theM.A.dDogge

as far as issurance goes...this has been a debate for decades within all the comunities....no good outcome as of yet. i personally tend to shun events that require me to pick up my own participation ryder(other than my own personal)....and frequent those that cover us under their ryder....over the years...more an more venues are threatning to start requiring us as a group as well as individuals just to participate....or the "maybe next year"...because most of them were being threatned by the issurance companies of raising their policies.... and that effcts the bottom line of any event....and Mickey...you will find less and less evnts if the issurance policies strat raising and their arnet profits being made(by anyone except the issurance companies)..... the fear now is....with the Health Care/Issurance debacle going on...the insurance companies stand to lose billions in profit...where do you think they will start squeasing stones to make up the difference??? i hope not my stones!!! am i advocating participant issurance.....no way...i am advocating the get rid of the need for them.... but if/when it comes to a time...that ALL events will start passing the buck...on to the participants...then a umbrella coverage might be the way to go...might

Gah! No thanks. I merely wanted to point out that, even if the East coast governing body (by some miracle) actually worked, then a few years down the road, the West coast decided to create their own governing body, then, say the South and Midwest does the same...who then governs the governing bodies? Each coast, or midland, is going to have different priorities, depending on the number and type of events held in their part of the world. I don't think one set of rules is going to work for each region. I would also be afraid these satellite governing bodies would end up creating more regional differences within the pyracy community than there already are. Oh, and I vote for M.A. d'Dogge for Pyrate King, just as soon as he's done with the dishes. who would rule over all dominions???.... why the Pyrate King...of course fyne...i accept and my first decree..... ....back to the dishes....

i seem to recall a Gent...that was purposing this very thing ...in the Mid-West quite some time ago...suggested a meeting of the minds...from every venue groups/and individuals alike....to try an organise an overall body of pirates of every nature to defend one another as well as help with venues as well as knowledge..... ....and all he asked in return....to be named...Pyrate King... .... love him, obey him, do everything he asked....and he would be your slave.... whatever happend to him???.... ..... oh yeah...he was caught red handed stealing off a venders table...cops drug him away in public...and was banned from all MId West events.... ....and so missed the meeting..... ...i wonder where he is now?? WELL...in his absence....i would like to take the oppurtunity...to throw MY NOMINATION...for said PYRATE KING!! i swear to up hold My ideals....excluding all others at my discretion...and dole out Justice with impunity...and...and.... wait...got to go....the wife will get angry if i dont finish the dishes....

Agreed - any group must maintain an influx that at least matches the outgoing membership in order to survive. However, (and I am just asking in a general sense, not because I am against the idea of anyone organizing or organizations in a broader sense) as I previously stated - the funnel of organizational filters allows for a group to become slightly better at what it already does - allowing for subtle changes....but what happens when an overhaul is needed? When the reach needs to exceed anything that has been reached for previously? In my experience, that can kill an organization just as well as anything else. (as in, the group that bites off more than it can chew and slowly collapses from within...like a flan in a cupboard! ) I think I this point we are bordering on semantics...which is better, an idea or a belief? (According to Kevin Smith - A belief is something people will kill or die for - ie, the crusades...an idea is a lot more maleable and able to accommodate change...and therefore less killing, I suppose. heh) Which is better, an organization or a group? sorry...wasnt meaning to imply membership growth...more of an internal look at ideals and group philosophy.....blahblahblah...

Granted, I try to stay from absolutes in my statements....at the same time, isn't part of the (implied) purpose of an organization to sustain itself? And doesn't that therefore lend credence to the idea that changes of a broader swipe are negatives due to the impact they invariably have on said organizations? ie - couldn't it be argued that organizations stand in opposition to change? again...not nescarilly....once a group stops growing...it eventually dies(in my humble opinion)...a groups goals should never become sstagnant...should always have something to reach for...should not be about simpley excisting...but to accomplish something oe at least thats what i personally push within groups that i am associated with.

Happy Burthinday!!...first rounds on the Captain!!.... ok...2nd and 3rd probably are too.....!!

