Duchess

And the anwser be: What ever you want! There aren't any rules about sash lengths or widths. In general ten footers are meant to be wrapped around several times, and leave a good length to hang down . Shorter sashes wrap fewer times and/or have less hanging down. So play around with your fabric and decide which look and style suits you best. The sash I wear most often actually started out as part of a turban. It is olive green heavy silk, about eleven foot long and one foot wide. It wraps several times and hangs down to my knees. I do have several shorter lengths of fabric that I wear occasionally, depending on what I'm doing. Sometimes having that much "bulk" and loose fabric can get in the way, or even be dangerous. The Duchess

It could be worse. The last fellow I saw trying to sell plaques had this for the advertisment: "Rare, Vintage Plagues! Great Prices!" The Duchess

Get a belt! Then go find something called a "jack strap" or a "mug strap." Those are the things that connect your belt to all the things you want to hang from it. There are several retailers of them on the internet. The Duchess

The movie isn't really a hybrid of those two books. It picks and chooses scenes and dialogue from all 20 books. In the book "Far Side of the World" Jack and the Surprise have not yet become a Letter of Marque, or privateers. They are sent by the British government to deal with an American privateer who is wrecking Bristish whalers. Along the way Jack takes on Mr. Hollom who woos the gunners wife. All the hand regard Hollom as very bad luck since terrible things continue to happen to the ship throughout the cruise. Eventually the Gunner bludgeons both his wife and Mr. Hollom to death, he doesn't commit suicide. The Americans are portrayed in a very bad light. The lie, cheat and steal throughout the book. At the end through some very odd circumstances the Americans as well as Jack and a party of Suprises end up stranded on an island. It isn't until Jack returns to England and takes some ill offered advice that he get arrested for "rigging the stockmarket" and is then out of the service and the Surprise is also sold out. So the movie is very good. True to the feeling and the characters, but not to the story. The Duchess

That's actually a good idea! The parlor in me home town willl make a temporary tattoo of your design, so you can try it in different locations. Where it around for while, see if you like it. I think there is ink that you can buy for your home printer that is transferable, so you could do this by yourself too. O course, my tattoo guy also confessed that if he felt people were getting ink for the wrong reason, just bad designs, or being bloody stupid, he'd jack the price up, hoping to deter them... The Duchess

The books top my list of all time favorites. Patrick O'Brian had a way with words unequaled by any modern writer. An amazing ability to portray a character, faults, glories, feelings, motivations, everything. And not just one character but shipfulls of characters. Not to mention the man has a prodigious vocabulary. There are words that I needed an unabridged dictionary to look up! The movie while not at all true to the story line, is very true to the feeling and characters of the books. The Duchess

O'course keep us informed with pictures! The Duchess

I'd just like to point out that Drunken Lullabyes be pretty pirate too! The Duchess

Nice hat Toe Cutter! I do agree that a fest or faire of some sort be the best way to buy. That way you can try things on sample the compliments, and generally feel special for giving up the hard won cash. It makes a better experience over all than the internet... Here's to cats! Mine has taken to eating my plumes and sleeping on me chain maille. The Duchess

I'm on the Palouse. I was listening to Northwest Public Radio, to the Inland Folk program when I caught the end of the announcement. I suspect that this is for something on the other side of the state, but I am holding out for something interesting a little closer to me. :) And since I don't know for sure where the Round Table Restaurant is, I thought I would ask here. The Duchess

The attitude is the thing... Me Mum once had some advice for me. "If everthing sucks, and everyone treats you badly. It might be time to consider that the problem really is you." So build the house and play the golf and damned be the nay sayers! The Duchess

Probably because when they started making/selling those hats there was no "Captain Sparrow." A little movie, a little name change, a little price hike...lots of clones. The Duchess

I'm glad someone appreciated that...

I'm always an advocate of Excalibur Leather. I bought a cavalier hat probably ten years ago. They are very sturdy and age very well. http://www.excaliburleather.com/ Actually the hat I bought, now that I look at the website is closer to the butch cassidy style with a wider brim. The Duchess

So, in my brand new location, was listening to the NWPR to a show called Inland Folk. I came in at the tale end of an announcement about Sea Shanty Sing Along at a restuarant called the Round Table. Unfortunately I don't know where it is located or when it happens. Does anyone know more about this? The Duchess

or would that be "Putting up a home of ballish perks?" The Duchess

I wasn't looking for pirate boots, this time out. My engineer boots have died and been summarily burried, so I am after a replacement pair. They do make, for some extraordinary amount of money, thigh high boots that can be folded down. I believe the website is www.westcoastshoe.com. However while it was up last night, I cannot make it come up today. Hmm... The Duchess

Alas, the wrong coast for me. I do wish you all great fun. The Duchess

Near me old home there was certain mega mall. On the third floor was certain miniature golf course. Which just happened to over look a certain indoor amusement park...all of which I was escorted out of. :) The Duchess

Anyone familar with Wesco boots? Comfy? How do they run for size? The Duchess

So where is Fell's Point? for geography-challenged... The Duchess

Please do share the link when you find it. It was at the MNRF that I worked for five wonderful years, and two more that weren't. I bought my jack from Mac 12 years ago, when my first pewter mug took the swan dive from the balcony of our stage/booth. Oddly enough, the same swan dive I took that crushed my jack. But, leather is just so much more durable... I missed the MNRF this year, as I've moved to Washington. It was Mac's widow who resealed my mug, the last time I had it done. thanks The Duchess

No no no... The tiny little hole just be the cover. This is an opportunity to direct high speed small hard objects in crowds of unsuspecting people... "oops my bad *giggle* I just so awful at this..." The Duchess

Aye, Jack o' the drinking kind. I've no need, so far, for armour... Buzzard's Nest? Do they have a website? Tis always nice to have a back up plan in case of eventualities. The Duchess

Aye, that was indeed my point. And though my dear leather jack is truely irreplacable, it isn't worth much to me, if I'm not using it. If it were living on a shelf, I'd have to dust it. Instead, drink goes in and drink goes out, and it is never needing dusting. Though it did need some reshaping after I fell 15' to flatten it with me backside. :) The Duchess