MadL

That stinks. Did you get any email confirmation yet? Actually, Aye, I did indeed. First a letter came in th' mail then an e-lectrical message that said they be put in a bottle 'n set adrift in me general direction, it said they should arrive in a bunch o' days!

.....still bare foot.....

Well, if th' purple monkey what can naught impersonate Jack Sparrow t' save he's life say they be good, then they Must be good!!! ....after all, he gots good taste for rum!

Aye Hurricane, so ye be th' mystery seller ey? Well Ye Just Better Get Me Purchase Here Quickly Now!!!

Garsh, if'n ye gonna make it so easy t' keep time then what excuses are we gonna have left t' tell our women folk why we were so late com'n home from th' pub....'er, naught com'n home at all from th' pub?? "Get off me arss woman, I told ye already th' bloody parrot ate me ClipClock!! I'll be home when I gets home already!!" "...what's that dearie?" "yes I got it...a half gallon o' milk 'n a pound o' salamagundi...yes dear, I said I got it...."

Hey Back Off LadyBarbossa! Th' lad come bear'n drink he be! Welcome t' th' pub Tomas! ...we'll drink all he's liquor, then skin 'em, if we find th' Spanish Armada lurk'n round th' cove...

Now matie, did they naught tell ye that tanks to naught float? They plunge, plunge straight t' th' bottom they do!! But as a fellow tanker - WELCOME T' TH' PUB!! (aye, and they tried t' tell me tanks could naught fly either - We'll show'em lad, we'll show 'em all!!) Now quick, buy th' house a round 'befer one o' them short temper ilk arrive!

Avast!! After a l-o-n-g day, Saturday, in traffic school t' pay me fine for speed'n back from Nor Cal last month, I thought I would go t' th' Festival O' Sail 'n see some ships...but, what I found was so much more!! Festival o'.....wenches?? ...but I must say, this was th' dryest o' all th' festival I have attend'd this year. I had t' walk a mile for a drop o' ale! And there naught be single sound o' song t' be heard save for two lone bagpipe blowers....?

Hmmm, well I naught be do'n nuthin till mine arrive as me feet naught be 'wierd' but they do me odd...and different sizes too. But I too have found some shoes hurt th' top o' me foot depend'n on their make 'n shape so I think perhaps an offset buckle would have its advantage in that area.

Another alternative, according to the woman working in the museum in Jamestown. The earwax was also used for waxing thread. hmmm, I think I'll just stick to bees wax but, where ye gonna find bees on a ship...in th' middle o' th' ocean no less???

I recall a photo on page 2, 3, or 4 of this thread where someone commented on the buckle "not being centered, is that period or not?" (or something t' that effect) As I recall th' conversation went on that th' shoe wearer stated that "due t' me foot shape centered buckles always hurt..." (or something t' that effect) So, perhaps it t'was naught just a 'comfort factor' t' have th' buckles offset?? Perhaps it also be for th' buckles did naught fit if centered?? Hey, this is all Good Stuff - I am naught th' first! Ye all get t' figure it out before mine arrive!!! I got th' early style too, rough out; yers look smooth out Hurricane, yes?

Hey now! I return'd that belay'n pin to th' ship I did, 'n in good shape too it was...th' blood stain will come out...in time... some capt'ns ha'e no sense o' humor!

michaelsbagley, they be sing'n bout yer Leather Bottle!! Michaelsbagley's Leather Bottel Ballad also interesting to note on some o' th' leather drinking vessels on this site is mentioning them as being 'lined in silver' and some have th' silver that 'spills' over th' edge.

I found a Double Ended Ear Scoop/Tweezers while looking for wooden tankards: http://www.creativehistory.co.uk/resources/tudor.htm did people really used t' stick those things in their ears?!!? Me pappy always told me that "Noting smaller then yer elbow goes in yer ear son!"

I am naught exactly sure what it is, but if it does naught bite back then It's History!

Well, I am naught exactly sure, but th' little girl next door calls th' stuff on th' right "fluffy" 'n th' little boy up th' street calls this stuff on th' left "spot".. Me, I'm just gonna calls it "Driveway Kill" ....but I an Naught sure 'bout th' dessert, it keeps stare'n at me

< well, I could dress as th' Reaper again, sit real still on th' front porch til th' wee victims...'er kiddies come close the JUMP UP AND SCREAM! then watch th' candy FLY!!! I always seem t' end up with more candy at th' end o' the night then what I started with sometimes th' next morn I even find th' candy fairy left me an Entire sack full on th' lawn!! *I think th' candy fairy be in love with me* But, a couple year ago th' neighbors made me promise t' stop, somethin' bout that jerk who tried t' start a fight with me for he said I scared he's 4year old son....??...only one I saw scared was - HE'M!! (wuss!) Too bad too as th' kids used t' love it, after they ran away they would come back and bring their friends, I could hear them all th' way around th' corner yell'n "Hey Tommy, Come Here Quick, Ye Gotta Go T' This House!!" Some time t' spice things up I would toss them wee white paper poppers on th' ground, t'would freak th' kids out as they began t' climb th' steps and them things would go off under their feet! I think th' local dance instructor was gett'n angry bout that as well, thought I was steal'n her business... < I hate Wednesday nights, means I have t' get up at 3:00AM! V Pass th' question

well...I do have a lot o' empty rum bottles, perhaps ye send me a list o' names 'n I can stuff th' bottles full, then set them out in th' road 'n wait fer it t' rain mind ye however, they say we be in a drought!

