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Wow, she is just coming together beautifully. Thanks for letting us all follow the progress.

I think it would only work on people with "twisted" personalities....... :lol: That describes a LOT of my friends. You and me both, sir. :)

Beautiful work sir. Never would have thought a jet fan blade could come in so handy. Do you need a list of people to try it out on?

I think it will be a good one. It's about the closest we've come to see what the city was like in its heyday before the earthquakes.

Set your DVRs for May 8 at 8 pm as National Geographic tells the story of the rise and fall of the Wickedest City on Earth, including a 3-D recreation of the city at the time of Henry Morgan. Should be terrific, if the trailers are any indication. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/wicked-pirate-city-5545/Overview The previews are here: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/wicked-pirate-city-5545/Overview#tab-Videos/10131_00 --

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Very nice. My logo is at the bottom. Can you give me an estimate and email it to me at hurricane@piratesofthecoast.com? I have it in electronic form so it can be resized easily. I have it in paths or in any other format you may need to transfer for painting. Would want it in the faded looking black. Just the logo, not the name or any type. Thanks!

Although many of us love history now, I don't think many of us did in high school. I certainly didn't. The reason was the way it was taught. Small wonder why kids today are turned off. Too many names, dates and places and not enough teaching how historical events trigger other things that lead up to why we are the way we are today. My son is almost 13. And it wasn't until I had him watch an episode or two of Connections that he got this. If you haven't watched the series, get it from Netflix. James Burke is amazing and his history is as much suspense and intrigue as it is historical archeology - things like how gold assaying created the atomic bomb. It makes history have meaning and more important, context. I don't think it's the electronics, it's the lack of context. Living history often comes off as boring because there's simply no relevance. Watch how people's eyes light up when you explain how modern sayings that came from this time period, "Don't go off half cocked" or "flash in the pan." And people can be turned off by a certain period of history and really find another fascinating. For me, I love the buccaneer period with Port Royal, land campaigns and Morgan. Don't really care of GAoP. So even I gloss over when I am around it. Others like the Civil War or the Revolutionary War instead of pirates. Still others like WW II events. What's rich history to one person may be dullsville to another. It has to be interesting and it has to have relevance. Otherwise, it is just another history lesson. The only difference being the audience doesn't have to remember dates and places for the test. You simply can't please everyone.

Done. Thanks for asking. I hope you'll share some of your finding with us eventually. It would be interesting.

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I think you hit it on the head, Bo. If you do exact re-enactment to teach and engage the public, it's rarely going to be successful. The public likes to be entertained these days. They don't want to educate. I suppose that's why far more people watch Survivor and American Idol than the History Channel. You have to do it for yourself. Frankly, I think the re-enactments would be much better if there weren't any public around, as you say, "experimental archeology." That way you don't have to interrupt the impression to pose for photos or have someone interject their modern concepts (i.e. PotC) into what you're doing so you have to pull yourself out, address the history vs. fiction, and go back to what you're doing. I think some of these events would be more fun for the re-enactors if the public just walked through it as a living diorama/living museum than trying to engage them in something they often seem loath to learn about. When we were at PiP a couple of years ago doing a period tavern, we couldn't even get people to play the games with us. Maddening.

I'm with ya Jas. Unless there is a bar at the end with free drinks, I would see little point. I think that's why they invented cars.

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I may have to appropriate the balls from the bocce court and have a go at it. Like the feather idea. Thanks!

What is that game they are playing with the post and the balls? It seems sort of like Bocce, though Bocce doesn't use a post.

I think the most amazing thing was the owner had to pump a bicycle style pum 1500 times to get the pressure. I wouldn't envy anyone having to do that.

Man, one upped. Point - Foxe. Good one, sir!

You can do something like this: http://www.kentuckybarrels.com/barrelends.html - by placing a bladder inside them you could make them working as well. Here are some other ideas for barrels, including barrel chairs. http://www.kentuckybarrels.com/uses.html You can do a lot of these things yourself.

Weather improving. 20% chance of rain on Saturday. 10 to 20 mph winds though. Sunday, 70% chance of rain.

I'd never seen this before. What an amazing invention. Particularly interesting how they used it to deter Indian attacks.

Not to destroy any illusions of stepping back in time, but if you look south at about 3:39 p.m. Friday (if it goes off on time), an Atlas V is launching from the Cape's Complex 41. It's carrying the super secret but no so secret X-37 back up again.