...i think they ....CAN as act as formidable barriers....depending on WHO is maning the filter....and can be dangerous for a group if they dont temper it with another funnel...to get ideas from. but to have a group successful...i do believe that funnels...as well as filters are needed....there are formulas that work for what is trying to be accomplished...and they should continue to be used...as long as there are new formulas being tried out as well...with the goal to improve.

are ya sure??....they kinda look like "buckets" pulled alla way up.... i thought "sea boots" were just made differently...kinda keepin your feetsy dry...but not so good for anything else???...kinda hand made-ish anyone got any references to What made SEA BOOTS...SEA boots ...and not just BOOTS????

...... ..... ....... HAhahahahahahaha....hehehehehehe.hohohohohohhohohohoho...... Cold....(sputter).......January......(snort)........FLORIDA.....(spittle) oh my god....i just spit milk thru my nose...... oh.....you were serious.....ahhhh...eh hem.....(cough)....'scuse me.... those events (the all inclusives)...can be a blast...(seriously Hurricane...you should attend one as a participant)...as well as a real burden....used to do a private one...frechmans frolic....no public....no modern...period....live shoots...real game(food)....real cold... late november early dec(Wisconsin)....just remeber running round in a kilt...following each others barefoot prints in the frost....then the year it snowed 3 feet durring the event....great times...and the learning experience was invaluable. as far as Kids....i have always been involved with "family freindly" groups...wouldnt have it any other way....its like having 20 or so Aunts and Uncles help Watching if not raising the kids...caint wait till "Mamma" will let me start bringin mine.... ...dont ask...long story

personally i see nothing wrong with a FEW "Invite Only" events...that set the bar for re-enacting higher than other events...whatever the time line....i have only seen events with WAITTING LINES to be invited....for bragging rights if nothing else....there are plenty of other events to get newbies feet wet....(one of my first was a wild west event...wore a taped on muostache... ).....and i personally advocate "mentoring" programs...for some of us who have been re-enacting for some time now(20+)...to help bring in new blood....and to help them start their path to the dark side....MUhahahaha should ALL events be this way?...probably not....is it ok if a few are..yep....it gives us all something to strive for...so each of us...newbies to 20+ ers and beyond....to continue to grow....to constantly strive to grow within our impressions. if i dont get a new addition to my Kit every year...i start to get stagnant and throw fits... .....but is there room for all levels within the community?....Yep...but probably not at every event.... done rambling

whadya use for the belt....i have an old "new home"...and been lookin for a belt as mine is dry rotted??

on the beach...free...just ask the bums

I would consider a tattoo...sharpies aren't as waterproof as people make them out to be was that a "Beach" joke...???

just booked flight....mark me down as "confirmed"....now i just need to start memorizing the combo to the darnation of a gate... ...and figure out how to get all my crap...i mean Kit down there... :angry: 1st year...lost my baggage...showed up with just a Hat and a Fiddle....i was nearly the Nekid Pyrate...noone asked me to play the fiddle... 2nd year....my weapons arrived by car...2 days after i did....i just felt like the nekid pyrate.... this year...

$388 from D-troit to Key West....just booked...arriving by noonish...have the cuban coffee ready!!

W T F..... why do people like this post so others can see them????....lets see....just to START the list.....pyrodex...wadding....aiming the barrel at yur HEAD while loading....lighting the fuse a foot away from the still OPEN can of pyrodex...picking up the cannon with your hand covering the NOW LOADED barrel....out of breath....list to numerous to mention......just say ...EVERYTHING!?!?! does this guy not realise that black powder...when under pressure...is more dangerous!!!?!? far as i can figure...i have no idea why he still he has any fingers, thumbs...hands....or even a HEAD!?!?!? and the truly sad part of the whole morgue trip waitting to happen...is now thats its on YOU TUBE....there are goinna be folk out there thinkin this is really how to fire a cannon!?!?!?

ole' H.O.U.N.d'Dogge...sends his best wishes....beer and cake....thats his best wishes...more beer and more cake...

