callenish gunner

Welcome aboard lass ....Glad to have another beauty aboard! See you again soon.

In the engravings of the men on the docks, they appear like Tartars or Cossacks with the scalp-locks and mustaches.

Aye Hawkyns like so many wannabes; they take a piece of black iron pipe put a pipe cap on one end drill a touch hole and think they've made a cannon. Saw that at the university here when I was a student; they'd fire it when they scored a touchdown at football games until one Saturday afternoon it blew up in the faces of the gun crew (blinded one young man and seriously injured 5 others). They had made the bloody gun from a section of sewer pipe.

We had a grand time ....I've grown our wee crew by one more dedicated member ...Hannah had a blast!!!

Silkie your arithmetic is off ......30 + 20 is 50 but you do work for a bank so I guess that explains it

A good bath in coal oil will fix it too; dries up the oils so fast that it can't spread to anyone or thing .....but be sure nobody is smoking around you Sterling and Don't get near flintlocks or cannon fire

Cross, I never noticed your head was that pointy!! :D

Mine is intentionally vague .....the rest is nobody's bloody business Thank you very much!

Sorry Sterling your histamine reaction isn't communicable; if you still were covered in active plant oil before it bonded with the skin then it is transferable but not contagious. By the time your rash has come to full bloom you have surely washed all the transferable oils from your skin and are no longer able to infect others but their repulsion of your appearance can give you the advantage to strike fear in their souls MUAHAHAHA!

:lol:And now for something completely different

Quite enjoyable podcasts ...

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free! I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer,picnics, and baseball games.

too small

I've been thinking about their Sunrider top as an alternative to our hardtop for at least 6 months a year. J.C. Whitney has had about the best price on them that I've seen.

Have to wish you both the best for your birthday, many happy returns of the day

I first began smoking a pipe in '61 or '62 the first one was a walnut burl pipe carved for me by my great grandfather; it was a one piece pipe with two ears on the underside of the bowl so it would stand and keep lit while working in his cabinet shop. It worked much better than cigarettes, when I first was working the fishing boats in Scotland if you turned it over in the rain or in heavy seas it would usually stay lit even with the spray. I had that pipe until just a few years ago when it was nicked in a coffee shop when I went to the gents ......Really pissed me off I prefer a string cut whiskee cured tobacco.

we will try to aim to attend next year

His headgear is more helmet like that hat ...that was one description of the grenadiers at least from what I've read

Aye dutch do you need a tiller-man?

we'll be there as well and bringing my daughter Hannah with us......... NOT SUTLERING!!!

If needs be pete we still have extra room in the "tent mahal" and ye can have a "private room"

Welcome aboard mate stow your kit and get to drynking and swapping tales!

Must be an impostor; I heard that Duncan was actually in a Somali for impersonating a pyrate......

Bang-Bang Maxwell Silverhammer.............