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As an FYI to those who have expressed interest, and those interested who didn't post.. The book is now available! From Outskirt Press Or from Amazon Kate has made two cakes from the book so far, and they were both awesome, and really not that hard to make. Enjoy for those of you that buy it!

New stuff! First off, I have posted a tentative Participant/Re-enactor schedule and made a few other updates to the event web site overall (you'll have to read through the various sections for the updates. Next off, the International Talk Like a Pirate party for this event is official, we are doing it! R-Bar Arena (which will be renamed to Arrrg-Bar for the night of Sept. 19th) has graciously agreed to host this party for us, and while many details need to be sorted out, they are being very cooperative with fund raising ideas for the event and other fun features for the party. There is much more to come, this event will definitely outshine the May edition for those that came last time... And for those who didn't, well then you won't want to miss this one! More updates soon!

Count me in again! Please!

Found the below quote while researching something else... Didn't think the practice of substituting sugar (or sugar like substances) for barley malt went back that far. Link to original citation Bold added by me.

Loved that series! Very entertaining read, and while not perfect on some of the details, it did a good job and got more correct than not. Probably the best balance of period correct and entertainment I have seen in a novel so far. Currently, I am bouncing back and forth between a book on Sailing (sorry I forgot the title and author) and reading some graphic novels...

Well I didn't have time to read the Baby Lion chronicle yesterday (although I did skim the beginning), I did read the tale of the "Bebe gato" and that was just awesome. Dude your stories need to come with warnings, you almost had me tearing up at my desk!

Hey Nathan, Will you have some of this at Paynetown? (assuming you don't sell it all by then) I definitely want some, but just not sure if I can order at this particular second.

Yes. And I'm bringing as much medical gear as I can fit in the hot rod. Glad to hear you can make it! Now there is even more to look forward to!

I'm rather enthralled with this shot of Mr. Brower... This was one of the first few shots he ever took with a flinter, and it has been captured with some rather awesome photography.

Congrats man!!! I know this is something you've been tying to get for yourself for a few years now. Glad it has finally become a reality.

I was more than happy to be a part of the Mercury Crew last year... Although I did the Red Coat thing pretty much exclusively all weekend and wound up fielding with the Archangels because of my chosen role. This year will likely be a lot of the same for me. Camp with the Mercury, field with the "anti-pirate" side with whomever that entails... Although I may make a point of getting out at least one day as a good to honest pirate!

Those are gorgeous Jill!!! Love the colour of stain you used and shaping on the legs! Brilliant stuff!

Nah, that's just the wife.

Drat ...I was hoping for a 6 to 8 foot length and I have to heft it myself onto the roof of the car. If pine splits then I would have to use hardwood also. Sigh ...okay ...need another plan ...and a bit more financial backing. LOL Well... The pine table held up fine (outside of denting and surface scratching a fair bit). It was the benches that split out in the pine... So you could do a table in pine, and just make the benches in a hardwood (if you don't care about matching woods on your camp furniture). The pattern would be scalable to a 6 or 8 foot length... Although I don't think I would want to lift one of those by myself, even in pine. My best suggestion for what I think you are wanting Silkie would be the more plain trestle style breakdown table.

Why would anyone want to camp near him? He's really kind of a jerk... And I hear he smells bad, not that I have gotten close enough to find out, nor do I ever want to... I'll be there for Friday, hopefully earlier than later, but it will depend on the wife's work schedule, which hasn't been very flexible of late.

Wife had some difficulty with private messaging last night... Someone else told me they had some difficulty messaging me as well... When I messaged them, they had no trouble replying. Sounds like there might be a somewhat random quirk in there?

I swear I posted an image in the first post... But then it was getting late when I posted that, maybe I forget the tags or something... So below is the image! Silkie, for weight, the 3 foot model is heavy enough that I can just lift myself (with a good bit of straining). My old 4 foot version made from pine I could carry myself with less effort (although more awkwardness because of the size).... I would guess the new poplar one weighs in the 50 to 60 pound range(?). Once I get some proper handles on it, I should be able to get a better idea of actual weight rather than my poor guess. I checked the first post, and the image was not showing because I linked it from mySpace.... So when I uploaded the photo to PhotoBucket it worked better.

So this is the latest project Kate and I have put together... It is based off the pattern Found on the top of this web page. It is the second one of these I have made, the first having been abandoned in Canada when I moved to the US (it was just another of those things there was not the time or space to move). The second one was a huge improvement over the first as it is actually made from hardwood rather than craft quality pine, which splits out badly when you do load bearing mortis and tenon joints. We used poplar as it was the cheapest hardwood we could find locally. It cost almost $200 in wood using poplar, it was going to come closer to $350 to make it in red oak. We used a slightly redish stain to hide the more greenish tinge that poplar tends to have (I think the colour we used is called "Red Chesnut" by Minwax). Now I know this particular style of table isn't exactly period correct, but let's face it... No camp furniture is really period correct, it is really a matter of what works and what is convenient, and what we are able to make look all "Ye Olde Timey" ... Anyways, all the components of this are breakdown, and all of the parts fit within the table top which closes as it were a chest. Talk about packing down nicely! I did most of the rough work, while Kate did most of the fine tuning and finishing work (including the staining). A nice team project. The standard pattern make a table that is just over 2 feet by 3 feet and seats four average size people confortably. The first one I made (well a friend and I jointly made) we extended the pattern to make the tabel four feet long, which allowed it to sit six average people reasonably in reasonable comfort. We ran out of time as we are taking it with us this weekend, but eventually we will be adding "sea chest" style beckets for carrying handles... But that is a project for another day.

I got you covered Monsier Tignor... I'll bring you about 15 or so, that way you'll have a few extras just in case.

It rates each post individually, but on your profile is an overall average or something of that nature... It's not as straight forward as it seems.

And I can counter your demotion and bring it back up to an even zero!

I agree, axe the reputation thing.... While it does have it's merits for trying to prevent personal sniping and what not... there is too much opportunity for abuse with the system, and I see it causing more problems than preventing them....

That really is freaking awesome... Very clever use of materials. I am hugely impressed... I think I want one!