Capt. Sterling

Aye...**cough, cough**... fer shame... know ye not that oft times one colony's privateer were naught but another colony's pyrate? T'is but a thin piece of paper that separates my lot from the rest of yers... Oh and my dear, no short drops and sudden stops yet in our time frame... nice and slow is that final race run...

sorry double posted see following post

Sterling bait??? What one earth would I ever fall for???

Oh and don't forget the ribs...

One word of blackmail and I'll drop ye there on the spot...and toss Finn over board as soon as we're out to sea...

Belly cut and sometimes you grind it and mix with pork... but if you're currently butchering you can just slice and toss it on the fire...I remember when I was a kid, Dad just butchered and as he did, just cooked immediately on the bar-b-que outside. It was fantastic...he never waited to age the meat like some do...of course the left overs went into the freezers for jerky, stews, etc. later on, but the best was always the first cuts... Mr. March makes his venison bacon with pork I believe...his was very good as well.

Actually tis referring to the cut and just frying it up in a pan over the fire... delicious...beats pork bacon any day...but don't tell William I said that.

Just think with all the crewe offspring, we can all retire in a few years and we already have enough to pick up where we leave off...

Aye three years in Algiers really rubs off on a body...quite the lasting impression.

MMMMmmm doesn't get much better than that... unless yer on the ship or on the racing horse...

I am touched...

Peaceful??? Bloody well look like venison bacon and new leather gloves for my daughter... to me.

OMGROTDLMAO.... Oh I am not going to ever forget this one... and Matt, if you think reenacting is expensive... and you think kids are expensive... try adding them both together...

HORRORS...ACK MY EYE... MY EARS!!!! Where do I post the disclaimer that, that Sterling is in no way, shape or form even remotely related...

**sniggering** Well at least tis not a dead give away...

ah... just trying to clarify what we see in one of Foxe's great pictures and think plaid and/or tartan... they were thinking check...

Pronunciation: \ˈtär-tən\ Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French tiretaine linsey-woolsey Date: circa 1500 1 : a plaid textile design of Scottish origin consisting of stripes of varying width and color usually patterned to designate a distinctive clan 2 a : a twilled woolen fabric with tartan design b : a fabric with tartan design 3 : a garment of tartan design Montgomery does not have the term "Tartan" in the book but does cover Tiretaine: "A coarse linsey-woolsey, or all wool cloth, which Beck relates to tartan; a 2/2 twill of linen warp and low quality woolen weft.

Tee hee hee . . . Ft. Pyratesburg . . ?!? Hmmm we might want to think of a name change ...something about Pyratesburg, just makes me wonder how many ships will really want to make the journey here, with a name like that..

And dinner just hoofed its way across the formal lawn...and the Far Better Half put the damn key to the trigger guard some place to keep it safe. Where, is beyond me ... I love my spouse, I love my spouse... and the damn deer knew it too! Just stood there posing whilst I banged my head against the porch railing...frustrating don't ye think?

Tis amazing how much those Monmouth caps stretch...

FWIW, perhaps this might help clear up some things regarding checks... From Textiles in America 1650-1870, Florence M. Montgomery Check: a fabric made of any fibers in plain weave with colored warp and weft stripes intersecting at right angles to form squares(Fig. D-28). Check may also be printed. Examples of fabrics classified as checks Fig D-28(page 196 From the Winterthur Museum) (plate D-94 Striped and checked cotton textiles woven at Rouen, 1737 from the Richelieu Papers) (an aside for Foxe, just in case he had never seen the following: In John Holker's manuscript of about 1750, swatches 1 to 9 of blue and white linen and cotton checks were made in the Manchester area "for home consumption and for export, especially to the colonies. They were used for sailor's blouses, children's clothing and linings.." pg 197 Plaid: A twill or plain woven cloth with a pattern of intersecting stripes in both the warp and the weft. The pattern may also be printed. A typical "Scotch Pload," shown in the Holker manuscript (see Pl. D-32) was worn by Scots, particularly the mountain men, and by members of the Scottish Regiments serving in England. It was also made into men's dressing gowns. A 1738 Boston newspaper advertised "Banjans made of Worsted Damask, Brocaded Stuffs, Scotch Plods and calliminco." page 325 (Plate D-32 Worsted "Scotch Pload". From the Holker manuscript, ca. 1750 Musee des Arts Decoratifs) I think the stumbling block may be that here in the states when you walk into a fabric store if you refer to anything that looks like the lower left hand example in this set detail it is called a plaid where as it was classified as a check earlier on...nowadays people in the states refer to checks more along the style of the red and white checked table cloths you see in the local pizza parlor, where the check is always a solid color... I have found most stores don't even know what a "window pane" check is... You really need to go into the garment districts to find folks who know the difference.

Why not have them pay the proper fees, tariffs, etc. first after safely getting them into port THEN relieve them of their cargo?

Foxe...isn't this you and yours?

Very nice...congratulations...