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(...) Arrrrr! (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Readers of .pirates will note many references to Port Brique and its vessels. Port Brique is currently home to fourteen seagoing vessels of various sizes, from the might of the Misérable to the marginal freeboard of the Sentinelle du Brique. This (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) That was an adminstrative oversight. You know French beaurocracy.... Interestingly, the Royal Navy has just hung a 'For Sale' sign on the HMLS Intractable. With a bigger British Flagship due in the South Pacific soon, they find the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Ah, thank you for clarifying. I apologize for my mistake. -Ben Harris (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ...Misérable... :-) (...) By about 20mm... not much... I think the real benefit of custom sales is to be able to have smaller ones above the LEGO sized ones. (...) Common sense says that you lose playability when you go to large. But I reckon (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Those scurvy landlubber cowboys may have used it too, but it is authentic pirate talk. (A quick Google of 'hornswaggle pirate' gives a few references). Cheers Richie (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Thank you. I had originally planned to make this a sailing ship for the 'Bulls' theme, but as time went on I realized the colors didn't fit too well with the Bulls. I'm pleased with how it turned out, but I'm still unsure of which lego castle (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Well I've saved this post to last, as rightly or wrongly, I've got a bit of a soft spot for Port Brique –– now especially that British ships are putting into harbor. And what marvelous little ships, too -- Demand is incredible, I must say! What ship (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) "Real" Orion being the hunter? I don't know, sloops are awfully good hunters :-). (...) Darn right they do! I'd say they have good character about them... they strike me as really having hearts of... well, plastic -- but they're fine, fine (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Sorry, owing to my whirlwind posting spree I'm going to economize this: 1. "Nelson and his Captains", by Ludvic Kennedy -- just great entertainment (with history)! 2. Naval history in general -- from Athens to Japan, it all draws me back to the sea. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Greetings Ben! (...) Glad to have you -- like everybody's said, it does us good to have more and more variety in the contributions we see! (...) That's just plain cryptic. I can picture it coming out of the mist... : ) Very nice use of the grey Time (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Well here's a topic after my own heart... But first (and pardon me for drifting off topic here) offer deep apologies from my absence from the board over the past... oh... say two months. I've been insanely busy, and I just managed to sit down and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) my apologies, my question must have been too vague. i meant it more in a personal sense. in other words, what do you like to build, what gives you the most satisfaction? otherwise, i would agree with you. it takes a different type of building (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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I suppose in my opinion, the ideal size for a ship is the optimal size for whatever it is the builder is out to achieve. If, for example, the builder wishes to create a ship that looks truly spectacular on display, then a larger, more heavily (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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this may be an odd question, but it stems from my thoughts on lego ships. so, here we go: there are many sizes of ships that have been built, everything from jolly boats to cutters to sloops to frigates to sail of the line. all have at least a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hornswaggling? I think you are discombobulating your Black Sea Barracuda with your Fort Legorado, pardner! Kerry (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks. :) I really like your stuff. There was a thread a little while back about why pirate doesn't get built as (...) Thank you! Your compliments have actually made my day. I'm glad I could live up to said quality. I really like when people (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Since we're on the topic of all things pirate-y, here's something that uproot your mizzenmast faster than a gale: (URL) I do hope that they at least taught your daughter Attila-the-Hun's Maxim of Piracy: Pillage first, THEN burn. Arrr! David Drew. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hello Ben, as a fellow lurker I say welcome! I really like your stuff. There was a thread a little while back about why pirate doesn't get built as often, I think everyone said it was that pirate needed a higher quality than the other themes. I say (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) My daughter went on a school excursion last term to the (URL) National Maritime Museum>, and came home proudly bearing an official 'Certificate of Piracy'. One can only wonder why five year old girls need to know how to conduct acts of piracy. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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