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Cute. There's another style under Novelty.

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>monkey business<

Aztec coin

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Well if you're really creative, you could wire up a chicken bone skeleton. (easily done, just buy a whole chicken at the store)

Whenever I have chicken for dinner I always tell my parrrot, "This could be you! Now be quiet!".

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Well I'm watching the rain come down so hard it's actually flooding my balcony because the water can't drain out of the drain hole fast enough.

Pretty nifty...well I hope it doesn't actually fill up and come into my apartment.

Other than that I'm feeling fine. Got all my sewing projects that I'm going to do for now out of the way. Now I'm going to work on my feather hat pins to sell at the Escondido faire.

Wow this rain is really coming down hard! Well I'm impressed!

I seemed to have missed being seriously sick. My companion came down sick three weeks ago with Bronchitis and he's pretty much over it, except for some nasty coughing.

I learned that as soon as someone around me gets sick I run for the Echinacea and Zinc. Seems to do the trick for me. Course getting a flu shot last year in Sept. seems to help too. I hate shots, but for the last 4 years I've gotten them and I haven't been sick at all. I use to get at least 2 nasty colds a year that would have me down for a good 2 weeks solid. Now, no more.

I hope the rest of you feel better soon.

Well must go now.

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**Smile and Let Your Spirit Soar** :)

Here's the website for the information:

S.Renfaire

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Curious, were any of the table reads people from PRP?

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Here's some more information from some people who went and checked out the site.

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Okay so we pick up the paper and see in the Press Enterprise that a new site has

been revealed unto the masses. That afternoon we went up to Irwindale to check

out the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area.

For those of you with Thomas Guides, the site is at the upper left hand side of

pg. 598. and on the south of 568. For the rest of you, it is the green(?) patch

southeast of the intersection of the 605 and 210 freeways.

If you're somewhat familiar with the area, it's just south of the Miller

Brewery. (Let's see, two miles of food grade 1" stainless steel pipe...... Oh

four miles, there's Miller Lite. That'll make the customers happy at least.) I

found an address of 200 Peckham, Irwindale CA for the site.

It is a flood control basin surrounded by a 40+ foot high river rock dam that

you drive over to get to the park. In appearance it is not unlike Sunset Park

in Las Vegas, and has a lot of the same features, but it's a lot flatter, a LOT

greener, and sports a lot more trees; not just cottonwoods (achoo!!) but oaks

and elms. And no jets landing.

There is a lake that allows swimming and has county lifeguards during the

summer. Yes, the southwest corner of the place is flooded as of this posting,

but that just keeps it greener and cooler. The San Gabriel River does run

through it, although it isn't a year round stream. This year, who knows? Bring

your OFF and Cutter's, we do have West Nile about.

Where exactly in the park the faire will be is hard to determine at this point.

Parking looks like a challenge unless there is a lot somewhere we couldn't see.

Irwindale Raceway is right across the 605 from the site, so shuttle busses for

the overflow are a possibility. Participant parking should be available in, oh,

say Pasadena? Just kidding.

From the 605, the exit coming from the south is Live Oak and turn right, and

from the north, use the Arrow Highway exit. From the 210 take Irwindale south

and turn right on Arrow Hwy. Access is off of Arrow Highway, which runs along

the south side of the park. The entrance is somewhat easy to miss now, but that

will no doubt change for Faire.

While we were there we observed several Faire looking folk also checking it out.

We didn't stop for a consensus, but I think this place could be a winner. At

least it is centrally located and equally inconvenient to LA, OC, and IE faire

folk. It gets the edge of the Catalina Eddy June Gloom overcast in the late

spring.

There are several colleges within fifteen minutes, notably Azusa Pacific, Cal

Poly Pomona, and CSU Fullerton. The Clairmont complex is pretty close too. The

area around the site is all industrial and warehouses, and there are a few fast

food places and local spots very near. There are a few more places along

Foothill at the north end of Irwindale that might bear examining, and there is

some lodgings in Azusa northeast of the park for out of town folk.

Well, that's my two cents. I send this knowing fully well that the next posting

will be an REC press release saying that Southern will be in the blimp hangers

in OC this year. But at least you'll know how to get there and something of

what to expect should this be our new home. Hope to see you all there; or

somewhere anyway.

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bubbles!

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limp bananas

toasted coconut

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Rumba, you are already immortal.. and a heck of a pirate lass.

Aw shucks, it t'wern't nothun.

Wait I'm immortal? Or is that immoral? Me thinks I prefer the latter.

Ok, where were we, oh

band of brothers

bilge rats

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Matey

parrot

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**Well I'm catching up to Merrydeath**

I will definately be waiting to see the rest of your stock when you get it.

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Oh woe is me, such a fine thing to own, but I have no wall space left in my home.

Totally the excellance of artwork!

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Here it is everyone and it's the real deal.

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Dear Performers,

I am pleased to inform you that very shortly REC wil be officially

announcing the location of our 2005 Renaissance Pleasure Faire.

However, General Manager Ted Durden has authorized me to pass on the

good good news to you. Our new home shall be... Santa Fe Dam Park

in the city of Irwindale. I have walked the site and it offers

plenty of space, trees, grass, a lake front, parking and camping.

Demographic studies indicate a great audience base. It is located

near the 210 and the 605 freeways. It is closer to the Los Angeles

metropolitan area and still convenient to our Orange County folks.

Yes, I am very pleased. More info to follow soon.

Please forward to performers and directors as appropriate.

Thanks for all your hard work and your patient waiting.

Gerald Zepeda

Entertainment Director

REC California

Keys to lock it

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**heheeeeheee**

Well ye see, when it's really cold and the deck freezes with ice, the sailors go skating. Course that's really bad when they skate right off the deck inta the ocean...oops....

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**Your favorite 'peanut gallery' person**

mugs of rum

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There's a duo here in S. California that I occassionally play guitar with, Mallory and McCall. They've got a great songbook out, "Mallory and McCall's Irish Pub Songbook". Lots of good shanties in it.

You can get it from: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. , #4 Industrial Drive, Pacific, MO. 63069-0066, 1-800- 8-Mel Bay, or they have a website (I haven't been to it), www.melbay.com, email: email@melbay.com

Also, Christine Lampe who runs No Quarter Given has a songbook out with shanties. Just check out the site at www.noquartergiven.net

Hope this info might be of some help to you.

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Uh, I guess I'm being blond, cuz I'm not sure what you're asking for.

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Just watch 'Privates of the Carribean' all problems solved....

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**LMAF**

Personally I love it when people post pictures of themselves or things they've made here in the Plunder section. Not only does it help identify the people behind the posts, but there are some really, really good seamstresses here at the Pub and I respect their advice and ideas. Criticism is fine as long as it's done with respect and offering ideas how to improve.

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**One for all and all for one!**

...and Das comes through again....

Just adding the "peanut gallery" response.

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tsk tsk... don't you know better than to set yourself up for a good bashing... our wenches are well versed at emasculating men.

In my dyslexic ways, I honestly read the word emasculating as ejactulating....

Ok, enough coffee for me this morning....

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Hey Mary, when we meet at Escondido faire, I'd be more than happy to show you how to make your own coat or help with any sewing tips.

Since I have five different patterns, I'm sure one would work for you, if you wanted to make a coat that is.

I have patterns for skirts and bodices too. Gladly lend you a hand in whatever way I can.

Hugs,

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I like the one on the right too. Probably easier to do I suspect.

I think it would be funny to hollow one out and put a small battery pack in it so it would vibrate. Now that's a pick up line that'll get you a laugh. But I guess in Pyrate Phil's case it'll get you a line on ''self matter's".

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