Red Cat Jenny

I came across this video Nova: Lost at Sea the Search for Longitude (1998) Navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly, until one man solved the mystery. Richard Dreyfuss narrates the riveting story of a humble, ingenious country carpenter named John Harrison who discovered that the secret to navigation lay not just in the stars, but in the mastering of time. Climb aboard an authentic tall ship and go back in time to see history, and the quest for longitude, unfold. Buy it at Amazon around $18- Red Cat

Ahh piratess of the web strikes again ~It's a habit~ Patrick , here is a wealth of just such books! Ranging from $8 to $60 I'm looking into buying one meself. If anyone else is, perhaps we can trade back and forth by mail when done? Also here is a link to the leatherbound blank journals at Borders Smythe blank Journals

Matt awwww... ---- The original question asked "What do you lke in a woman?" How about "what have you found that you liked in a woman you met? guys?

But nothing compares to that first kiss *sigh*

Jets engines....and Diana Krall , (Always liked those bar scenes in Ally M)

^ Research and posting fer my website- then shopping and sleep (worked all week) < Currently enjoying the rain - I'm at work but why not it's late V what color are you wearing right now (any item of clothing)

After chasing Foxe across th deck f' th mop comment.. Red Cat Jenny stands with Hester, Bunny, Kyllyr and PirateSSe waving pistols and cutlasses chanting "Scallywag version! Scallywag version! we needs summin fer our wall! woohoo! Seriously.. I wouldn't mind having my pic taken.. he does nice work. the portraits are nice Pirate portraits -- Hurricane, my best sighting in KW was a dude in shorts and a sweater (geez even women don't do that anymore!) Not only that but his wig was truly awful! He needed one of those Oprah makeovers! LOL

The history of sea therapies Sea plants, seawater, sea salt and oceanic clay have long been popular physical-therapy ingredients in Europe. Recommended as medical therapeutic agents as early as 1578, seawater and sea derivatives were administered for rheumatism and general rehabilitation. In 1753, The Uses of Sea Water, by English author and physician Charles Russel, explained the various therapeutic properties of seawater. In search of those therapeutic benefits, the European elite sought out ocean-side resorts with bathing facilities. With marine hospitals, which started in England in 1780, the seawater craze quickly became French domain. The first French marine hospital, Petit Berck, opened in 1861. In 1865 Joseph La Bonardière coined the term thalassotherapy (from the Greek thalassa for "sea" and therapeia for "care") and began a tradition of serious study regarding the health benefits of seawater. In 1899 Louis Bagot started balneotherapie (bath therapy) treatments at the clinic at Roscoff called the Institut Marin de Rockroum. This was the first true thalassotherapy clinic in Europe. French scientist René Quinton devoted much of his life's work to the study of seawater and in 1906 published L'eau de Mer, Milieu Organic ("Sea Water, Organic Medium"), which demonstrated the chemical similarity between blood plasma and seawater. Quinton's colleague Claude Bernard discovered that the body is comprised of 70 percent water. Working from Bernard's findings regarding the makeup of blood, intracellular fluid and lymphatic fluid in the body, Quinton stated in 1897 that the human system is analogous to the systems found among marine life: "In the internal environment of our system, and only there we find the same mineral make-up, the same physiognomy, as that of sea water [sic]." From this notion that seawater is a complete mineral source came multiple ideas of the healing powers of seawater. Quinton's study indicated that seawater and human plasma are almost identical in their composition of mineral salts, proteins and various other elements. Quinton also established that human cells could continue to live in seawater, while they break down and disintegrate almost instantly in any other medium. This original connection between seawater and the healing benefits brought through its trace elements and molecular structure expanded over the years. Various forms of seaweed were scrutinized for healing properties, and many different types of therapies sprouted from the balneotherapy and thalassotherapy treatments that were popularized in the 1800s. Today, the same healing principles apply. Sea therapies today While there are no recent studies proving the benefits of algae for the many therapeutic and beauty purposes for which it has become known, folklore and tradition continue to perpetuate its popularity in European and American spas alike. From sea-salt scrubs to thermal seaweed wraps, ocean-mud packs to sea-algae baths, kelp facials to algae buffs, ocean products are experiencing renewed popularity in spas all over the world, resulting in exotic therapies that effect powerful healing. "Sea-derived products As the spa movement has grown, manufacturers have had to expand the selection of products offered that can enhance some of the more classic therapies. IBS, for example, sells raw materials like bulk-powdered algae. "Algae has wonderful drawing qualities. We suggest that spa technicians mix one part dry algae to five parts water or solution," says Bartok. "That sort of mixture will produce a thick paste. The algae is very concentrated, has a strong odor and can be used in baths, masques, body pastes and as a part of other therapies." Rebecca Holborn, founder of Organic Therapy Inc. in Lake Mary, Florida, creates natural products mostly from sea-based ingredients. "It takes a living ingredient to heal a living system," she says. "Algae and forms of seaweed are ideal because the seawater and sea plants so precisely parallel our body's interstitial fluid and blood plasma." Beyond this fundamental comparison, the ocean's bounty is rich in trace minerals, such as iodine, magnesium, sodium, potassium, fluoride, sulfur and carbonates. "All of those minerals are absorbed by the skin to allow the body to regain systemic balance. Most of all, when heat accompanies a treatment with seaweed extracts or alginates, both detoxification and replenishment occur," says Holborn. Sharon Weizman, vice president of Acticell natural beauty products, based in Swampscott, Massachusetts, explains, "Our epidermis can absorb the seawater and seaweeds, but the dermis [a deeper layer of skin] actually has a positive charge, which attracts the negative ions in the seaweed. As the blood flow increases at the surface of the skin and the pores open to allow the alginates into the dermal layer, toxins are drawn out through the skin's surface as nutrients are drawn in." To Learn More ... Seaweed Ecology and Physiology, by Christopher S. Lobban and Paul J. Harrison, 1994, Cambridge University Press.Interesting..

