Cap'n Pete Straw

Well, that's more like it. It then gave me this answer: Cap'n Pete Straw -- [adjective]: 100% kinky Still like the shower idea, though...

Waitamminnit! I got: Jeff -- [noun]: A steamy steamy shower Er, Christine, either we are supposed to take a steamy steamy shower together, or this thing ran out of random answers.

'Scuse me!

Since we're on the subject (although I realize that this is not directly on-thread), in the past week I picked up another Sea Service flintlock like the ones in the my photo. It allegedly fires, but the spring is loose and needs to be fixed. Although it was oiled before it was last stored, it has apparently been sitting in a damp basement and needs a work-out with steel wool. The "Montage Of My Flintlocks" is getting larger!

Cup o' coffee. Mmmm... Starbucks...

Godfather II is on cable. And listening to my daughter play with the kitten.

cock's comb (off topic -- the man who invented dynamite did NOT win the Nobel Peace Prize. His name was Alfred Nobel and he bankrolled his profits to ESTABLISH the Nobel Peace Prize)

I Love Bananas! When I heard about this, I ran out and bought all the bananas in stock at all the local grocery stores, so that I would not run out. Dozens and dozens and dozens of bananas. I fear that the stories are all true, because these piles of bananas are turning black and mushy! Damn!

Yeah... what's up with that? Anyway, I sent my check.... Here's hoping everything goes swimmingly.

So, with all the talk (in another thread) about the Doom of this publication, and all the problems it has faced... ...Is this magazine still moving forward?

Some background information is necessary. The coat was last seen Hallowe'en 2005. The kids were with us for the weekend, but then went back to their mother's house (downstate - 300 miles away) on Sunday evening, 30 October. Hallowe'en was officially the next day, and he wanted to bring most of his pirate gear back with him (note: the photo was taken one year earlier: Hallowe'en 2004). When I started reminding him (around Christmas) to bring the coat back to my house, confusion ensued as to whether he ever took it to his mother's home, etc., etc., blah blah blah. We speak on the phone at least once a week, and I keep asking him if it turned up. No, no, no and no. I realize that the coat could easily be folded flat and be laying in a drawer, or in a stack of clothes, or in a bag... but he also took the tricorne hat, which is much too three-dimensional to be hidden under a pair of socks. So where could it be? So, if I understand correctly, there was a pile of clean clothes sitting in a laundry basket, and the coat was within or under those clothes. And there were one or more other laundry baskets nested within that basket with varying quantities of clothes within them. I have no idea how badly pressed that coat has become... And I cannot speak of the fate of the hat, as that was apparently with the coat, buried within the geologic strata of laundry. Erg.

It comes as an incredible relief to report that the coat has been found. Repeat: the coat has been found. All hands, stand down from your stations.

Land War in Asia (the Sicilian reference is from "Princess Bride")

Okay, that one put me off my vodka.

chain reaction

My dear sir, this very discussion thread is regarding assembly of the Queen Anne kit! I think there may be a link in here to the Dixie Gun Works site (the vendor from where mine came). They are a real joy to build; I highly recommend you re-read this entire thread and see if this is a purchase you would like to consider.

Callenish seems to have some real collectors items, but I, alas, cannot make that claim regarding my flintlocks. (other guns, yes ... but not my flintlocks) The Sea Service pistols are not widely considered collectible -- these have been discussed in another Pub thread, and other Internet information considers these circa 1970s replicas to be only moderate collectible interest. I built the Queen Anne from a kit my wife gave me two Christmases ago. The Scottish Highlander Murdoch is brand spanking new (acquired last June or July) -- and would depend on your definition of "Collectible". But that Middle East or Pakistani or Turkish or Whatever heavily inlaid folk-art pistol ... while it simply cannot be fired (don't even start me on the myriad design issues) it possibly has great collectible value as a CRAFT object.... but I do not know who is looking for it.

eggs

Both Sea Service pistols are attached to the same lanyard, so "yes." (Frustrated over the idea of wielding a brace of pistols with no holsters or belt clips, I was floored over the ingenuity of the lanyard concept, pictured in its fiull glory in the November paiting of Don Maitz' 2006 calendar.) One works, the other not. First, I am impressed you could see fault in just the picture. A gun-savvy friend of mine also took one look at it and the look on his face said it all. I am pretty sure the upper (darker) of the pair is the faulty one. Everything is there, and operates, but yes -- the geometry is a bit whack. The pair of Sea Service pistols, along with the non-firing inlaid one cost me $100 all together. Perhaps the only better deals I ever got were my $250 brand new M1853 replica Tower Enfield Musket, or the Civil War era brass-cased fleam in pristine condition for $5. I plan to investigate the repair, but have simply put the task on a far rear burner for the time being. Callenish Gunner: Ye have far too many babies. They are all quite lovely, but perhaps you should consider adopting some to relieve yourself of the burden!

If you use iceberg lettuce, ye must make it with cold cuts!

Aye, Jib, mine as well. I dragged my friends there every summer. Then I actually got a job, when it was still "King Richard's Renaissance Faire," and worked there during the summers of 1978 & 1979 when I was, er... um... ten years before I was born. Bilgemunkey! We want to see those pictures!

This is a great topic thread: Who you want to see in thir pirate garb. But ever since it surfaced, I have wanted to note that a much, much more interesting thread would be "Who you want to see OUT of their pirate garb." Except that would probably fall outside of the general PG-13 guideline...

How do a pirate keep his sandwich cold at sea? Ye tuck 'tunder yer flintlock, and it be below frizzen!

How do I keep a sandwich cold at sea? I get my ex-wife to hold it between her thighs.

Although you cannot see the entire "puffy" shirt, I think it really does look nice with the rest of my outfit... which you can see in this photo: