MadL

::slowly 'n quietly closes th' front door...sneaks 15 year old dead tree out th' back:: WHOT? I Ain't Toss'n Out Good SOCK CANDY!!! ...it t'aint so bad if'n ye scrape th' mold off first

keep yer chin up mate; every great adventure beings with th' very first step ...'n ends with th' last STOP MATE!! DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP!!!!

It's a good thing Italians paint fer they surely can't fight, 'n where are th' Frenchmen, they like brandy t' th' sea. Well we'll drink t' th' capt'n 'n we'll drink t' th' crew 'n we'll drink t' th' ladies of easy virtue SO RAISE UP YER GLASSES AND RAISE THEM HIGH Cuz we won't leave th' Inn til th' bottle is dry! Well it look like the bottle is empty and the song is at an end; LET'S GET ANOTHER BOTTLE AND SING IT AGAIN! We'll drink t' th' capt'n 'n we'll drink t' th' crew 'n we'll drink t' th' ladies of easy virtue SO RAISE UP YER GLASSES AND RAISE THEM HIGH Cuz we won't leave th' Inn til th' bottle is dry! Sorry mates; had a song stuck in me head.... it's out now...

Bugger it all! I know there be another pirate forum out there what has a wonderful thread go'n on all about baldrics....but I can not find me way on this computer (at work right now...'er so th' boss thinks ) They have a wonderful description o' a belt design I want t' make some day too. But I want t' keep abreast o' what ye find for Buckle Resources, try'n t' find a good buckle connection for baldric or belt (in the 2-inch and up size) is quite hard t' come by! aye I know o' many for common round, square, and saddle-type; but try'n t' find GOOD and cleaver - 'original' - buckles t' fit th' GAoP is HARD (unless ye just want t' be a commoner and go with masses). We could use a good blacksmitty who would make some fine large buckles with straight latch but fancy frames, like shell or scroll or ????

Thar be pirates at Disneyland?!!?? Thar be a Disneyland??? ::stupid compass, Stop Point'n T' Knottsberry Farm!!!::

Need t' sand some scratches outta yer butt 'n barrel eh? Well.... I know a whore in th' Port O' Nantucket, Who...... ....n'er mind

I knows that place! I got me current Windlass cutlass from them....would much more have preferred a Baltimore Knife sword...

I wanta see! I wanta see!! ::stupid cur Admiralty Admin Blockade!:: *stabs at monitor with cutlass cursor!*

Does he's wench know that?!!? ::begins t' mutter - "what happens on ship stays on ship, what happens on ship stays on ship, what happens on stays on ship...":: BUT NOW TH' MRS. P HAND WON'T SEND US NO MORE O' THEM HOMEMADE COOKIES!!!

Actually it is common knowledge that some are indeed Doctors, Lawyers (*gasp!* Really, who'da thought that one!*), and many other 'respected' and 'upstanding', 'hard working' folk. Take those that hi-jacked th' planes, they did not come to America swing'n swords 'n brandishing firearms, they came here quietly, got jobs, went to our schools....a semi-sleeper one might call them, all the while plotting for 'The Day' (oh wait, maybe that was CIA, after all, everyone KNOWS that steel cant burn!! oh, and the moon be a giant cheese rum ball!!) Alas, people after all these years still find it hard to grip that there really is such thing as "Evil", there truly is such things as "Evil People" (geesh, when they gonna let poor Charlie out??). Aye, some pirates be push'd t' their way by hardship, sense o' want'n t' belong, cruel government; and some o' them can be brought back by counteracting these situations, but there still be th' "evil ones", those that even if you gave them a Bazillion Trillion dollars of their own, their own country, a hundred wives, 600 screaming, hungry kids, 40 dogs and a pony o' their very own - they would still use all that t' plan how t' kill ye th' moment ye turn yer back on them - they be just plain "evil". I would be willing to say that if you sat each and every one o' them Somalian pirates down in a private room, send in someone who could speak with them without offending them religiously (or their immediate enemy) ye could get 500 or more Different tales why they turned t' piracy and what they feel it would stop t' make them all stop. Sure, there will be commonalities, that is why they fight side by side, but there will also be plenty o' differences....even some who will say "We will only stop once all the Western Dogs are dead!", others who will say they could care less if westerners live for they just want someone else dead. Aye, stop them with kindness?? Hey! I Know!!! Lets give them a nuclear reactor of their very own; but make them promise to Never Use It To Make A Bomb!!! THAT'LL WORK!!!! .....wheeew, I sleep well tonight

either that kitty be wear'n a tutu 'round it's neck else it sit'n on he's head 'n gots light bulbs stuck t' it's arse cheeks!???! I do NAUGHT want t' know where th' batteries go!!!

Oooooooh, SNAKE FOOD!! ....'er lizard snakes

{quote}"But I'm up in the mountains at 4000 feet in the center part of California where it is bent.... "{/quote} Southern Caliefornie-ians be smarter then th' rest o' th' states for we keep our snow up high in th' mountains where only fur covered bears 'n mountain goats live. But ye all now see what happens when ye let someone like Patrick move in, he goes 'n leaves th' state lay'n around till he steps on it 'n bends it; how he's half is broken and it snows on him - serves ye right! Take care o' yer state next time!!!

minus 5? *phfffff* Try -20, where ye step outside 'n suddenly th' buggers in yer nose Freeze Solid in an instant, seal'n yer nose solid so ye can't breath - Now THAT is cold!! Try -20 with yer head stick'n out th' turret o' a tank go'n 15 miles per hour down a German side road - NOW THAT is COLD!! Try 20 degree on New Year's Eve; at Ground Level - but ye be at 10,000 feet 'n jump'n through a sheet o' ice what pierces th' skin o' yer face 'n make'n it bleed but th' blood freezes solid - Now that naught be so cold, but it be pretty cold! Come'on Pirates! Gather 'Round Now! THINK 'WARM THOUGHTS'!!

