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Master McBarnacle, if I may be of any assistance. I present myself to you as one... um... "trained" in the education of surly youths.

So it is! Glad to be of help, Midnight!

Pepys' Diary is so cool! A little early for our period, but loaded with great information. Found the pic I was talking about: I don't know if it's much help to you, Midnight, but it's got some good detail...

Yes dear. Anything for you, sweetie...

Barney, you and I are definitely gonna be pals...

Garbage's first album. "Supervixen" just began again. :)

Sebastian (9) and Melody (4): They're retired -- can you tell? I am just a soft lap on a hard floor: Mine!

Of course! But I fear I will disappoint you -- I only dance the Argentine.

Oh? Is that it then? I see... :angry: Hey Paul, as luck would have it, I've got this great Morticia gown!

Paul, are you saying that our Foxe is all wet? :angry:

Completely blissful.

Would it have been a blue flame then? :)

Pure force of will? Got your ciggie too close to the pan? Ball lightning?

I was just going to post that! Way to go, Sweet Cheeks! How's this: "I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world." Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oh, I dunno, Captain. You know me! I likes 'em pretty! Hey Sweet Cheeks, good one! The highway cop would have probably been laughing too hard to give you a ticket!

Captain, you act like I said, "I'm the pretty one wearing all the lace!" I would never say such a thing!

Dear Captain, It cannot be said that the Plague didn't leave its mark and was remembered and feared for centuries!

Rats will just have to get himself deported then. They'll ship him back for free!!!

Okay, this is not pirate-related at all, but since we're telling "in kit" stories. I was on my way to my first ever reenactment -- a Scandinavian Festival in Northern New Jersey. I finally joined my friend's Swedish 30 Years War group a year earlier and I finally had enough kit to actually turn out for an event. But I went the wrong was on Route 80! By the time I realized it, I was almost in Pennsylvania. So I was late. For a public event. At the exit, I saw my salvation: Dunkin Donuts! If I bought the Kapten and the guys coffees, they'd forget I was late! And it had a drive-thru so I didn't even have to get out of my car. So I pull up, order six coffees, and pull up to the pickup window. To set the scene, I'm wearing this (I'm the girl): And I'm driving a bright blue Mazda Miata with the convertible top down. The kid at the pickup window does a doubletake and says, "Are you Amish?" I reply, "Yup. Horse and buggy's in the shop. This is a loaner!" The story alone redeemed me with my new group!

I get two and they're big. :) I figure if I can take Rats over with me, I can use that same space to bring Foxe back for the Lockhouse event. I think they're about the same size. I don't know if the fashion show is a pre-arranged thing or if anyone can sign up. I will check. I'll also be wearing my new mantua (it's finished now!) and my Kampfrau gown.

Playing flagellant, were you, Foxe? Trying to keep the Plague from coming to Devonshire?

Captain, I don't have a pattern for one on hand, nor do I know where to get one. But somewhere around here, I have a sketch of one that I may be able to extrapolate something from. Give me a couple of days and if I don't post to this thread again, PM me and remind me. K?

I think as long as you're current on your rabies shots, you'll be fine!

I love how in the German one, they pull their shirts down over their shoulders. Knowing the elaborate work on even common men's shirts in Germany at that time, I have to wonder if it wasn't so someone else could claim the shirt and now have to worry about getting the blood out... Yeah... Okay... I'm fixated on textiles. I admit it. I'm in a 12-step program for it. Hi, my name is Kass and I'm obsessed with clothing...

Ah! Yeah, I forgot you only pludered on the weekends!