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I have actually visited Hyde Street Pier last time I was there. I spent the better part of an hour watching some rope monkeys fiddling with the sails on one of the ships. (I don't recall it's name.) Thanks for the map link - unfortunately it isn't working for me. I do recall reading about people beaching and turning their ships into shops.

I got my ticket already. (They've only changed the routing twice so far.) Thanks to Michael, I also have the majority of my kit as well.

Ok, funny or not, responding to trolls is pointless. In fact, it encourages them to post more stuff. Sorry I couldn't get to it sooner, but in the future please let the mods deal with them. Just a word to the wise.

$175 dollars later...

I think there are several posts to guide you in Rabble Rousing. Use the search function in that forum. Here's some I found... http://pyracy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4493 http://pyracy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71 You might also check in the Captain Twill (doubtful) and Way to a Pyrates Heart forums (difficult to say what you'll find there). Good luck.

I mentioned (as Caraccioli) that I had been answering questions for a friend (Tom) about the Will curse and he responded with this: More Orlandol! More Orlando! (Bess, I suspect from what you've said previously you know differently, but you gotta' admit it makes a lot of sense. More than some parts of AWE, actually! Plus it gets rid of the messy, complicated and less logical Calypso/Davy story. They could invent a new demon to guard the fountain...)

Possible noise? I'm trying to see if I understand it correctly. You know, I could put that track I was listening to on CD and send it to you so you can listen to it. As for chaos...there is order in chaos. That's what's so fascinating about Chaos Theory. I believe what you're saying is that applying one chaotic pattern (white noise) to another chaotic pattern produces order. Perhaps it just reveals the underlying order that chaos theory suggests exists? Not sure what the spiritualists can do with that...

Sad to hear another privately maintained historical was sunk. They appear to have gotten it into a port for repair, though. (There's a link on the page that Royaliste references that goes to another page with some nice photos of the ship. It's a beautiful old wooden sailboat built in the 30s.)

You seem to have quite a stack already, but I frequently recommend Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach to anyone who seems like they might be interested in philosophy and metaphysics. It's does have the added advantage of being a very quick read. (Almost no one I've suggested it to seems to appreciate it as much as I do, however. So take the rec. with a grain of salt.) In fact, I usually pick up extra copies at books sales and whatnot to give away to friends, but my stores are low just now (I only have 2 copies - all the local book sales and resale shops seem to be disappearing! Probably due to Amazon which has cheap (AND searchable) used books aplenty.)

Hey, I'm just one user like you guys. According to Wiki's article on forum spam (this being a forum), it is "the posting of advertisements, abusive, or unneeded messages on Internet forums." I see this as an advertisement of this person's YouTube posting designed to build hit counts on the site and increase its popularity. But that's just me, y'all clearly see it differently. (If this person were a regular user, I probably wouldn't give it a second thought. But they aren't. Whatever reason you come up with to explain the hit-and-run aspect, it's still there. I'm actually somewhat surprised someone hasn't emailed this person and invited them to rebut the spam comments based on some of the fervor displayed. It would still be hit-and-run, but maybe the person would get hooked and become a contributing member then.) At any rate...enjoy the video if you disagree.

1. Because of the way it was posted, you couldn't immediately tell it went to YouTube. It's just a shiny link. 2. This is the only post by this person, so you take what they say in their post on faith because you don't know them. 3. They have not posted anything since they posted this despite the idea that they posted spam was raised which sounds to me like a hit and run post which is basically a form of... 4. Spam. They want lots of hits on their YouTube posting, so they post links to it where ever they can. At least that's my thinking. But I don't like being used to further other people's ends willy-nilly, so it may just be that I'm paranoid. (And I surely can be, too.)

Thanks to everyone who responded! I only need 6 more responses to this for my project, so I'm bumping this up hoping 6 more brave souls will volunteer. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who responded! I only need 6 more responses to this for my project, so I'm bumping this up hoping 6 more brave souls will volunteer. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who responded! I only need 6 more responses to this for my project, so I'm bumping this up hoping 6 more brave souls will volunteer. Thanks!

The title of the track is Dinner is Served! I wonder if they thought about that? I edited the waltz out of the track so I could stick it on a playlist and not be annoyed when it comes up. I love re-discovering cool tracks on my mp3 player that I had forgotten about.

