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Re: Spanish Armada
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:46:26 GMT
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> *cough*
>
> *tugs collar*
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> Well, the problem lies in my lack of a new web building program, and thus my
> inability to update that site at all. Last addition was that of the Riflemen
> a while back... well, anyway, I've just been able to get a new program
> going, so hopefully I'll soon have pages for Friendly, Flame, and Lady
> Grace... though that'll have to wait until after exams. For now my showcase
> remains Brickshelf (I just link to Brickley's for now as a bit of a plot
> thickener : )
Well, you're better off than me ... I don't even know how to defrag my
computer :D
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=10979
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> As to taking on the Spanish, sounds like an interesting proposition, though
> I only have access just now to a Naval cutter of some 60 studs (and nine
> 18-pounder carronades). I'm just finishing the masting of the Privateer
> cutter Lady Grace (six 4-pounders), so she could put to sea as well. With
> that I've got a mixed force of... hmm... say about 70 men (49th foot, 4th
> Royal Fusiliers, Rifles, 9th Dragoons, and the volunteers of the Nova Scotia
> Freemen Company)... plus landing party volunteers. Not too bad, altogether,
> though I might like to wait until I get my gunboats built... and maybe
> another ship (though I'm hitting a problem with masts just now!)...
Sadly, Brickalicious has been gone for two years now. :( But was she a
beauty ... 24 guns, and a complement of twenty-plus officers and crew, plus
the Marines. Oh man ... those little Spanish gunboats might take her down,
but not before she wrecked a bunch of 'em. I wish I'd built a smaller
escort ship for her ... well, maybe I'll do that when I rebuild the ship.
> Drop by the Cove some time, I'm sure Captain Carstairs and Mr. Tucker would
> be interested in a voyage south... : )
> Although I'm sure things would end off in pleasant enough terms. The Spanish
> don't always get along with the British, but I'm sure amiability may
> prevail... HM Cutter Friendly, after all ; )!
ROFL. The pirates must love ya - ! :D
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