Rumba Rue

Well I have a wonderful Senegal parrot named 'Gilligan' little buddy. I'd put a picture of him here, but I can't figure out how - I tried the cut and paste method, tried a host website, but nothing works. Anybody got any ideas how to post a picture here? RumbaRue **I had a mind once, still looking for it**

I'm surprised that no one has come up with this one yet. Well I will. 'Another day, another dubloon' RumbaRue **Mind like a steel trap, rusty and illegal in 37 states**

That's great! Well try to get the pirate ones anyway! Love ya! RumbaRue ** **

Well I looked at all your great stuff, but try as I might couldn't do much with them. Perhaps you might consider letting the Admistrator here put them up with the others so they can just easily be clicked upon. RumbaRue

Went to see it with Boats, Dawn Berry, and Tony Kopec. OH WOW! What a movie! The theater was packed full of pirate enthusiasts. Absouletly loved the movie. Definatly want to see it again and again. Spotted Jerry (he's wearing the faded orange shirt, rolled up sleeves, bald head - there's a scene showing him throwing a crate overboard), didn't see Louie or Micheal , but Dawn spotted "Scully" who is the real captian of the Lady Washington (aw too bad they blew her up - well in the movie anyway, not in real life). Dawn has coined the new term "Swishbuckling" for Johnny Depp. The movie was everything I had hoped it would be, from beginning to end. The morphing into the skeletons was great, but we were wondering how long can a full moon last? They seem to make it be like forever. At the end when Elizabeth and Will were kissing, some girls in the audiance went "awwwww" and everybody laughed. Unfortunatly we couldn't stay till the end of the credits, cuz Tony Kopec had to get to class at Palomar College. So we don't know what's at the end. Guess we'll just have to go and see it again! RumbaRue **Swishbuckling through life**

> Geesh, just cuz the movie prop stuff was in a movie doesn't make it valuable! < Yes I know there are collectors out there that want this stuff, but come on, value is only what one considers it is. Doesn't mean a way to waste your money. RumbaRue **Far better armed than disarmed**

I'm posting this here for the rest of you to see. Boats and I looked over the stuff and guffawed a lot! Good greif, we've got better stuff in our treasure chests then what's being sold for mucho bucks! Most of the stuff can be gotten at any craft store(package of gems, $1.99) worth it's weight! Gee go get some lava rocks off your barbeque and paint them gold...get some Xmas beads for color really cheap at the holiday times for a couple of bucks. I could go on and on about how disgusted I was when seeing what was offered and the outrageous prices that were being offered by those wanting to buy them. Geesh, just cuz the movie prop stuff was in a movie doesn't make it valuable! (Hmmmm, maybe I could get 5 grand for my trunk? NOT!) And any decent thrift store can hold far more better treasures than what is offered! Truly a case of Piracy at it's worst. My suggestion, SAVE YOUR MONEY for more worthwhile things. RumbaRue **Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me**

Ah my dear Sir, tis a sad thing when one gets 'pirated' from another. But with any luck you'll best yer enemy with higher quality goods that what can be gotten from cheap sellers. My bet is on you dear Robin, as I be knowin' ye fer a long while, and yer goods are mighty fine. RumbaRue **The best kept secrets are in my bloomers**

I love the pirate float toy for pools! Dang, we're not allowed to have float toys in the pool in my apartment complex. But it is a great toy I'd love to have! :) RumbaRue **You there, go hoist somethig**

Aye, Aye Captian, we've found our lost treasure! RumbaRue **Want pain? Trying wearing a corset!**

Which one of my personalities do you find offensive? Just what every pirate needs on their traveling 'ships'. RumbaRue **Hey let's moon the next passing ship!**

Uh , you was lookin' fer me? Hmmm, been busy, but don't worry me lads, I can only handle one man at a time (sorry threesomes are tiresome). I do be checkin' ta see who be linin' up next. Ye know, ever since Rachel Townsend took over Mother Rackett's position, she be workin' us girls hard to be pleasin' as many as possible. Hmmmmm, maybe I should demand overtime pay.... RumbaRue **A lady takes off her dignity with her clothes**

Aye tis a scurvy lot o' pictures of pirates that be on those Wanted Posters in the Navy's office! Comments, aye, t'would have done so, if'n I could have...suppose that's somethin' still ta figure out. I'll be seein' if'n I can add to them....ain't turned me two rolls o' film in yet from the Ojai Ren-faire....t'will hav' ta see how's they all come out... RumbaRue **Two wrongs are only the beginning**

I know a number of PRP members are planning on being there this year. Unfortuatly, I can't. Can't afford the plane trip or a week of partying. Oh well, when I win the lottery.... RumbaRue **By the time you make ends meet, the ends have been moved**

Oh that's WICKED- I LOVE IT! Not a member, nor ever have been and never plan to be! I'm a hell of lot smarter than that! (Don't even get me started on SCA, I'll bash forever!) RumbaRue **Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious**

Oh Gawd! That's hysterical! I'm laughing my fool head off! RumbaRue **I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?**