Well I had always heard that th' real trick be t' just think 'Warm Thoughts' Com'on Pirates! Gather 'Round, Join Hands, Let's All Think 'WARM THOUGHTS'!

Patrick, ye takes yerself a couple o' high powered blow torches, like th' ones they use t' dry off th' track at a drag race, then ye mount them t' th' front o' yer pickup 'n fill 'em up with High Octane 'n mount yer truck on a couple o' pontoons Then SAIL yer way int' town! Now Let's Get'er Done!

Alright now, what is all this talk 'bout "snow". We here in Southern California have laws 'gainst such stuff, especially if it be fall'n from th' sky.....naught that that ever bother'd th' bothers down th' alley mind ye. Now I do know our new President Elect has no issue with snow, matter o' fact he admits t' like'n it once him self, but I think ye all gonna get raid'd by th' Admerality Feds if'n ye do naught clean up yer act - just remember; just because he be th' President do naught mean he 'makes' th' laws....after all, just look'ee at th' wild tabac'ee laws in Southern California, they tried t' make that legal too but people still get hung fer it!

drop th' persona talk?? I will have you know that I have lived on th' beaches o' Southern California (surf's up dude!), th' mid-west, th' south east shore, Germany (once known as th' Holy Roman Empire); I have been told more then once that someone listen' to me could not figure out just where I am from....'n now with two daughters in their twenties (they speak a whole nother language all t'gether!) sometimes I can not understand m'self!! Anyway *drop'n th' piratical accents* perhaps it is the 'steinkirk' and 'fancy bows' that I am seeing and not understanding. I see the once or twice around the neck and simple square not ties, but then there are the ones that make the big fancy ruffle look; like there may be something more then just a simple square knot evolved or is it the cut of the material? Like I said above, a basic "rabbit runs around the tree and goes down the hole" tie had me so baffled that I chose to just never untie the demo knot me drill Sargent tied for me in Basic Training so I would never have to figure out how he did it and that tie (military uniform) still hangs tied in me/my closet! So, is there any pictures/tutorials with step-by-steps for making the neck wrapping other then the simple square knot ties?

A compass 'n a map??? I Knew I was forget'n somth'n!!! Why look'ee that! I HAVE been go'n in circles!!! .... bloody'ell, gonna take a librarian t' make heads 'er tails o' these glyphics on this har compass thingy!!!

I hear tell from one who know that in Bermuda th' women don't wear no clothes! ...uh , wait, maybe that was Australia that be correct, it be Australia, Botany Bay t' be exact ; tell Jean Le Jean he need t' keep sail'n!!!!

They be th' very best kind o' friend....they don't drink all yer rum either!

Oh, so one just goes around once then tie it off squarely, where the other goes around a few times but still ties off squarely. So it be how much material and type of same what makes th' knot appear more fancy then other ones?

Might it be true that Santa Clause 'n th' notorious Capt'n Whitebeard be actually one in th' same? Let us examine th' facts: BOTH wear a bright red frock with white trim. BOTH sneak up upon ye in th' dark o' night. BOTH target wee snipes when they come t' town (t' replenish he's crew??). BOTH have th' "somethin' for noth'n" idea (gifts, treasure, candy, wenches, etc) BOTH live seclusion from mortal man. BOTH have minions/crews t' do all th' work. BOTH know when ye be sleep'n/awake 'er good/naughty. BOTH use fire/brimstone ('er a place thereof) as means o' entry/attack. BOTH travel with a punisher (Krampus-Santa, Quarter Master-Whitebeard) BOTH sail a ship what fly with such stealth ye naught know he there...til it be TOO LATE!! I think th' evidence speak for itself, but YE decide....me, I be hid'n in me cabin til he's gone!!!

Ok, now I have read th' old thread 'n I have read this thread. I have look'd at th' picture drawns 'n at th' photos...but I still do naught see how one o' them neck clothes go 'round th' throat?? Now like I said, we be but o' simple pirate here, what with meself who still have be neck tie from Basic Train'in when me Drill Sargent got upset with me so he tied me very first tie he'mself....that knot last'd me four year o' good service 'n still hang in me closet this very day as I doubt I could remember how he did it!!! (me secret; t' take it off I slid th' short end just enough t' fit me head through th' hole, then t' put it back on I slid me head back through then pull'd th' short end back down again - as I stated afore, it STILL be tied with Sargent Adam's knot 'n hang in me closet t' this very day!) So, could any o' ye blaggards show us how ye makes one o' them fancy knots with this neck cloth...but NAUGHT one where th' end be attach'd t' anythin' high please....

I did naught know Dr. Frankenstein twas a Frenchie? 'n dur'n th' GAoP??? IT BE ALIVE! IT BE A L I V E!!!!!!!