Stynky Tudor

'appy Beerthday to ya Crow!

And a 'appy (berp) Beerthday to ya Blenders.

'appy Beerthday Captain!

(berp) Arr, feel free there shipmate Flint.

Aye, tis a difficult decision indeed. I mean Black Swan and Treasure Island have got ta be me top two all time favorites, though I’m not sure in what order. Then what order goes Captain Blood, The Crimson Pirate, Pirates of the Caribbean and Cutthroat Island, all depends on what mood I be in. For Classic I want Blood and for Silly I want Crimson, while Cutthroat is just plain Fun. And with Pirates of the Caribbean, I get all the above, being that it steals from most all the ones mentioned.

Naw, this be just the place for such a thing . . . I think. Anyways, here be a link to the blurb about it on the archaeology.org site. For centuries, the French port of St. Malo was known to English merchants as the "Hornet's Nest." Sharp rocks and treacherous approaches made the coastal town a haven for France's fleets of privateers . . . http://www.archaeology.org/0409/reviews/france.html Unfortunately I don't get the Science Channel here in where I am and I would like to know more. After you give it a watch, maybe you wouldn't mind letting the rest of us know what ya think about the program, the subject or both.

I know that the short time I lived in the UK, language could vary greatly from place to place. In one part of London I could have a completely understandable conversation even when the language changed to working class. Then in a place like Preston, Lancashire or Dunfirmland Scotland, I was fine when everyone spoke the more English version of the dialect, using English styled sounds, words and phrases. But when they spoke native with each other, there was a lot lost in translation. Even after watching almost a decade of Monty Python skits and movies, I wasn’t really prepared for all those differences in speak. Working class Irish is a tough one as well and my friends had lots of fun at my expence. Every time I got use to things and started understanding what was being said, they would crank it up a notch using less of the English pronunciations and throwing in more local words and slang. Later they would throw in bites of Irish Gaelic or just lock me out completely by talking completely Irish Gaelic. Needless to say I had trouble following conversation, no matter how many drinks I had. I’m going to have to "second" Cascabel. . . To entertain the American public at large and to be understood, I think one would want to go with some sort of bastardized Hollywood styled broken English version of an accent. Now getting a set of language or regionally specific accent tapes couldn’t hurt for reference. And with some practice would make what ever it is you’re trying to do ring true.

Actually, the only dates we be attending for sure be Pirate Invasion week-end. . .

Aye Mister SHALAQ, Tis good ta see you back on board with us again. I fear we have all been demoted along with ya though. But thank ye kindly for the gracious censoring of yerself, we wouldn't want to be introducing any naughty words like, BASTARD, PISS, HELL or ASS into the new pirates curriculum. :)

Stop! Don’t you know what you’re say man? Everyone knows that once ye been pressed into the cult, I mean crew, you’re not allowed to just get up and leave, much less do what ever ye wants. I mean bad chain letter type things might happen to us all, stars might fall from the sky, polar ice caps might melt, the planets could misalign. Oh disaster! What has the world come? Good pirates be throwing faire festival fashion to the wind or worse, overboard. Oh for shame. . . .for shame. (burp)

The Black Swan (1942) > Tyrone Power > Maureen O'Hara Treasure Island (1950) > Robert Newton Captain Blood (1935) > Errol Flynn > Olivia de Havilland > Basil Rathbone The Crimson Pirate (1952) > Burt Lancaster Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) The Curse of the Black Pearl > Like you don't know who was it. . . Cutthroat Island (1995) > Geena Davis > Frank Langella From the looks of everyone else’s list of favorites, I need to check out the Charlton Heston version of Treasure Island and take another look at Roman Polanski's Pirates and maybe even Yellowbeard.

There's actually a chance we'll be sending a small boarding party of ourselves, probably Saturday. Who be going on Saturday, when and where should we meet? (burp) Well I guess it be ok. . . just this once though, we pirates be a particular lot. Of course it would be OK Kate! Feel free ta make yarself known, buy us all a round, give us money, what ever ya deem appropriate. Really? Who did ya meet up with? Do ya remember? Or was it a blur for you like the rest of us?

No, no, tell Tobacco Meg Stynky sent ya.

'appy (burp)-day to ya Gary

'appy Birthday to ya Jim!

As long as there be something drink, I'd be fine. . . Or be it feeling fine? But seriously, (burp)

Damn, this got out of hand and fast, no pun intended there on the hand-fastening bit. But this really shouldn’t have disintegrated to the personal level it did. Most of this was done innocently enough with no intention to upset or turn the topic into the fireship it has become. And while Stynky’s philosophy on the matter is, "Kill 'em all and don’t bother sorting ‘em out, just be sure to go through their clothes and belongings before throwing them overboard. " Put down that cutlass and pistol, there be no more blows struck or volleys fired here today. Everyone, please remember that this is all for fun, pretend and play. The virtual friends you make here are just that, virtual and not real. So just chill out, get a grip and get back into character. . .

LOL, Now that I eat 10 pounds of lead paint flakes every day, I don't have that problem anymore. Now maybe I just didn't work with it long enough, but I wasn't ever able to get starch to work much for me. It always seemed that within a few hours or by the end of the day, me hat was in desperate need of a reshaping.

Amazon.com has new copies for $11.87 and used copies just under $5.00. At either price, it be plunder well worth plundering. Not to mention what an eye opener it tis for those who thought Piracy were just a Boy’s Club or that female Pirates began and ended with the likes of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books

Aye, well welcome back aboard and bon voyage to ya.

Aye felting to make ones hat be a fun and time honored tradition, but it’s a hell of a lot of work. A couple years ago I was doing some felting, working with pre-dyed, carded fleece to make me own hat blanks. Even after the learning curve, I found it difficult to maintain quality and consistency. It gave me a real appreciation for the process before machines. Especially after last year when I threw my back out while making my last hat blank. It’s still sitting down in the basement on my felting table unfinished. And though mercury works well and is period for stiffening one’s felt, even limited exposure to it isn’t really a good idea, thus the term, ‘Mad as a Hatter’. It’s better to use something like shellac or hydrolac for such things. If anyone here does go through the process of making one’s own hat blank and\or even just shaping a premade hat blank, please let us all know and share some pictures.

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Aye, 'appy Beerthday to ya RumbaRue

Aye, 'appy Beerthday to Laddy! (burp)

Aye, tis a good book indeed!