Rats

If this be the case... We should maintain a formal and written safety standard and go from there. I personally have no problem with not using a shoulder firing weapon if that be the case, and shooting only pistols at an event or complying with the single musketon I have. What be the common opinion???

Were that the case, I plan to shoot my Buss and pistols...I really don't plan to farb my musketoon for one event.

Exactly This way we can avoid flashing and the hassels of conversion!!

OK if I'm right... Looks like they expect flash guards for long arms if they are to be fired on line.... Pistols are apparently exempt.... Perhaps we should not fire on line and rather rotate our fire from behind cover... Such as the stonewall technique!!

Then it becomes a differnt name... and no one gets top billing!! Like the 3 stooges or The Soggy Bottom Boys!!!

Oh sure.. am I supposed to thank you for that or plot your demise?? Even when he's not around................stupid curse of the maddog! It's not right when a sidekick gets all the attention and first billing!!

Oi Folks! Just a reminder to make sure we have flash guards and frizzen stalls for Paynetown!! I know that not everyone expects them. But it'll be part of the paynetown safety check.

Great idea dear Captain! take that evil smelly mad dog!! I did mention smelly didn't I?? yeah!! except.... man that dosen't sound right... Rats and...... Just... Rats! Well maybe if he can't do Beaufort..... Maaaybe he can show up? stupid Maddog... and his fusi... Fusil what ever the heck it is!! Least I got me a new pistol... and it's a frenchy too!!! Grumble grumble!! stupid maddog.....

Ahm excuse me... Who invited the fuzzy one? Oh sure let me geuss.. Rats decides to show up and Mad Dog just HAS to show up and try to steal as much thunder as possible!!!! Folks just don't understand that it's the Rats and Mad Dog show!!! Not the Fuzzy Puppy and Rats show!!! I mean why do you people think he constantly falls down flights of stairs....Hmmm? ATTENTION people! He does it for ATTENTION!! Oh Mad Dog are you alright?? Oh Mad dog here let me help you up.....Blah blah blah....wa, wa, wa! Hold me, I'm a delicate little Mad Dog..... boo hoo hoo!!! Well enough of that cr@p!! Every Rat has it's day and this is the year of the RAT!!!! er.. I mean year of ..Rats! Yeah...well what ever!! You know what I mean!!! Stupid Mad dog..... grumble grumble.... grumble 'Wot! I'm Mad Dog..... grumble!! See how I smother the camera!! Grumble! what did ya expect...CHarlton... IS my blood relation ya know..... unfortunately looks like the Crewe of the Archangel will be split once again.....got a PAYING gig the same weekend on the east coast.....somehow we got to get these dates freeed up!?!?!...paynestown is one of the closets to me...and i could only make it once't!!!

I'll give em a call and see if they're up for a road trip!

I would personally name her after the most smoking mechanic in the verse! Sounds good! I have a couple buddies from my russian group who were at RF and live anout 45 minutes away. Sounds like thy'll be joining in.... I talked to Andy Hare and he's going to see if he can make the trip.. I'll also talk to the Swansons Matty Bottles and Tiger Bill. BTW: Is the Santa Maria open during the week??

Hint hint hint!! SO when can we get into the park and start setting up for this raid??? That would be great Rats! I hope you can make it! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help get you there!

Cool! I'll probably head to Indianna on thurs?? Depending on when we can get in there. That would be great Rats! I hope you can make it! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help get you there!

Do you folks plan to drive right there from Kenosha or will you be headed home for a few days?? That would be great Rats! I hope you can make it! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help get you there!

Sorry to hear it Bo! Take care and best of luck with your repairs! We'll raise a tankard to you and yours just the same!

I for one do not plan to miss this one!!

Depending on time off and $$... I just might visit for Thurs and Friday... then back on saturday evening??

You and yours are more than welcome my friend!! We'll have a huge group and plan to cut loose!! Cannot wait to see you all again! MY family is already planning this for me! Rosie is all geared up, Blondie is chomping at the bit to be near BIG water again,(she's a California transplant), and the boys are just willing to get out and have fun anywhere there be pyrates! Clayton is near 18 this time around and a good hand to have 'round, and Warren is just happy to be anywhere he can play. We've already set back funds to save just for this trip! Hope they don't ferget to send us the application as I left my info with the head honcho last year. If I don't die before then, we'll see ya there! Bo & crew.

