Capn Bob

*Can* those New York girls dance the polka? Not anymore, they can't...

Keep me updated on how that works...I've been to Kelly's Island before...might be interesting for a bunch of villians, neer-do-wells, and outright pirates take over one of the ferries...

"Plunder me cherries", the lassie sez. E-heh heh heh heh... Hey, watch that thing, it's sharp and pointy!

Ah...much like my accent, then. Well, people *say* I have an accent...I grew up in the Army, and as a result, I've had people claim I'm anything from Irish to Aussie...even French, scupper me hide!

I never saw "Night of the Living Dead", but I remember seeing "The Thing That Wouldn't Die"...ye might call it the "Night of the Living Head" movie...

But...none of them are from *my* childhood! So here's a couple I remember seeing in me own younger years: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (saw it on base theater in Germany, so I did...) "Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster" (saw that one on base at Fort Knox...)

Happy Boithday, Mission, and may yer fleams never rust!

Yes, but a day over 13 what?

I can picture a pack of pirates, assembled together in a shoddy tavern somewhere, towards the end of the Golden Age, belting out (possibly in a drunken roar) "Fill Ev'ry Glass". I suspect they'd be singing the popular songs of the period, the ruder the better...something like "Oyster Nan". Lyrics to Oyster Nan here, decidedly not workplace safe: Oyster Nan And the aforesaid "Fill Ev'ry Glass"? Here's a version:

And where be ye in Ohio? Me, I'm marooned in Akron OH, currently suffering the winter of my discontent (bein' that it's now winter, and I be discontented about it). I did have the benefit of a cruise down to the original Republic of Pirates, New Providence Island (that'd be Nassau, to lubbers) in October on the Carnival Pride (a decidedly un-piratey vessel, but a good cruise all the same), so that helps a bit.

Pat Croce is moving his Pirate Museum in Key West to a new location, in St. Augustine (he *should* open up a branch in Akron OH, but that seems unlikely...). During the construction work, a few...things...have turned up... Historic artifacts found at St. Augustine's new pirate museum British-period sword hilt found

We got a few steins when we were stationed in Germany, back in the mid 1960's. Got one that looks kinda like that, but its in a cabinet and there's a ship-load of stuff in front of it. Also got a glass one that's dated to 1870... Bein' an Army brat has some advantages...

Having now been on a cruise, I been payin' particular attention to the news about the engine fire on the Carnival Splendor. Seems them poor devils have had to subsist on Spam and poptarts... And havin' grown up in the Army, I know about living on spam...and rice-a-roni. In those days, I was too young, and me folks wouldn't give me tarts to play with... Ye can see how deprived I was...

Well, thank'ee, Silver...I took gobs more photos, but I thought those would be of most interest to the company...

I thought this was pretty cute...a piratical feline plundering a purloined pizza... Comes from that Cheezburger site...

Oh yeah?! Well, *I'm* so poor they repossessed my middle name!

I'm still working to get rid of me cold...which reminds me, where's me rum?...Ah...the best medicine!...anyway, I have a few remarks. I'm not going into great detail about the cruise itself, unless I'm asked to, but that said... It is with great relief that I can say I did not get seasick at all. Seas were quite calm. Altho I did overhear that others were "throwing *everything* up..." Clearly such people had never been on the Autobahn...or on Lake Erie. Weather was excellent, except for Nassau, which had some occasional rain showers...but going into Nassau we were treated with a double rainbow. Food? I was disappointed in the food. I was looking forward to living on hardtack and salt pork and bully beef, and what did we get? Virginia ham with raisin sauce, bbq Cornish hens, lobster as sweet as cotton candy. One of my favorite shipboard activities? Just standing at the rails, watching for ships. It was while engaged in this very activity that it occurred to me I was on the very waters that Blackbeard and the boys sailed on, so long ago, also watching for ships. I was also wearing me Blackbeard t-shirt at the time, which helped. And did we encounter other ships? One or two, I'd say...came across a couple other cruise ships, some container ships...and oh yes, a battle group out of Norfolk, consisting of two missile frigates and a dirty big carrier, which buzzed us with a couple of choppers and a fighter. I personally found the Pirates of Nassau Museum a treat. Its not big, nor is it glitzy, and the gift shop isn't much, but I really did enjoy the museum. It's well maintained and kept up, all the audio was working...but be aware, in order to replicate the belowdecks of a ship, it can be plenty dark. I think they did good work with the figures, as you can see from the newly uploaded photos, and I never spotted any errors on the placards. Yeah, I'd recommend the place, if you, dear reader, were to be going to Nassau. Just keep an eye out for the traffic. Its madness, I tell you, *madness*! Rum? Well, I'll tell'ee, that's something I was disappointed about. Bay St, the main drag in Nassau, has a variety of duty free groggeries, but the selection was really nothing more than what I could find in me local grocery store. I got nothin' against the stuff, but I'd have expected to find some better labels that...Malibu...or Morgan, or Bacardi...well, you'd expect Bacardi in their outlets, to be sure, but still... I think that covers it for now, unless there be any questions...