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Capt Grey Posted on Sep 19 2005, 10:51 AM

  I gave the cafeterialady a copy of my pirate jokes to tell the kids today.

An' don't ferget this one... it be an oldie, but a goodie, it be!

"How much be corn costin' in Tortuga?"

"A buck-an-ear!!"

Harr harr!!

It's Talk Like A Pirate Day, an' all I gots ta talk to are ye bloks here at the Pub!

Ye say that like it be a bad thing!

Indeed, Cap'n, indeed!! Urgh, I'm going through withdrawals... !

Gotta go with Henry Morgan as well... he thought like a soldier as well as a sailor (does that make him a captain of Marines?? )... most of my early images of piracy stem from his deeds... sacking Puerto Bello and Panama... raiding the Spanish treasure hordes... drinking and wenching it up in wild Port Royal...

Good times, indeed!

Were you in the UK on orders? I was stationed there for a couple of years...JMF St. Mawgan.

Yeah, did some time training with the Royal Marines in Poole, and was in London for some anti-terrorism stuff... only went in short trips, of no more than a couple weeks at a time, never stationed there, though... I'd love to go back!

Woo hoo! Er, for the Pyracy party, I mean...

Meg Wardell Posted on Sep 16 2005, 09:44 AM

  How did that slogan go? "Join the Navy and see the world!"

Thanks for dragging us Jarheads along with ya... some of the scenic spots of the world I've been to:

Iraq

Kuwait

Israel

Greece

Haiti

Denmark

Jamaica

Bahamas

UK

Germany

Canada

Australia

And where I wanna go-

Cuba (that embargo thing has gotta end eventually... from some of my European mates, it is a great place for a vacation)

Scotland

Ireland

France

Germany (this time hopefully I'll remember it... long story there)

Switzerland

Spain

Egypt

China

Most of South America

And, I'm sure I'll get to most, if not all of them, eventually!

Feeding kids and watching the Travel Channel...

some toast (with strawberry jam), bacon, and bowl of Raisin Bran... mmmmm!!

I'm with Petee...

Dirty ol' band of Iraqis thought it would be funny to fire some mortars at me an' my boys... I took the brunt of the explosion, which took off most of the calf muscle on my right leg, severed the artery, broke about two dozen bones in my foot, leg and right arm, and tossed random and assorted bits of surplus Soviet shrapnel about the rest of me... unfortunately, the bandits didn't live to brag about it... too bad...

I've found that yelling "Get Some!!" in a loud voice while firing a broadside is effective... heh heh...

Ah! A couple more fans of "Whale of a Tale" casting their votes! Outstanding! Capt. Hurricane, sir, I cannot wait to see what you and Diosa have put together!!

I can just smell the tar and the sea when I hear Mingulay Boat Song, Meg... glad you enjoy it as well!

We need more holidays where the wearing of costumes is the order of the day...

LOL! I love "Whale of a Tale"! Another good sea-song is "Mingulay Boat Song" by the Corsairs... then for you lovers of classic rock, Styx "come Sail Away" is a fine choice...

Awesome costumes, all! I'm jealous! I've got to find a scanner... I've got my stormtrooper armor, pirate gear, Rev War Marine, Civil War Marine (US), Spanish American War Marine, WWI Marine, WWII Marine, (is there a pattern here? lol), and I'm working on a Marine from the war of 1812...

Dang... I'm gonna have to go find Kidd now...

Yeah, I wasted the 9 bucks at Best Buy... most of the movies mention the word "pirate" in them... I think... that makes them pirate movies, right?

Awesome . . . I hope your auction brought in a hold full of swag for those lads an' lasses down N'Awlins way...

After consulting at length with HarborMaster and BilgeMunkey, I chose boots from CABoots... I wore those bad boys for a week, tromping all over Jamaica, and they were awesome! A little pricey, but top notch...

Woo hoo! Just finished my first round of Pirates! . . . gonna try on a higher difficulty... watch out, Spanish!

Petee, the multiplayer ship battles aren't all that great... just like the in-game ship battles, only with a live person at the helm of the enemy vessel... dancing is MUCH easier on XBox, though...

Sorry, mate... I need help as well... I'm meeting the female pirate (Danielle?) on the beach by the lighthouse, and she told me to send my crew away, and she'd be waiting for me when I returned, to lead me on a mission... I returned, and she just runs around on the beach... now what??

P.S. Sid Meier's Pirates! rocks . . .

I actually wear a waistbelt to hold my pouch and have somewhere to slide a flintlock (and to contrast whatever sash I be wearin'), and toss the old baldric on to hold the sword... works well for me!