Ransom

Snakes

In a bottle?

Jolly Roger...How Jolly was he?

Yeah, Mos Eisley is the best. Close runner up—Jabba's palace!

Teaser and the Firecat by Cat Stevens—when he was Cat Stevens.

Also, but not at the same time, Fortune My Foe by Les Witches

Oooo, jealous I am.

Earlier in the year I was aboard the Lady Washington for a day of hoisting sale and firing broadsides at the Lynx, not to mention the Mill Casino—a fine rattlin' of glass windows that was! The ships got so close that, while taking pictures I felt the blast of hot air on my checks when the Lynx fired back. Loved it!

They were in Coos Bay, OR. Had a great time, and thanked the crew of the Lady next day with a big cake. Killick was her Captain then, and a fine gent.

As so many of you, I was also a member of the SCA (ten + years), under the name Rathyen de Burres of Acton—being a direct decendant of Sir Richard de Burres Knight Templar. I am told the ruins of Acton Hall still exist in England, mainly a foundation and a lot of grass.

For my pirate name, I wanted "something completely different." Went to the web site that gives you pirate names but didn't like any of them. In my writers group we all picked pirate names for Talk Like a Pirate Day, and mine was Fireship Fanny Todd, as I have red hair. But I though that name too long for this pub(besides, I know there is another, less flattering, meaning to the term "Fireship.") , so I came up with False Ransom, and the story that goes with it—held for ransom, ransom paid, but in lead coin instead of gold (full story under my introduction New Member).

BTW Loved Mos Eisley - my favorite SW's town!

This was in the dark ages, back in the 80's. No store then. Camped with a group from Dreiburgen, about 6-10 of us, depending. Personally, I liked Potrero, as it had a decent bathroom and shower, and there are trees, so you could camp in the shade. More than can be said for Estrella—if they still war there.

Ahh, Potrero, I remember it well. Hot, dusty, no wine for twenty miles if you should run out, and a long drive home back to Dreiburgen (when I lived there). But, the nightly revels were fun.