Silkie McDonough

Happy Birthday Mission.

happy Birthday Jamie m'lad!

Caribbean Pearl

Home.

Oi! I forgot Shay's dinner! So happy to be included lady ...even if it was just because I sat down in the right place at the right time. hehe

Okay, no worries, I have more. I will pick it up when I come to work on my mantua.

I missed the travel talk but I am really liking the extra time between the event and the travel.

I've lost my camera, it's a little point 'n shoot in a black case. Wondering if anyone has seen it.

Lily, Thank you for all of your hard work! The effort put forth by Fayma and you to organize this ragtag bunch of criminals was nothing less than amazing. The cooperation of all participants working together wanting to make thing function well and make the event successful always leaves me feeling very connected to you all. This is a great family! I am blessed to be a member ...just hope I am not the crazy aunt in the fuzzy slippers or the purple hat ...oh wait ...that is Lily and Fayma. We even managed to warm up to the "Green Coats" (Park staff)!

As with every event I have attended at Fort Zack there are good things and bad things. I think this one was full of good things like having the event IN the fort. Sure, it wasn't the beach but with the cool temperatures down there we would have frozen assuming that we could even set-up tents in that wind! It was a perfect place to be and NO hiking to the rest rooms! Shower was outside but it was heated (eventually).

My only afterthought is "So, how are we going to top this next year?!"

The Fort Zachery Taylor Pirate Invasion was a blast! Never made it to the Thieves Market, I was having too much fun at the fort. Hope all went well there, I know it did at the fort. The park people were pleased and so were we! Thanks all for a grand time.

"I use to have a big truck but Amber didn't like it so I got rid of it. She doesn't like big things. I guess that is why she is with me." ~Matty Short Thumb

Fiontan is considering entering the "Bad-ass Pirate" contest next year.

Well done lass, thank you. I to had to enlarge the page to read it but I adjusted.

Lyrics? Sounds like a rum induced evening project.

Thank you all for your efforts in making this a wonderful reunion.

As someone (Fayma I think) so eloquently put it:

"The holiday between Thanksgiving and Christmas with the family you would choose"

...or something like that.

Blessed Thanksgiving and every day to you all.

We will miss you lass.

Made in the USA?

Oh dear! Feel better Lady, tell Mr. Longshanks that we said hello.

Considering the fact that we are seldom on a ship at events if you chose to coordinate a plague ridden port town it wouldn't be too far fetched. The question would be how do we explain all those pesky sailors, thieves and other unsavory people we usually have in our encampments? Perhaps the good doctor could be warning of a plague from a neighboring town, checking on this port town, unknowingly spreading said plague.

Happy Birthday Pete.

The item hanging from the bushes might have been a woman's bathing suit top .... or something like that. Kinda hard to tell from the ground level.

Unless it was a guy in drag. I think that would count but I could be wrong ...I don't know about these things.

Very true Foxe. Still, the common use of cider, wine etc. points to the fact that even "respectable" persons imbibed regularly.

The idea that water carried disease wasn't really known about until the mid 19thC when some chappie in London, who's name I forget, logged the cases of cholera on a map and noticed that they centered on a communal pump.

Prior to that they freely drank water despite the smell or the fact that it wasn't clear? I was sure that there were examples of people staying clear of water further back than that. I am a poor researcher so I try not to make my assumptions into fact. Thanks.

And when people mention cider pre 19thC it is always in reference to the alcoholic drink, non alcoholic is called apple juice

I was pretty sure that this was the case but since I did not have he source available I was not going to say it like it was fact. Additionally, since we are discussing this in the 21st century I thought it best to use current terms.

Looks like I am repeating information that was previously posted but I am leaving this post anyway.

Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe that water was often undrinkable in cities. Cider was used by many. Assuming that they were using hard cider it is likely that tolerance would been high.

It is also likely that many people were functioning alcoholics.

I may be stating the obvious here but I feel a need to complete the thought. Alcohol, as we know, removes many inhibitions. Therefore it stands to reason that even if "polite society" did frown upon lewd/lascivious behavior it wouldn't matter to the common man or woman, particularly if they were under the influence of alcohol.

Yes this is conjecture and no I do not have reference material. If you have it either to support or contradict this statement PLEASE share it.

Happy Birthday Cap'n Rob.