I knew it!!

Why is me wife on the list??? Or should I say...wife #1 on the list??? If she's going... I ain't!!! Besides, mad Dog is always sniffin round when she....... Hmmmm. (Scratching his head) then again.... Wife #1 might actually be able to keep Mad Dog busy while I spend time with all the other pretty pretties!!!

For God's sake man... you foul the air! Leave with what little dignity you have, for this community is done with you. True, you are very correct indeed in everything you have said, however, I did tell you the real reason I took said "title".

I have about 20 minutes of video which will be addes soon.... Or should it????? Can you say..."MORE COWBELLS!"

Cuppin the bum, a kiss on the neck and my sad puppy eyes always seem to work fer me!!

As always my dear associate Mad Dog has really put things very eloquently and I couldn't agree more. Trust and respect is a valuable thing.... It's hard to earn and it's easy to lose! We also take care of our own in this venture! It includes friends and family.. and also friends who are closer than family. No amount of money is worth losing that! what i heard was confirmed by your statements...... i do feel sorry for your perdicament.....all the good you were attempting as been in vain with this latest action. from someone who is from the midwest(dekalb county ill)....now in Detroit (still midwest)....and has been re-enacting over 20 years now....i fully understand the up hill battle that Pyracy events in large has before it...trying to get some sembelance of orginization....trying to get us out of the laughing stoks...or looked down upon....and to attempt a truly historical presentaions...of one of the most turbulent and misunderstood times of our history..... unfornately your actions has hurt us all...as well as the sword instance eralier.....once we get into the public eye....we are truly icons...and are looked up upon by the little ones....they want to emulate us...they want to be us.....even tho we are playin the bad guy...and no matter what our personal morals are at home...behind closed doors....once we don our apparel...its like we are doning our CAPE.....we then are held to a different set of morals....a different set of rules....we are no longer living for just us...whith just our needs and wants....but are now living evryones dreams....and most always uphold that responsibilty...... we are each of us...in this proffesion/hobby for a host of different reasons...each with different goals and agendas...but we most always strive...to never hinder their passions. i truly hope you find your way in this .... for i see a difficult path before you. sincerly, Methusala Aluitious d'Dogge M.A.d'Dogge crewe of the Archangel

Actually Jake, we know the real deal, as one of our crew witnessed the ousting and spoke with the vendor. It's just that many of us were waiting for confirmation and to see if he had the honor to admit to the infraction and bow out like a man or leave with his tail between his legs. Still, I hope his friends came back and had fun just the same! Cheers and here's to everyone. BTW: loved your afternoon set! Those twins are simply stunning!! According to the festival producer and the police report one of the recent but regular particpants on this discussion site, indeed this event's threads, had the audacity to try to lift a flask from one of the vendors on Saturday afternoon. He got caught, the police were on him, and the only reason he didn't go to jail is that the vendor was from California and couldn't return to witness the theft in court. It was reported to me that he was drunk and that he had friends with him from California that were mortified by the events. This fellow was banned from the festival; his friends from California were told they were free to return without him. I am appalled at this person's behavior. It is not simply that someone lifted an item from a vendor; shrinkage is a sad part of vending - it is that it was ONE OF OUR OWN. This wasn't a foolish teen on a spree, it was not someone in need, it was a costumed, self-titled pirate afficianado that regularly participates on this discussion board. This, as someone else pointed out, makes us ALL look bad. The vendor, understandably, started sharing with all of his neighbors "I was just ripped off by one of those pirates!" That rumor thing spreads all around, the police report is published in the paper and then next year it may become THAT MUCH HARDER for the producer to get permits to use the park, may have to pay for security out of the show budget, will have to work that much harder to bring in much needed vendors to a vending area with a "security problem." After I receive confirmation that the name on the police report transfers to his online persona I will make his name available here as a warning to everyone else involved with him as to what kind of a person he has shown himself to be. Unless he wishes to offer his side of the story to everyone first.