Hawkins, in the past, swords have been restricted to a "fight circle" and the Bone Island Buccaneers "fight master" oversaw the rules and regs of said "fight circle"...consisting mainly of choreographed "fights" with a practiced partner.... there were no "sword fighting" durring battle scenarios.... i do know that their..."fight master"...has stepped away from the host group...and am not aware of who has stepped into that role...as of yet. i would like to see some..."hand to hand" ...durring the battle scenarios...and would like to work out a plan to do so safely with various members....as well as discuss at length you and your groups "style and techniques"...to see what can be worked out. once things are a little more nailed down...we shall include you in the loop.

these might help narrow it down a bit.... Harley, R., "Artists' Brushes-Historical Evidence from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century", IIC Lisbon Congress, 1972-Conservation of Paintings and the Graphic Arts, p. 123-126 this might be helpfull.... http://www.northernlightstudio.com/index.html and this article talks about creating BURNT-PLATE OIL...for both printing and paint(used by Rembrandt) http://www.northernlightstudio.com/burnoil.php i can see that last one being used as a demo...

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or...were ya lookin for strictly WOMMEN ARTISTS??? Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1652 Italian Painter Clara Peeters 1594-1657 Flemish Painter Giovanna Garzoni 1600-1670 Italian Painter Judith Leyster 1609-1660 Dutch Painter Louisa Moillon 1610-1696 French Painter Josefa de Obidos 1630-1684 Spanish/Portuguese Painter Maria van Oosterwyck 1630-1693 Dutch Painter Mary Beale 1633-1699 English Painter Elisabetta Sirani 1638-1665 Italian Painter Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717 German Illustrator Luisa Roldan 1650-1704 Spanish Sculptor Rachel Ruysch 1664-1750 Dutch Painter

