callenish gunner

Happy birthday lad ...I'll lift a jar with you the next time we meet ....and I'm buyin'

Happy Birthday to ye lass hope you and Edward had a wonderful day/evening and if he's smart he'll keep it going for you for most of the week!!!!

Lily, Edward and Michael, we were talking about Hemp Traders during our Cabin Fever Weekend in February for sources of hemp fabric and hemp rope and twine. I ordered a lot of hemp twine from them for my daughter to do marlinespike/macrame work and some fabric to make a couple of hammocks. That's one of my projects for the summer to take to PIP to lounge under the trees on the beach.

Most ren-faire bodices or corsets don't offer the proper support that many women need, they only worry about pushing up your boobies for guys to ogle...while that's nice; if you need the back support a fully boned set of stays can do all the boobie lifting and support your back, like an orthopedic back brace. The shorter irish dress bodice skirt combination do just about nothing for your back. For those women who dislike the confinement of a full set of stays and the limited movement that you will need to adjust to with them.

Charcoal grilled boneless sirloin & baby Brussels sprouts in garlic butter and balsamic vinegar, Smoking Loon Merlot

If you were on a ship with multi-level gun decks your chests and your hammocks could have to be moved whenever you cleared for action (more chests than could be stowed directly between the guns) The stability of a low center of gravity with wider bottom than top would make sure that in rough seas your chest would stay in place for the most part (moving chests in tight quarters could do a lot of damage to a sailors pegs)...one other reason I was told for the slanted sides was the curve of the of hull of the ship for stability and access to the chest when placed along the outer hull walls

Well met Harry. Tis a shame to lose you at the fort but time and tide takes us all to other places ...we'll have to share a jar at Hampton ....fair wind and following seas, mate

Happy Birthday to a fine lass and a wonderful friend!

Very nice Mr. O'Keeffe!!!! ....as if we would expect anything less

Another method that can be used which I learned from my Great Grandfather is a locking pin dowel rod joint where you use a larger dowel to originally join the boards of the chest and then drill through the sides through the side and dowel rod and place a smaller dowel through both pieces of the sides to lock the peg permanently ...solid and rugged wearing joint for uses that require a joint you can depend upon! Just my humble opinion

& smells of cabbage ..... very nice ring and I'm sure if you coated the inside of it with clear nail polish it would keep your finger from turning that brass-ring green

ROBBIE, Hamish enjoyed his time with you especially when you were rolling on the bed with him. I think he wants to see you again soon Your honesty is a good influence on him, you say what you mean and mean what you say. Anytime you want to babysit or visit you're more than welcome!!!

Thanks for the offer - good price. Will you be selling at the Black Beard Festival? Absolutely!!! My fourth year!!!

The 1742 British hanger is virtually exactly the same as the German model from approx. 1685 which was hardly a surprise since the Hanoverian kings were on the throne of England and they brought many of their own generals and military minds with them to govern. George II was the king when the sword was designated the common sword of the British army, He also served as the last English monarch to lead his army into battle against the French at Dettengen(1743) ...There were variations that included the wooden grip that Michael mention and also a leather covered wooden grip with twisted wire as well as the brass that was finally the general issue weapon.Many of those swords were still in action during the French & Indian War and also as Colonial militia in the American colonies including those of the Caribbean. $80 +10S/H (Shameless self-promotion)

Hope it was a happy day for you lass ...we were out of town and offline many happy returns of the day!!!!

well let me just say Happy birthday lass!!!

just watched this on Fancast; south park Cartman the pirate

doo -wah -diddi-diddi-dum-diddi -ey

I must agree with you dutch since in the GOAP there was no standard spelling in a great deal of the english language it was spelled by in large phonetically; "In the first half of the eighteenth century there was no rival in the English language to the dictionaries, such as the Vocabulario degli Accademici della Crusca and Le dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, produced by the continental academies. Some, such as Alexander Pope and Joseph Addison, had proposed such a work but none had undertaken it until Samuel Johnson started work on A dictionary of the English language, which was published in 1755. Johnson was paid 1,500 guineas by a consortium of booksellers to produce the dictionary. The work was expected to take three years but eventually took nine. It finally appeared in 1755 in two large folio volumes and contained the definitions of over 40,000 words. Johnson's main innovation was that he included quotations to illustrate the meaning and usage of words. Johnson included 114,000 quotations from various sources. He did not restrict himself to quoting literary sources but also quoted extensively from scientific, medical, legal and theological works. It was also more comprehensive than previous dictionaries. For example, McAdam and Milne have pointed out that while Cockeram gave no definitions of "to take" and Bailey gave only eighteen, Johnson gave 134. Johnson's dictionary is full of humour. His description of oats as a "grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people" is well known. He defines pension as an allowance made without equivalent, which in " England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country". He defines excise as a "hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid". Occasionally he allows his personal views to colour the definitions of words. He obviously had Lord Chesterfield in mind when he defined a patron as "one who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with indolence, and is paid with flattery". Lord Chesterfield had refused Johnson any real financial aid while he was compiling the dictionary but when it neared completion hinted that he would like it dedicated to him. He gives us a glimpse of his personal views when he describes the sonnet as a form "not very suitable to the English language." Sometimes Johnson makes mistakes, as when he describes the word "pastern" as meaning as the knee of a horse when it is in fact the foot of a horse. This error was not corrected for eighteen years. " So in most cases the spelling prior to this work and even later could vary due to the educational level and dialect of the writers of reports or documents

I'll match or beat any price that loyalist charges for like items and there is no customs or international shipping charges .....and let me know what sort of musket you might be interested in since I usually don't bring long guns to pyrate events other than Blunderbusses

This is the sort of Wassail I'm used to ...got a bit more "BALLS" than the fruit juice version above and serves enough for a crewe of pyrates.....IMHO Ingredients: 24 small red apples 6 whole cloves 6 whole allspice 6 cardamom seed, coarsely broken 2 cinnamon stick, broken 4 quarts ale 2 teaspoons ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 4 cups sugar 2 bottles 4/5 quart dry sherry 12 eggs, separated Directions: Bake apples at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Set aside. Tie cloves, allspice, cardamom and cinnamon in cheesecloth bag. Place in kettle with 2 cups ale, ginger and nutmeg. Heat slowly 10 minutes; remove spice bag. Add remaining ale, sugar and sherry. Heat slowly 20 minutes. Do not boil. Beat egg whites to firm peaks. Beat yolks and fold in whites. Slowly beat in hot ale mixture until smooth. Carefully pour in punch bowl. Float apples on top. Serve warm in heated mugs or cups. It was custom in days gone by to make a powerful drink on twelfth night, float raisins on top and set fire to the surface.

Tarred wool (asked my 89 year old aunt/Harris Tweed spinner-weaver)at the time might have been wool spun from unwashed/processed wool with all the natural oils/lanolin still in the wool it is quite naturally waterproof and also a bit odoriferous ....smells of old sheep all the time

Great looking boxes ....we'll have to haggle lad!!!

Yes indeed I'll be there within the encampment with me weapons ...an assortment of pistols and a few blunderbusses and swords & knives all FULLY FUNCTIONAL period reproductions ...hoping to have a few cartridge boxes and sword carriages as well.

NEW Babe ...flimsy excuse ...Hamish was hoping to corrupt the lad in the ways of pyratin'