Captain Sage

Me own birthday is in July, BUT does a pirate really NEED a reason to buy this DVD? Captain Sage

just wonderin..... Captain Sage

I had a great-grandma what sniffed snuff and drank coffee straight from the kettle after perkin' on a wood stove. I reckon' she was more a man than I am. I hurled after me first (and only) run-in wit terbacky, and coffee never seemed worth the trouble to get it tastin' decent. Gimme' Key Lime pie and Blenheim extra hot Ginger Beer... yee-haw.. good for what ails ya'! Captain Sage PS- Where in the Sam Hill do ya' reckon all that sniffed snuff gets to? Gross!

Jack has his eye on the rum... :angry: Captain Sage

I always had a picture in me mind's eye (as a child, that is) of 15 surly rogues sitting on the literal chest (ribs, etc.) of a dead man. I suppose I thot that would keep him from gettin up and havin' words wit the ones what did 'im in. I'm not bein too scholarly, am I? Captain Sage

Ahoy Cap'n Flink! Welcome aboard. ..a right smashing avatar, too. Captain Sage

Cheers, Cascabel! :) Captain Sage

beg yer pardon...

beg yer pardon...

Death to pop-ups! Huzzah! Captain Sage

maybe with the reference to squirrels-go-wee, he means he has to GO...NOW...

Hey RumbaRue, I heard the true test of a sense of humor is to be told that you don't have one.... Captain Sage

I wouldn't get too frazzled.... it's nothin' a little rat's bane won't cure.

Welcome to ALL ye' young swabbers. *My, but this Alexandria do seem to be the serious one.* I point ya straightway to one Royaliste, my lass. I'm certain he can send you down the road of a nautical total makeover in short order. He's an authentic pirate by all accounts, not to mention a skilled sailor and avid Pub poster. .....'Matter o' fact, I expect him to find you at any time now. Fair Winds, Captain Sage

I happen to live in the place where Krispy Kreme started! There's a current Coke product under-cap promo where you can win a free dozen with the purchase of a dozen. I have two more caps after I used one. Half-price donuts... wheee!!!!!! Life is Great! Captain Sage

Argh, MK, 'tis a shame, but my plans to invade Charleston changed when I lost the desire to drive 5 hours in a day (2 1/2 from Myrtle Beach). There just would not be enough time to take everything in. So, 'twas a reschedule for this fall when we could put up in a local inn. I did manage to visit Georgetown, which was closer. They have an annual Harborwalk Festival with a pirate invasion. Georgetown is a fine city that's plumb silly with colonial/ nautical/ piratical history and all that good stuff. Captain Sage PS- My 6yr old daughter once told a lady in a store that her Daddy was a pirate with his own pirate business.

Try this on fer size: Encyclopedia Pyratica Captain Sage

I'm in Winston-Salem, and in me past lived 10 years just outside of Charleston, SC... and me Mum lives in N. Myrtle Beach. Are we neighbors of sorts? Captain Sage PS(added after looky at yer details)- ain't ye the one what rushed in the door shoutin' about the Carolina Ren Faire witout givin' any details the first time? That was funny!

This summer I am reading or have read: Tales along the King's Highway of South Carolina, Drawn to the Civil War, Nags Headers, Far Appalachia, Blackbeard the Pirate, Hidden Carolinas, and the Player's Handbook for POTC on PC. By the way, if there are any of you in NC, SC, or western VA, LET ME KNOW. I don't know of any 'cept Stynky, and he's not quite as local as western VA.(though he's a right fine lad for the chat room!) Captain Sage

Hey Mary, how's about "Happy Whydah Limestone" By the way, I heard someone shoots Charlie Noble regularly, yet he lives on.... must be a tough old buzzard. I'll build me own pirate ship, once I get the money, time, knowhow, assistance, space, zoning variance, permits, crew, and etc. but today I am... Captian Sage

Quack! Quack! Waddle, waddle..... KA-BLOOEY!

Don't do it! It would short out the workins of the Pub for sure! Keep us dry. Captain sage

Well bugger me, I bet Stynky never thoughta that one. Just when you think you've seen it all, here comes a squirrely goin' wee on the wall! Not exactly a Clickable Smilie, though. Captain Sage

Ahoy mates, First of all, thank you alot for the constructive criticism. It helped me to know how to clarify some things on the page. Secondly, my humblest apologies for the poor wording re: muskets, axes, and dirks. I am guilty of trying to say too much with too few words and making things confusing. My bad, to be sure. Thirdly, come on Royaliste! Ain't we modern pirates all at least a wee bit full of tar? In detail: 1) No, I didn't mean to say the 1700's-era musket was rifled, but I did write it that way. Oops. The mid 1800's development of the Enfield is however an early example of a RIFLED MUSKET. Check out just one example here. 2) The picture of a pirate mountain climber is the first one I got when I read this description in several more official-seeming places. Very funny to me! I did not intend to create that picture, but did anyhow. :) I did see a demonstration of this use in a movie where the guy with the axe lodged it just below the gunwale to steady himself while he was in a smaller boat preparing to heave up for a hanhold to go up and over. no, I don't remember the movie name and who cares. 3) I have to just stand by my assertions about the dirk because I meant the dirk and NOT the dagger you refer to. Throwing dirks having been around since forever in one form or another. Their advantage was not over some other sharpy as I think you heard but one of concealment and either a second (or last?) resort. And... no one said they had to be of the finest quality or finish. Maybe you have heard the saying that "a dull blade makes a worse (like how?) cut than a sharp one". It compares (to me anyway) of having a pocket pistol but never in substitution of a 'standard' pistol and cutlass. AND: if I carried one to use, I WOULD be confident enough in my ability and me blade to use it with good results at least most of the time. Besides all that, none of us were there to see any of this. Very little is known with certainty about what we take for granted were the pirate practices and devices of war. They had very short and brutal lives and 'careers' for the most part, and left no wills or detailed diaries. There were and are no hard and fast rules in matters piratical, anyway me hearties. ... unless it be get more booty with less personal injury so ye' can enjoy it longer. Again, thanks for the feedback. If'n ye' like, you can check out the edited page here:Weapons Info Cheers Captain Sage

Well bugger me, based on the msg "kiss my..", it seems that bloke bloody jack has left port for places unknown. Pity, too... it would have been a nice ship... to BLOW OUT OF THE WATER! Only funnin' Captain Sage