by now.” As both women smiled and nodded she moved to Luigi’s side, and winked as he smiled at her. “You are not giving these lovely ladies a difficult time are you?” she teased him. He flushed with color but shook his head, the medicine making him seem almost drunk. “Good. You listen to them and get better.” She moved over to Ajayi who was awake and alert, his eyes dark and fathomless. It was her turn to flush as he studied her and she stood there for a moment then softly said “Welcome back. We were worried for you.” She surprised him by leaning over to tuck his blankets about him then squeezed his arm above his hand. Then she fled back to the galley only to have Moira tell her she was to take a break. She was pushed back out the door to the weatherdecks and cool black eyes once more slid over her assessingly. Chin came up and eyes went stormy as she glared back causing the injured Antonio to grin slowly. Tossing her braid over her shoulder she moved past the spainards and went to check on Argus very aware that many sets of dark eyes tracked her progress. Mayhaps they found it unusual that a woman was on board…several in fact. Well they would just have to get used to such, especially if they were to sail on the Dog. Owen greeted her and she nodded to him asking him how Argus fared and he said that there had been no change. Sighing heavily she crept to the small bed and saw Argus twitch his tail, amber eyes watching her approach before he whined low in his throat. ‘I know fella. It hurts does it not?” she stroked Argus’s face and rubbed his ear ‘You must get better sweeting..” She stayed till Argus fell asleep then Owen chased her off telling her Argus would be fine to go and rest herself. She wanted to argue but held her tongue and rose bumping into Alan and giving him a smile moved quickly to the rail on the larboard side, watching the waves as they came and went.

Unfortunately I shall not have the time to write here. I had my first day back at work so my time has vanished to play other than the WatchDog. Forgive me....

Wow Talk about goosebumps! Truly Incredible and so very Inspiring, and I hope that her dream comes true!