 | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | (...) Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as yours. (...) My (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) Well, "using" is a relative term... So far I've just been "accumulating" (hoarding?)... (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: wackos —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) as (...) I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pyrate Wackos —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems to be (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pyrate Wackos —Tony Priestman
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| | | | | | | On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:15:29 (...) Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-) Or sheep. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Pirate Wackos —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | | | | | Tony Priestman wrote in message ... (...) Sheep? That would be a joke about New Zealanders, no? Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Pyrate Wackos —Steve Campbell
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| | | | | | | | (...) Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000? SteveC (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Pyrite Wackos (just fools be we...fools fer gold) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | (...) And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears and dinosaurs... Arrrr, that be makin' REAL men of ye! LFB (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Pyrite Wackos (just fools be we...fools fer gold) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | | | (...) For any New-Zealand or Scotland-based Pirates, I have made a LEGO sheep out of commonly available parts... J (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: The decay of modern civility and sensibility (was wackos - hmmm, still is wackos) —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | | | | Jeff Johnston wrote (...) of (...) Gadzooks! No! Please! What next? A Lego packet of three? A Lego tube of - This has gone far enough! And out of commonly available parts no less. There was a time when decorum was maintained. Some things were (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pyrate Wackos —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go. LFB. (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pyrate Wackos —Steve Campbell
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| | | | | | (...) Let's see where we all are. Maybe we could find a centrally located hotel where we could convene and Pirate our Arrrrses off. (Sadly I'm limiting this to the continental US of A. A central location that included our Aussie mates would be in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Nor does mine--for some reason, I can't build an attractive sailing ship. I always end up having to stuff a funnel on it somewhere. (...) Mine too. And your thingy would most likely sink them. (...) I'm going to try to hijack my mother's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) long (...) Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated pyrate). Cap'n Redbeard (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are old bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term used to refer to the long-range chasers as well. LFB (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet! —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) the (...) wench. (...) old (...) used (...) Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight). E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were considerably heavier than than non-long version, so (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Phleet Photos Phublished (Was: Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) It was an older style, originally, but I think the term enjoyed something of a new genesis in the 19th century--but in what context, I'm unsure. As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner is working again: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Phleet Photos Phublished —Richard Parsons
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| | | | Mr L F Braun wrote (...) is (...) before.) I like it! I like it fine! HMS Indomitable is the finest example of the art that I think I have seen. If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the pic to very realistic colours, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Phleet Photos Phublished —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Thanks for the kind words--and for mentioning the B&W as a positive. I'd wondered about that possibility (which has the added benefit of offsetting the odd colour scheme of those early ships) of "aging" the photo--if possible I'll try to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Phleet Photos Phublished —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | Hey all, I've updated the site a bit--added more ships of various sorts, and fixed bad attributions. I've got some good ones of the destroyers coming on Sunday! best LFB. (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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