Red-Handed Jill

Fettuccini alfredo

build a better mousetrap

barf

delish

You're assuming that a woman wouldn't have a reason or desire to go to sea for the same reasons as a man would, particularly since the laws at the time made it difficult for her to earn a decent living on her own. Although I agree that the difficulties of disguising one's sex in such close-quarters as a ship would discourage most women, I'm guessing that most of the women who served went undiscovered. Or, how many of these women could have been thrown overboard by a superstitious crew (women being supposedly bad luck on ships and all) and their deaths recorded as accidents or casualties of war (and listed with their male name so as to avoid the stigma of bad luck)? Or have been killed in a melee or storm and their body washed overboard before they could be examined and discovered as women? At any rate, I think it's a safe bet that as with most things, the women who were documented were just the tip of the iceberg.

I saw too many times what repeated usage did to a person and did not want to go down that path, so my answer would be a definite no. One of my cousins was quite the user when young and she got very scared when she realized that she used to be sharper and smarter. That spooked her enough to stop.

knocking

Empty nest

There's now a spray paint that gives things a texture like hammered metal. Rough up the metal with sandpaper and then use this stuff and it should look fine.

sailboat

Definitely try to take it easy the next couple of days. I'm glad to hear it wasn't too serious (as in you're not in the hospital!)

Iron Dick (Grace O'Malley's second husband)

Yikes! You're okay, right??

That's right! Didn't it rain before the faire as well?

recession

Aye, Diego - that were a good festival! A bounty of piratical fellowship. It would be tough to top last year's, but if we can arrange for more Brun's Raiders to travel south, we're looking to improve the battle in a big way.

Beyond the sea

monger

Chocolate fudge pudding...

Feeling a bit out of sorts. Like a lot of folks, I took last week off from work, then suffered a migraine yesterday. So, I'm catching up big time and my job does not lend itself to doing this easily.

You were correct! Still figuring out your quote...

sleep

Har har

Nope

absolutely nothing!