Personally, I blame the media, ever looking for sweeps-month crises to raise their rating so they can charge the advertisers more. My advice: don't watch the news during sweeps (Feb, Apr/May and Nov). In fact, you're probably just better off not watching it at all. This looks kind of interesting: Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis by David Altheide. From Amazon: "Fear is pervasive in the United States. Numerous opinion polls indicate that American citizens remain fearful despite clear evidence that most citizens are healthier, safer, and happier than ever before. Why? Dr. Altheide, whose interpretive studies of the mass media are well known, provides an answer based on a variant of frame analysis of news reports and popular culture. "Availing himself of electronic information bases, Altheide employs a method, which he calls "tracking discourse," to map how the nature and extent of use of the word "fear" has changed since the 1980s; how the topics associated with fear, the topics of the media discourse, have also changed over the same period (e.g., the emphasis "moves" over time across AIDS, crime, immigrants, race, sexuality, schools, and children); and how certain news sources prevail over others, thus protectively insulating themselves from criticism of the premises of their discourse frames. "The creative use of fear by news media and social control organizations has produced a "discourse of fear"—the awareness and expectation that danger and risk are lurking everywhere. Case studies illustrate how certain organizations and social institutions benefit from the exploitation of such fear construction. One social impact is a manipulated public empathy: We now have more "victims" than at any time in our prior history. Another, more troubling result is the role we have ceded to law enforcement and punishment: We turn ever more readily to the state and formal control to protect us from what we fear. This book, which attempts through the marshalling of significant data to interrupt that vicious circle of fear discourse, will be of interest to sociologists, communications scholars, and criminologists."

Commentary...track...? D'oh! I already sent it back. Did they all have one? Who did the commentary? I did find out the local library has it, though. Alas, I think people train puppies on the more popular DVDs from the lib. I am forever using my DVD repair kit on the more widely circulated discs. (Fortunately, a lot of my tastes seem to be less than mainstream. No need to repair Sullivan's Travels.) I actually put the mini-series for BG (which apparently precedes the series) on my NetFlix list. Further bulletins as events warrant.)

Maybe...understand that I don't have any TV reception now, so I'd only be able to get them on DVD from Netflix. Plus that's an awful lot of sci-fi for me... I did see a bit of one episode awhile back and I must say I was impressed with how much more adult-oriented it was than the original TV show. I watched the River episode again last night. What a hoot! Jubal Early the disinterested, philosophical, kick-ass bounty hunter. (I wonder if he can pop disks into his chest, too?) Too cool. Much cooler than Boba Fett. (What is it with Boba Fett? Talk about a one note, useless character that was elevated way beyond his usefulness by fans...) I first came across the name "Jubal" in Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein was apparently very interested in word etymology and he chose the name Jubal because it meant "father of all." (Which doesn't seem to fit this character particularly.) This episode had a seminal image of River's character IMO:

I need your help! I'm taking a Statistics Class and we have to do a project that involves collecting statistical data. I need to get 30 unique responses and I thought this would be an interesting place to do it. Because a lot of the members here tend to stick to certain forums, I'm posting this in several of them (Beyond Pyracy, Captain Twill, Pirate Crews - Pyrates of Europe and Pirate Popto get the needed number of responses. Please only respond once and please answer them all if you decide to respond. (I'll post the results on my website with a link to them here.) Thanks for your help! ~Mission Pyracy Pub Poll Questions a. How re-enactment opportunities did you have in 2006 (pirate and non-pirate)? b. How many different pirate or pirate-related characters do you portray? c. Were your pirate or pirate-related characters based more on historic or movie/fantasy figures? d. Do you sail or work in a sea-related field or do you re-enact purely for escapism? My answers would be: a. 0 b. 1 c. historic d. escapism

