Modern Pirates Lament

[Dream Wench]

"I be a moderne Pirate, but me troubles begin out o' the blue when I feel me kin callin' me from beyond the sands o' tyme. I find meself wishin' I cud help 'em thru the troubles they had, and I find meself wishin'...they wud jes pluck me up from a traffic jam..an' plunk me back a century or two...so's we can have some closeness. Wryters think about these things....one leg in moderne tymes..and the other leg way back...somehow..maybe connected thru a common emotional state o' mind. Kinda like when ya look up at the clouds an' think free thoughts...not like the ones all programmed into yer head by the chains of a non-thinkin' society...."

[PyratePhil]

(cue "Twilight Zone" music)

(PYRATE, looking disturbingly like Rod Serling, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, enters STAGE LEFT)

"Submitted fer ye approval...

A little wench in a little town on th' border o' nowhere...

(cue PARROT on PYRATE's shoulder - squawks)

Her callin' in life - dreamin'...

She's about ta encounter 'er ancestors in a fashion most unbecomin'...

Thar's a signpost up ahead...

Next port o' call - th' Twilight Zone"

(Exeunt, STAGE RIGHT)

[Cap'n Crusty]

....and I find meself wishin'...they wud jes pluck me up from a traffic jam..an' plunk me back a century or two...

Only if'n they had soap back then.

I may be Crusty, but I HATE bein' CRUSTY, if'n ya savvy!

[Rosalinda]

"I be a moderne Pirate, but me troubles begin out o' the blue when I feel me kin callin' me from beyond the sands o' tyme. I find meself wishin' I cud help 'em thru the troubles they had, and I find meself wishin'...they wud jes pluck me up from a traffic jam..an' plunk me back a century or two...so's we can have some closeness. Wryters think about these things....one leg in moderne tymes..and the other leg way back...somehow..maybe connected thru a common emotional state o' mind. Kinda like when ya look up at the clouds an' think free thoughts...not like the ones all programmed into yer head by the chains of a non-thinkin' society...."

Yep, I hear what you're saying, Dream Wench. There's no known cure for what you're talking about, however.

Not without a whole bunch of illegal nar... well, nevermind.

[Dream Wench]

Yarr ! Thank ye kindly ! It warms me heart ta see people who understand the words an feelins' visitin' upon a human mind out o tha blue..like a gift from the great sky and sea master....the river o consciousness be always movin'..ya jest got ta jump in without fear...Bein' a bit strange I consider an honour, an the rest o ya feel it as well....Twilite Zone be a playground fer tha trustin' souls....Crusty...coconut soaps been around in India fer centuries...now theres a country I wish I cud help ...poverty makes me feel sorrowful....if Pirates ruled the world...no one would be without food or shelter or...a bi o heart warmin'.... Fer me mateys

[piratelassie]

"I be a moderne Pirate, but me troubles begin out o' the blue when I feel me kin callin' me from beyond the sands o' tyme. I find meself wishin' I cud help 'em thru the troubles they had, and I find meself wishin'...they wud jes pluck me up from a traffic jam..an' plunk me back a century or two...so's we can have some closeness. Wryters think about these things....one leg in moderne tymes..and the other leg way back...somehow..maybe connected thru a common emotional state o' mind. Kinda like when ya look up at the clouds an' think free thoughts...not like the ones all programmed into yer head by the chains of a non-thinkin' society...."

I know exactly wot ya be talkin' about. Hafta grapple wi' the same problem. Fortunately, ya can sorta go back in time by writin' an' readin' and dreamin'. But none o' that's as good as the real thing

[DocF225]

Me mates and I lament this around the fire at re-enactments all the

time.

Aye if'n only time travel were possible. I'd love to live in simpler times. That said, remember that many of us (especially those of us with 196* and earlier birthdates ) would be "old".

I prefer simpler times, you took folks at their word, put in a days work for a days pay, and could let go and have fun without involving the lawyers.

I do, however, like certain modern niceties (A/C, satellite navigation, computers, better longevity and the like)

That's why I come 'ere.

[privateer]

aye lass I'v that feel'n ever time I lay me head down ta sleep.

the only release I'v found is the open ocean. when ya come out of the harbor and the sails catch the wind. she leans over to about 25 degrees and starts ta roll with the swell...................aahhh. that's when ya know ye was born for the sea. the trick is doin that more than workin.I was definitly born two hundred years to late.

one day I will hoist sails and n'er come back. build a robinson carusoe house some where just inside the tropics.

[Capt. Tarkanius De Morte']

Alas we all be an anacronim!

Out of time , an fer most of us out of our heads as well!

Where's the rum?

Capt. Tark

[DocF225]

the trick is doin that more than workin

There's that dirty four letter word again.......w@*k

I'm with ye Privateer, gimme a stout ship and a star to sail 'er by..

Got me mind workin on a little place down the Keys.. Biscayne, Largo there 'bouts. But I got family in Tampa (me older sister and her brood) and me old Captain retired to Port Charlotte.

Of course, I've got me a friend with a place in the Caymans.

9 years 5 months 28 days to retirement....... but who's counting

[Tattoo'd TJ]

Buffett got it right, 'we are all pirates, two hundred years too late.'

[Capt. Flint]

All of us are in a time, placed out of time. As for the simple life we all dream of.... it might be good to remember that each generation sees the one before it as a simpler time. I and my friends discuss what your saying a lot lass, and we alll have our own theories. I just try to remind myself that the time of yore was the most modern then, just as we are at our most modern now. The generations to come after us will most likely say the same of our time. That it was a simpler and better time to be in........ Can you truly picture people two or three hundred years from now re-enacting us and wondering how great it was to be here.. Just a thought... The Capt.

[Longarm]

Can you truly picture people two or three hundred years from now re-enacting us and wondering how great it was to be here.. Just a thought... The Capt.

You bring up an interesting point. Do you really think people would find this era interesting enough to want to try and re-enact it? What parts might they use I wonder? It would be interesting if we could step back and look at ourselves thru someonelse's eyes. We may find out we have it easier than we thought.

[crimsoncrow]

I know those feelings well. Those who call me friend have always agreed that I was not geared for this time. The only time I feel at peace is when I go visit the Big Salty. (And that is a five hour drive from my current berth.) Just about a year to go, and I shall never have to leave the coast again. That will cure part of my ache. Stepping into "The Pub", helps soothe another part . Keep your fin up and when those Lemmings about you in traffic are acting knavish, Just think like I do. "Speed on brother, hell is only half full!"

Crimson Crow

[the Royaliste]

9 years 5 months 28 days to retirement....... but who's counting

Fillin' out the papers for a disability retirement this month meself, now show me that horizon.......an' a good supply 'o spare mahogany plank!