Funny, funny stuff! Sorry can't add any, cuz the ones I know aren't for printing to the public. RumbaRue **The best kept secrets are in my bloomers**

Well, I sure don't remember putting a skull and crossbones on my post (s), but I will say it's amusing. Would like to see some more fun ones. RumbaRue **I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges**

Thank you kindly. I finally recieved the info I wanted on another message board. I posted it here in case anyone else was interested. RumbaRue *In the vessels cited as examples, they are modern representations of the various shades of traditional "barking" (one ingredient used) that varied in colours from yellow ochre through various brick reds to dark brown and black. Now days people use tanbark coloured sails either to imitate the traditional colours, or because they reduce the glare when you're squinting at them in the bright sunlight. My own 18 ft gaff knockabout, FEATHER, has red-tanned sails. Traditional sails were commonly made of linen flax, cotton canvas, wool, hemp, jute, and even nettle fiber. They all tended to rot or lose strength to one degree or another when wet. Hence, in Europe and America (the areas I'm familiar with the history of) sails, especially on fishing boats and small craft, tended to be "tanned" with various mixtures of boiled bark, tallow, ochre (for colour effect) and other ingredients. "Maritime Traditions" recently ran an article from the Roskilde, Denmark Viking ship museum on making and using wool sails (a living tradition in Norway until a century ago) which mentions one method of tanning sails; Edgar March in "Inshore Craft of Great Britain in the Days of Sail and Oar" describes other traditional techniques and colours used by British fishermen. The significance of colour that comes to my mind would be availability of ingredients, relative cost, and wealth of the sailor. I believe in Caesar's time the Romans complained of the Illyrian pirates that they were so arrogant that their oars were silvered and their sails made of silk dyed purple (an imperial colour at the time). So, if you're in it for the long haul, and have a small boat, tanning your sails will make them last enough longer that it will more than pay for itself in the savings of buying or making new sails. If you want to flash your wealth, dying sails for show would be one way of doing it. I'd say most pirates wouldn't bother tanning their sails, but might have captured or stolen a small vessel that already had tanned sails. In larger vessels it's unlikely due to the cost, and the fact that most ship-owners tend to be cheap, and would discount the long-term cost savings of tanning versus the probability of the sails being damaged on a long voyage due to weather or mis-handling by a hired crew. Ships commanded by their owner, or crewed by owner and family, as happened in small coastal traders as well as fishing vessels would be more likely to tan their sails. It's their investment, and they are more likely to treat the sails carefullly enough to benefit financially in the long run. Of course, successful pirates might dye their sails as the Illyrians did, but in the 17th and 18th centuries they seemed to be more concerned with personal adornment and small arms rather that tarting up their ships. After all, their ships were usually stolen, and another could be acquired the same way. Likewise, pirates were frequently known to take sails, cloth and other ship's stores from a capture whenever they needed them. Glenn, Black Douglas, Master of the Sloop-Boat FEATHER and the Terror of Scow Bay

Unfortunatly PRP doesn't do the Ren-fair in San Bernadino. In fact they cut out the Sea Dogs (the only group that came close to pirates) several years ago. Basically they don't want any pirate types in their ranks. Well phooey on them! They are too politically correct - gasp you'd think it was Disneyland! The other fair in Corona is pirate friendly, but since I only went one time, I have no idea what it's like now. PRP has several members in the San Diego area, myself included. Hey, don't be afraid to check us out. We may be of an older generation than the youngsters out there, but we play better! RumbaRue **The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune**

Now here's an interesting question for you history buffs. Is there a reason why some ships had red sails? (There are some tall ships here on the west coast that do also) RumbaRue **I've hoisted that, I've hoisted this, but the best hoist is above the waterline**

I'd take a big roll of toilet paper! (A good reminder to those empty portapotties at events that run out quickly) RumbaRue **I'd rather be training cabin boys**

Aye, it weren't hard to miss PRP or any of the other piratatical groups, as they were shoved into a box canyon o're near the food booths, that most people didn't bother to wander over to see. Me hopes this might be corrected the next time. Me however, had a fine and dandy time sellin' me wares. I'm not sure I'd a recognize ye, since I don't know who you are, but I 'twas the one with the fancy parrot feathers and chocolate sharin' a booth with Miss Dawn who sells gorgeous freshwater pearl necklaces and such. Lots o' people showed up, and on Sunday, it 'twas just darn crowded! Well likes I said, I had a fine time playin' with all those men! Ah, what a nice dream I did have that night....oh excuse me, I did forget where I was fer a moment.... So the next event fer PRP and me will be Ojai Ren-faire, May 10 and 11th. I'll be with the group this time. Don't be afraid ta be searchin' me out, I'm a right nice gal with long blond hair that the men just adore, an a smile that'll make ye wonder.... what ye say? Ah, ye'll just have ta find out! RumbaRue **Save the whales, collect the whole set**

What a beautiful ship! You are very lucky, regardless of where you might be sailing her. RumbaRue **The fair winds will always bring you to wonderful and distant shores**