Silkie McDonough

Very cool Dutch, thanks for sharing.

I am basically a lubber and know little of sailing for years on end, but how much of a lock would be needed on a sea chest while at sea? Yes, you wouldn't want to leave it without a lock of some sort however, if the ship is at sea and a person on board has no place to go, no place to hide and little time alone below deck to riffle through another's belongings, how much theft would go on and how many cases of thievery would go unsolved? It would be my guess that anything of real value might be left in the care of the captain or quartermaster at least while at sea. Finally, how much personal wealth might the average sailor have in his possession at any one time? I am sure thievery did happen, why else would a ships articles mention punishment for theft? I just wonder how much security would be needed on each chest.

spring

My prayers to you and yours Syren. BIG hug to you too.

I could not help reading this thread..Are those not windows in that little shower?????????? Aye, they are windows but they can be ziped shut for privacy.

Silkie stands dumbfounded looking at the crater that will be left in your wake. ...Yes I know that is a mixed metaphor it is the message not the words that matter. Harry, Thank you. Thank you for your work and having so much playing at work! Thank your lady for her sharing with this family. We shall miss you. I know that being with your biological families will bring you joy, perhaps even as much as your pyrate family. I look forward to seeing you at the Blackbeard Festival and am grateful at the chance to say so-long ...not goodbye, for once you have become one of the brotherhood there is no severing the ties ...we know where to find you.

Nah, I like this one ...of course green is my favorite color.

Happy Birthday Lady. Hope you have a grand day.

Beautiful work Edward!

Problem with free fonts is that not everyone has the same fonts loaded on their systems. Even my signature does not look like I want it to when I am at home as it does at the office. Is there any way to embed the font in a signature other than importing an image?

Happy Birthday to you good man! Best to you!

I use fonts that are in microsoft office products. I choose them because I believe there are many people who have that software. Then to use it you simply replace the font name from the font list here by typing the name of the one you want to use. McDonough, becomes McDonough, which in turn becomes McDonough. (Read the script that shows when you view the quote ...that should explain it.) The draw back is that if someone does not have the font you have chosen loaded on their machine they don't see a default font rather than what you specify. I see what looks like Times New Roman rather than Papyrus that I specified. (I still have to reload office again ...since the crash)

FANfekingtastic! 56F & cloudy! It is spring again! YIPPIE!

So, if I am not related to the deceased how long do I have to wear black? Can I just dress for the funeral and then get back to work? lol

Good to hear ...good deal just not what I needed ...I looked at the wrong part of the photo. LOL

Sunny ...sunny & hot ...it is April ...it shouldn't be hot. It shouldn't be sunny but I don't mind the sunshine.

Hahahaha ...no William ...I understand the false teeth thing. My niece took my mom's last pony tail. She had it cut before locks of love was taking gray & white hair. Yea, my niece likes weird things also.

Leave the beach where I got it! I decided to drop the hem in my brown petticoat ...I found sand. lol

Silas ...I have the same issue ...I just can't seem to get them with the knot in the slit side ...so I do them the other way ...for now.

I still don't know how someone can get a fine for a cat that is indoor. If the cat is not on his property how can they fine the owner?Now in defense of the psycho ...my father use to have all sorts of trouble with cats using the front flower bed and under the front porch as a litter box. The neighbor across the street claimed that it was never her cats but there were always cat prints in the snow directly from her front door to under his porch. Finally he planted field stone in the back of the bed where the rain never reached. After that they could use the porch again. lol Later the neighborhood was having an issue with raccoons so my father bought a trap for the critters and set it near the garbage cans near the back door. When he would catch one of the pesky beasts he would drive it up to the federal game lands, about an hour away from where they lived, and release it into the wild. This went on for over a month. One night a neighbors cat got caught in it and before my father checked the trap that day the hotheaded late 20 year old husband in the neighbors household let out the cat and spend a great deal of effort to damage the trap and beyond functioning. The fool couldn't just let the cat out and tell my father later ...he didn't even offer to pay for the damaged trap. I can understand thee cat owner being upset. I can understand him thinking that my father, who had complaints against the neighborhood cats, may have gotten some smug satisfaction in the capture. But to be so angry as to damage the trap? Dad had no proof that the neighbor had done the damage so he couldn't complain about damaged property.

Thank you for sharing William. Thank you for making us stop for the moment and reflect.

Happy Birthday Mistress Diamond.

Welcome to our home port good man. Make yourself at home, take a look around I am sure you will find a tale suite to your taste.

I have been looking forward to it!

LOL! I almost forgot about the entire affair! OMG! How could I have let THAT slip my mind. And Captain ...any take on that needs to be split amongst those of us who know ...better make the price worth it.