Didn'y think sea water was so unsterile? My dad used to tell me if you had a minor abrasion the salt water would help heal it, which it seemed to when we went to the beach with the various scrapes you aquire as a kid. Granted no major injuries, but still it seemed to work. In a separate post here I am attaching some info, some outdates the GaOP but it's quite interesting. ----------

Wow BlackJohn, I was hoping you'd post as well. The VR tour does work and it's great. Thanks so much. I'm really enjoying this post.. I want to get the general "feel" for being on board stem to stern; The mast view was great! I buys ye a rum t say thankee!

That was very informative and I'll ave t' rent Master n Commander again. I didn't think about the lack of a gunnery deck.

Ohhhh "jumping up and down" thank ye both! Please add more links or pics when ye can. I'm usually goode at searching this stuff online, but have come uo quite empty when it comes to below decks.

Aye thankee! Tis a fyne ship and beautiful pics!

Hurricane, thanks so much I'll be checking it out!

Does anyone know if there are any hotel accomodations left on the off chance I can go?

I searched and only found a few old posts on views below decks. I am looking for photos or realistic drawings/paintings which show the Captain and Crew quarters as they would have looked. Also the galley and gun decks etc thanks!

Ugh..while glad I've not set down t' breakfast yet.. You make an excellent point about perspective then vs now. I have oft wondered at medicine through the ages and how brutal and ghastly it was compared to as you say "modern antiseptic conditions" If you have ever read about the pioneers in America and the explorers in other countries -as well as sailors and pirates.. I would say these were extrodinary men/women to survive not only the elements (cold, dampness, heat), but health issues as well as the treatments which may have done more damage than good. My theory is that life, the air, etc was a lot healthier then giving them a better head start and that modern day people with their host of diagnoses and problems are handicapped simply by living in a polluted environment. I read a lot about many things and came across an article reminding you that everything in your house and car give off all sorts of nasty fumes etc (vinyl chloride etc) Just because you don't see/smell a thing doesn't mean it isn't there. Not to get off topic-I am trying to make a point .. Consider (at least in the US) how they push soaking everything in your house with Febreeze. Your skin will absorb such things as well as your lungs etc. And while they may be FDA approved, consider the cumulative effect! I am no environmental radical or health nut. (Hell I smoke and drink and stay up too late- Pirate!) But I lived on a spit of land only 2 miles N to S on the southern shore of LI where the wind blew off the open ocean almost constantly. The house I lived in wa built in 1925 and not much about it had been changed (save for lead paint and new pipes) I never felt healthier with all that fresh air. Moved back to the land locked burbs with the bug spray, fertilizer, car exhaust and it sucks (in a word) I can't wait to move back to the Ocean! So with simpler foods and less chemicals I guess maybe people had a stouter state of health and recovery as long as they avoided the major diseases.

Avast! Such short notice fer an Atlantic coaster. But thanks for the info! Will there be other such classes later in th year?

If ye have th inclination and th kind o tyme, I've plundered the internet and found info on pens and learning the proper writing style for th period. I plan on adding it here and there in me journal if not for every part of it. Amazon has several step by step books on th subject as well. Copperplate script - NOT th Microsoft font

What I can say, is tha love past teaches you how to look out for what you don't want when yer lookin for what ye do want. A hard lesson t' be sure, but one which makes you wiser.

Ahhh no wonder ye became a pirate! After such an innocent childhood! ( I did too - Lincoln Logs were me favorite)

Jest sign wi an X

Ahoy Kate! Welcome aboard! er... I thinks ye have a crab or two clawin onta yer locks..perhaps ye can shake em loose along wi th seaweed. Come by th pub and share a rum punch! "On you of course"

THis is the stuff "Chinese food before bed dreams" are made of....

Nah her shelf life ran out...un-canny aye? LOL :angry: LOL