Ye got lucky there! Looks like they have th' air column right up t' th' wall??? The one I went t' in Las Vegas they only have th' column up th' center of th' room (edges lined with cousions) so ye really had t' 'Balance' or ye fall right off (ont' th' cousions o'course). But for me that was ok as it taught me a few things bout me own fly'n skills, it was well worth it, I went back three more times even!! But for the $20-ot bucks they charge (that be AFTER the first time) I still prefer t' just go skydive, besides back then a skydive was only about $14 (over $20!). Here be a couple o' me own videos and some photos: Come Sail Away!!

Ye be send'n them all t' ME?!!? What on earth for? I do naught have everyone's address t' forward them out!!! How come ye can naught just send one to each person yerself??

I'm gonna go on Sunday....but if they move the freeways or rotate the bay around t' get me lost...I will be very dissapointed

hmm...with enough rum perhaps I can convince Rumba Rue that me bathtub with shower curtain sail be a mighty Man o' War!!!

callenish gunner; that is actually one of the very first leather tankard sites I came across when I first went seek'n a leather tankard...but alas, I sent at least three or four e-mails and for over a month (my standard time frame for first contact) I never got a response, and I even tried call'n but got no answer. I think that was around Jan, Feb, or March of last year. There was a couple others that never responded either, another's who's mugs I did naught like and the one who make th' "Indestructible" leather mugs using some sort of secret military epoxy he say, for around a bill and a half... Then I found th' Royal Armories Museum with th' Tudor Rose tankard modeled after an actual one from a ship (odd, I can naught find where they speak o' it on th' site now, but it's there somewhere...) Capt. Bo; that be why ye get a couple bee's wax candles t' seal up them leaks. The one I had (and might get back now I hear!) had a brewer's pitch inner lining, they say it will go bad with acidic drinks and certainly do NAUGHT fill with hot drink, but I used mine a LOT and th' only wear in sealer was around th' drink'n edge....a few drops o' bee's wax, rub it in - Sweet As New!

but...but..where be mine? I check'd all me mail boxes....where be mine?? Where Be Mine?!? Where Be Mine?!!!? i did naught get one...

Christine; horrible migraines eh? During th' flare ups do ye also find yerself sensitive t' light and noise? Do they mostly come at night or anytime ye try t' lay down and close yer eyes? I had a bout with such pain naught be 7 or 8 year ago; I was put through all kinds of tests and catscans and all kinds o' theory what might be cuas'n them. And for me it was really bad as I never suffer from even minor headaches so a migraine t' me was just unbearable. They began first by com'n at night, would last for an hour or two then go away. First I tried ice packs, got a little reliefe but then that stopped work'n, then I tried heat packs (soak'n a wet rag and put it in th' microwave) that helped but then later it did naught, then they became more frequent, soon they would naught let me sleep at night at all, for almost three weeks I got perhaps 1 hour o' sleep a night - If That! Well, as they began t' attack me during the day I got a chance once that I felt one begining so I called the doctor and told him I was on me way; up till this point he had never examined me DURING an 'attack'. By th' time I got to his office it was full on PAIN, I practicaly crawled into he's office I did. As I sat on he's examining table with me head in me hands and trying t' block th' light from me eyes he came in and told me to tip me head back, then he said "Do Not Sniff" and sprayed something up me nose...? I am sorry I can not recall what it was called but he said he had just gotten them as 'samples' of some new medicine that had just come out. Like a miracle, within seconds I could feel th' pain literaly melt away!!! Within a minute or two it was gone! I looked up at he'm and asked what that was, he just looked at me puzzled. He gave me about 4 or 5 of these pre-measured little nasal shooters and told me to take JUST ONE at the begining of me pain then report back after they were all gone. When I returned and told he'm how well they worked for me he said "I think we just discovered a new use for this ......(what ever it was called)" Well, they came in pre-measured doses and about 40 to a box, but they were EXPENSIVE! About $200 per box I think he said, and he said he did naught know how long me insurance would let me have it so we still needed to find what was causing me pain!!! Shortly before th' insurance did cut me off I told him how I really needed to find the cause as I had two teeth that where in need o' a root channal and the dentist was refusing to drill until me migraine issue was resolved as she felt her work would inflame me migraine and cause me more pain...well, I had already been sent to two dental specialists, a sinus specialist, a brain doctor, and I do naught know what else but this time me doctor (M.D. type) told me he was sending me to he's own personal dentist. I went t' he's dentist and he said I had early stage o' gum condition, forget what he called it, and I was in need of all four quadrants to have surgery (one quad at a time). He said me condition was early but if we waited then it could become worse fast...so I agreed. After about four weeks (one quad a week) he was done - AND my migraines were gone too!!! When I asked th' MD and the DD if there was a connection the dentist said he feels there well could have been, he explained that when teeth and/or gums go bad they can trigger all kind o' other stuff such as headaches, sinus problems, earaches, and more. but then that was just my situation; during all them earlier tests they gave plenty more explainations o' what might be cuase'n the pain.