heres a few more...17th century Artists.... Aelst, Willem van (1626 - 1687) Amigoni, Jacopo (1685 - 1752) Anguier, Michel (1613 - 1686) Antolinez, Jose Claudio (1635 - 1675) Arthois, Jacques d’ (1613 - 1686) Asselyn, Jan (1614 - 1670) Audran, Claude (1658 - 1734) Baciccio, Il (1639 - 1709) Backer, Jacob Adriaensz. (1608 - 1651) Bakhuizen, Ludolf (1631 - 1708) Baldinucci, Filippo (1625 - 1697) Barlow, Francis (1626 - 1704) Baschenis, Evaristo (1617 - 1677) Battem, Gerrit van (1636 - 1684) Baugin, Lubin (1612 - 1663) Beale, Mary (1633 - 1699) Bega, Cornelis (1631 - 1664) Belin, Jean-Baptiste (1653 - 1715) Bella, Stefano della (1610 - 1664) Benefial, Marco (1684 - 1764) Berchem, Nicolaes (1620 - 1683) Berckheyde, Gerrit Adriaensz. (1638 - 1698) Berghe, Christoffel van den (1617 - 1642) Bird, Francis (1667 - 1731) Biscaino, Bartolomeo (1632 - 1657) Bisschop, Jan de (1628 - 1671) Blanchard, Jacques (1600 - 1638) Bocanegra, Pedro Atanasio (1638 - 1689) Boeckhorst, Jan (1604 - 1668) Bol, Ferdinand (1616 - 1680) Borch, Gerard ter (1617 - 1681) Bosse, Abraham (1602 - 1676) Both, Jan (1610 - 1652) Bouchardon, Edme (1698 - 1762) Boulle, Andre-Charles (1642 - 1732) Bourdon, Sebastien (1616 - 1671) Boursse, Esaias (1631 - 1672) Bray, Jan de (1627 - 1697) Brouwer, Adriaen (1605 - 1638) Bushnell, John (1630 - 1701) Caffieri, Jacques (1678 - 1755) Canaletto, (1697 - 1768) Cano, Alonso (1601 - 1667) Canuti, Domenico Maria (1625 - 1684) Cappelle, Jan van de (1624 - 1679) Carlevaris, Luca (1665 - 1731) Carreno de Miranda, Juan (1614 - 1685) Carriera, Rosalba Giovanna (1675 - 1757) Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (1609 - 1664) Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio (1616 - 1668) Cavallino, Bernardo (1616 - 1656) Champaigne, Philippe de (1602 - 1674) Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon (1699 - 1779) Cibber, Caius Gabriel (1630 - 1700) Cignani, Carlo (1628 - 1719) Coello, Claudio (1642 - 1693) Conca, Sebastiano (1680 - 1764) Conchillos, Juan (1641 - 1711) Cooper, Samuel (1609 - 1672) Coques, Gonzales (1615 - 1684) Cossiers, Jan (1600 - 1671) Costanzi, Placido (1690 - 1759) Courtois, Guillaume (1628 - 1679) Courtois, Jacques (1621 - 1676) Coustou the Elder, Guillaume (1677 - 1746) Coypel, Antoine (1661 - 1722) Coypel, Charles-Antoine (1694 - 1752) Craesbeeck, Joos van (1605 - 1662) Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665 - 1747) Cressent, Charles (1685 - 1768) Croix, Jean de la (1662 - 1712) Croos, Anthonie Jansz. van der (1606 - 1661) Cuvillies, de (1695 - 1768) Cuyp, Albert (1620 - 1691) Dahl, Michael (1659 - 1743) Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (1661 - 1743) Dietrich, Joachim (1690 - 1753) Doirat, Etienne (1675 - 1732) Dolci, Carlo (1616 - 1687) Doomer, Lambert (1624 - 1700) Dubois, Jacques (1694 - 1763) Duck, Jacob (1600 - 1667) Dujardin, Karel (1626 - 1678) Dusart, Cornelis (1660 - 1704) Eckhout, Albert (1610 - 1665) Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den (1621 - 1674) Ehrenberg, Wilhelm Schubert van (1637 - 1676) Everdingen, Cesar van (1617 - 1678) Fabritius, Carel (1622 - 1654) Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico (1692 - 1768) Finelli, Giuliano (1601 - 1653) Flinck, Govaert (1615 - 1660) Foggini, Giovanni Battista (1652 - 1725) Forte, Luca (1610 - 1670) Fruytiers, Philip (1610 - 1666) Garzi, Luigi (1638 - 1721) Garzoni, Giovanna (1600 - 1670) Gaulli, Giovanni Battista (1639 - 1709) Gelder, Aert de (1645 - 1727) Ghezzi, Pier Leone (1674 - 1755) Gillot, Claude (1673 - 1722) Giordano, Luca (1632 - 1705) Girardon, Francois (1628 - 1715) Grebber, Pieter de (1600 - 1653) Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco (1606 - 1680) Guercino, (1602 - 1666) Helmbreker, Dirk (1633 - 1696) Helst, Bartholomeus van der (1613 - 1670) Heyden, Jan van der (1637 - 1712) Hobbema, Meindert (1638 - 1709) Hogarth, William (1697 - 1764) Hurtrelle, Simon (1648 - 1724) Huysum, Jan van (1682 - 1749) Jongh, Ludolf de (1616 - 1679) Joubert, Gilles (1689 - 1775) Juvarra, Filippo (1678 - 1736) Kalf, Willem (1622 - 1693) Kessel, Jan van (1612 - 1679) Koninck, Philips (1619 - 1688) La Hyre, Laurent de (1606 - 1656) Lamerie, Paul de (1688 - 1751) Lancret, Nicolas (1690 - 1743) Largilliere, Nicolas de (1656 - 1746) Latz, Jean-Pierre (1691 - 1754) Le Brun, Charles (1619 - 1690) Le Lorrain, Robert (1666 - 1743) Le Moyne, Francois (1688 - 1737) Lely, Sir Peter (1618 - 1680) Leyster, Judith (1609 - 1660) Lievens, Jan (1607 - 1674) Lingelbach, Johannes (1622 - 1674) Lint, Pieter van (1609 - 1690) Lisse, Dirck van der (1635 - 1669) Lorrain, Claude (1604 - 1682) Loth, Johann Carl (1632 - 1698) Maes, Nicolaes (1634 - 1693) Maffei, Francesco (1605 - 1660) Magnasco, Alessandro (1667 - 1749) Man, Cornelis de (1621 - 1706) Maragliano, Antonio Maria (1664 - 1739) Maratti, Carlo (1625 - 1713) Marsy II, Gaspard (1624 - 1681) Matteis, Paolo de (1662 - 1728) Mei, Bernardino (1612 - 1676) Meissonnier, Juste-Aurele (1695 - 1750) Mieris the Elder, Frans van (1635 - 1681) Mignard, Nicolas (1606 - 1668) Mola, Pier Francesco (1612 - 1666) Mollet, Armund-Claude (1660 - 1742) Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (1636 - 1699) Moucheron, Frederic de (1633 - 1686) Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1618 - 1682) Mytens, Jan (1614 - 1670) Nanteuil, Robert (1623 - 1678) Nattier, Jean-Marc (1685 - 1766) Neer, Aert van der (1603 - 1677) Ogata Korin, (1658 - 1716) Oppenord, Gilles-Marie (1672 - 1742) Ostade, Adriaen van (1610 - 1685) Ostade, Isaack van (1621 - 1649) Ottoni, Lorenzo (1658 - 1736) Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (1686 - 1755) Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1692 - 1765) Paolini, Pietro (1603 - 1681) Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (1695 - 1736) Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (1683 - 1754) Piola, Domenico (1627 - 1703) Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (1687 - 1767) Pontius, Paulus (1603 - 1658) Portail, Jacques-Andre (1695 - 1759) Post, Frans (1612 - 1680) Potter, Paulus (1625 - 1654) Pozzo, Andrea (1642 - 1709) Preti, Mattia (1613 - 1699) Puget, Pierre (1620 - 1694) Raoux, Jean (1677 - 1734) Rembrandt, Harmenz van Rijn (1606 - 1669) Ricci, Sebastiano (1659 - 1734) Ricci, Marco (1676 - 1730) Richardson, Jonathan (1665 - 1745) Rigaud, Hyacinthe (1659 - 1743) Risenburgh, Bernard II van (1696 - 1766) Rizi, Francisco (1614 - 1685) Rocca, Michele (1666 - 1751) Roldan, Luisa (1650 - 1704) Rosa, Salvator (1615 - 1673) Ruisdael, Jacob van (1600 - 1670) Ruthart, Carl Borromaus Andreas (1630 - 1703) Ruysch, Rachel (1664 - 1750) Sandrart, Joachim von (1606 - 1688) Schalcken, Godfried (1643 - 1706) Siberechts, Jan (1627 - 1703) Soldani, Massimiliano (1656 - 1740) Solimena, Francesco (1657 - 1747) Steen, Jan (1626 - 1679) Swanevelt, Herman van (1600 - 1665) Sweerts, Michael (1618 - 1664) Testa, Pietro (1611 - 1650) Thulden, Theodoor van (1606 - 1669) Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696 - 1770) Velde, Adriaen van de (1636 - 1672) Verhulst, Rombout (1624 - 1698) Vermeer, Johannes (1632 - 1675) Victors, Jan (1619 - 1676) Vinckenbrinck, Albert Jansz (1604 - 1665) Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684 - 1721) Zanotti, Giampietro (1674 - 1765)

lets see.... some guy named.....Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) and...Louise Moillon (1610-1696) ...Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) all painted...somestuff...

...and Willie Wobble in the green shirt....Animal in the Blue Collar....Spike as Scrappy....and...and....dang...i hate orange!! But you DO enjoy dressing as a woman.... noone ever said...ENJOYED...just CAUGHT...dressing as a woman....theres a difference... ...isnt there?

...and Willie Wobble in the green shirt....Animal in the Blue Collar....Spike as Scrappy....and...and....dang...i hate orange!!