I need your help! I'm taking a Statistics Class and we have to do a project that involves collecting statistical data. I need to get 30 unique responses and I thought this would be an interesting place to do it. Because a lot of the members here tend to stick to certain forums, I'm posting this in several of them (Beyond Pyracy, Captain Twill, Pirate Crews - Pyrates of Europe and Pirate Popto get the needed number of responses. Please only respond once and please answer them all if you decide to respond. (I'll post the results on my website with a link to them here.) Thanks for your help! ~Mission Pyracy Pub Poll Questions a. How re-enactment opportunities did you have in 2006 (pirate and non-pirate)? b. How many different pirate or pirate-related characters do you portray? c. Were your pirate or pirate-related characters based more on historic or movie/fantasy figures? d. Do you sail or work in a sea-related field or do you re-enact purely for escapism? My answers would be: a. 0 b. 1 c. historic d. escapism

I need your help! I'm taking a Statistics Class and we have to do a project that involves collecting statistical data. I need to get 30 unique responses and I thought this would be an interesting place to do it. Because a lot of the members here tend to stick to certain forums, I'm posting this in several of them (Beyond Pyracy, Captain Twill, Pirate Crews - Pyrates of Europe and Pirate Popto get the needed number of responses. Please only respond once and please answer them all if you decide to respond. (I'll post the results on my website with a link to them here.) Thanks for your help! ~Mission Pyracy Pub Poll Questions a. How re-enactment opportunities did you have in 2006 (pirate and non-pirate)? b. How many different pirate or pirate-related characters do you portray? c. Were your pirate or pirate-related characters based more on historic or movie/fantasy figures? d. Do you sail or work in a sea-related field or do you re-enact purely for escapism? My answers would be: a. 0 b. 1 c. historic d. escapism

I need your help! I'm taking a Statistics Class and we have to do a project that involves collecting statistical data. I need to get 30 unique responses and I thought this would be an interesting place to do it. Because a lot of the members here tend to stick to certain forums, I'm posting this in several of them (Beyond Pyracy, Captain Twill, Pirate Crews - Pyrates of Europe and Pirate Popto get the needed number of responses. Please only respond once and please answer them all if you decide to respond. (I'll post the results on my website with a link to them here.) Thanks for your help! ~Mission Pyracy Pub Poll Questions a. How re-enactment opportunities did you have in 2006 (pirate and non-pirate)? b. How many different pirate or pirate-related characters do you portray? c. Were your pirate or pirate-related characters based more on historic or movie/fantasy figures? d. Do you sail or work in a sea-related field or do you re-enact purely for escapism? My answers would be: a. 0 b. 1 c. historic d. escapism

Yes, William obviously got it right. I don't know his quote, but it'd be a good line for Bad Santa.

It should really have gull-wing doors...

Ok, this is a little weird, but I split these out of the Firefly thread as the topic is completely mutant, yet highly appropriate for a separate thread. I think we used to have a TV show thread that Christine started, but it appears to have been wiped out in the Beyond Pyracy Thread Massacre of 2005. Anyhow, a new topic arises. "Sorry about the mess." In addition to the TV shows I mentioned, here are some other cool TV shows: F-Troop - a much beloved favorite TV show of mine...Corporal Agarn Freakazoid - a cartoon that was canceled far before it's time... The Avengers - particularly the ones with Emma Peel. (Emma Peel. M - Appeal. Man Appeal. No kidding, that's how they came up with the name! Wherefore art thou, Emma Peel?) McLeod's Daughters - (forgot that one above) Jeeves & Wooster - Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry giving us P.G. Wodehouse's classic lines from the books. Absolutely priceless. Police Squad - Frank Drebin The Saint - Roger Moore doing what he was born to do. Quantum Leap - 'Nuff said Pinky & the Brain - (minus Elmyra) - "Why? What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain?" The Brainstem Song The Looney Tunes - in whatever incarnation they assumed. They shaped my life, those shows did. Them and Mad Magazine. Some also rans: The Dukes of Hazzard - Yah, it's stupid, it has one storyline, etc. But it's still pretty watchable regardless. It also benefits from the dewy glow of being on when I was in the prime of my TV viewing life... The A-Team - see The Dukes of Hazzard... Magnum P.I. - see The A-Team McGyver - give the guy some bubble gum, bailing wire and a nuclear particle accelerator and... Mike Hammer - a good, gritty cop show. One of the few I liked. Batman - Oh, but it was cheesy. Oh, but I never missed it when it was on in re-runs in the afternoon after school. The Young Indy Chronicles - very well made and entertaining Tales of the Gold Monkey - Put them on video for chrissakes!