Captain Jim

Jon reminded me that Willie was there last year as were the guys from St. Augustine. Others who have been known to show up are Jack, Hurricane, Diosa (who is also going sat.), Brig and Mae and others who I may not have mentioned.

Not for a day trip...perhaps next year we'll do something for the week. Then we'll need a flag and a mast section to run it up. While there are no battles, they do have a live fire range and competition during the week. A live-fire cannon on the rifle range might impress them...

How about Alafia River Rendezvous? A pre-1840 week-long event in desperate need of a pyrate presence. Find it here. A week-long presence would be excellent, but it's way too late to register now. I'm going on Saturday (the 21st, I think.) Although the web site doesn't seem to be up right now...

The very point I was going to make. Ask for a sample/loaner to examine. See if they balk and/or how long it takes to get one in hand. Better yet: have them send ME a sample... Jim

There are good ships, and there are wood ships, The ships that sail the sea. But the best ships, are the friendships, And may they always be. (Anon) Happy birthday, William. Over the short time and long distance that I have known you, you have always seemed to make the best of whatever gale blew, that you could always square the yards and make a fair wind of it. May it always be so. Jim

Hurrah, and well done to all: Ya'll had me worried there for a bit.

Forget the symphony! Work on the Surgeon's Journal! Please? Jim

Carpe Cannon! It wasn't me...

Two days, Mission, but who's counting? Happy returns to another fine Decemberite and Pyrate. Jim

Aye, one good captain deserves another! Thank 'e lass.

Thank 'e kindly, Capt. Rackham. Diosa, if there's one thing my wee ones need, its wrangling. So bring ropes, duct tape, collars and leashes.

Happy Birthday, mate! William, however, is wrong. It's not that Mission doesn't look a day over 13, 'tis that he doesn't act a day over 13. Cheers, ye ol' mercury slinger! Jim

I missed you guys, too, Brig. Two years is too long a time to be away from my Pyrate family. Diosa, I plan to go on Saturday. I may or may not have small ones in tow, but we shall see.

Was bacon involved? There must be bacon...

Right! The December Club! Did you hold a meeting at Pi...er...FTPI? Saw a picture of you on Mission's Picasa site, striding behind the line looking all commander-y. This one:

Thank you, dear, sweet ladies of the Pyrate's realm. Missed you both this year. I shall endeavor not to let that happen again.

Thank 'e mate! My forays for now will be restricted to Florida. Next event for me is Alafia River Rendezvous, Homeland FL. Not camping this year, just going on the public days, either Friday or Saturday.

Excellent work, mate.

Bye the bye, you can also right click on the thumbnail and select "open in new tab" and get the pictures without all that cutty-pasty stuff.

Which, of course, you just did. The term you want, however, is "Pyrating", but then what do they expect from the likes of us? They should have known!

As if I needed another reason to hate Pyrate hunters...

On further review I find that I have TWO messages, one with "YOU BUGGER!" and the other with "YOU BASTARD!" Perhaps I shall employ Pyrate hunters to seek you out...

"You Bugger!"-Anonymous, overheard at the end of a "message in a bottle", rumored to have been sent during the auction. Jim P.S.: I will find you...

And even the hysterically hard core and the hard core hysterics. Jim

I voted fer ye as well, mate. Luck to ye.