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(...) Richard: Is your BSB going to sport Pirate colors or be an instrument of the Government? Mine is still in the box but I plan to give her to the Guards as they do not have any large capital ships and they're going to need one to deal with my (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have that one on tape (actually transfered from record to tape)! I'll have to listen for Bruce laughing sometime... :) DaveE (fut fun) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Arrr, Pyrates have taken o'er Port Block. 'Bout time, matey! Up the Jolly Roger, down the grog! (...) Mine remains unchanged, too, at this point. Too many others desperately need improvement before this does. (...) Congrats. Now if only I can (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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A BSB at Port Block? Some said it couldn't be done. I was one of them. But lo, moored quietly at the dock in front of Government House, thar she be. And glorious? Just downright gorgeous! I won't elaborate too much, out of respect for those yet to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) OK, I take it back. :-) -Shiri xfut .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ummmmmmm, I saw him perform it live (he doesn't go back and do old stuff). Bruce (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) What makes you say that? I'm sixteen, and I still know the Bill Cosby stuff. Pretty well, at that. :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Early Bill Cosby routine.... Bruce (OoooOOooo, showing my age) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) 1. Think smoothbore musket - good luck hitting anything with it at distance. 2. British land troops were often refered to as redcoats. It's nothing new for the marines for the brits to be wearing red. 3. Most troops were brightly colored (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Why do you think the Americans beat their [bottoms] off in 1776? It wasn't just determination; these guys were obvious targets, and couldn't get around rough terrain, while the locals knew all about camouflage and the good hiding places... :-) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yes, but they'd look good while dying. J. o---...---o | Jeffrey Watts | | watts@jayhawks.net o---...---o | Systems Programmer | [On going to war over religion] | | Network Systems Management | "You're basically killing each other to | | Sprint (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) *boggle* Their marines wore *red*? Wouldn't that make them excellent targets? ;) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I've only seen one set of indifferent pirates, on Silly Songs Volume II of the Veggie Tales series. They're a bunch called, "The Pirates that Don't Do Anything" and they sing a song about what that means. IT's worth a looksee, but you need (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) pirate (...) Which is why I typed "indifferent pirate movie" rather than "indifferent pirates" - I sure wouldn't want to give some smart-alec an opening. ;-) Oh alright, I fell off my chair laughing. Satisfied? Bruce (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Somehow I can't imagine too many indifferent pirates. "Plunder, me hardies?" "Nah, maybe later, I dunno." ;) LFB (wiseacre on half an hour of sleep) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's kind like politics: to the English he was a national hero, to the Spanish he was a pirate. :-) Since he had direct or indirect sanction from Elizabeth ("Oooo, I'm sorry about that sea-dog Mister Spanish Ambassador, I'll punish him (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) As I'm sure someone posted somewhere else (URL) Well, you pack up your weapons, gather your crew (press what you must), get yourself embarked on 'La Gloire', and get yourself down here! My navy would feel (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ack, yes. I wrote on the Circumnavigation (1577-80) as a lowly undergraduate. ;) I've always wondered if Drake can be considered a true "buccaneer" or pyrate; he was operating under marque from Elizabeth, and was a privateer very much in the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Want to hear a mindblower? I didn't really start to read up on Carribean or pirate history until the mid-nineties. It wasn't until then that I read about Sir Francis Drake and the buccaneer raids on Panama. What's interesting about that? In (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) We be the Jerky Boyz 2 Pyrates. We be cool. (...) Under the Black Flag was good general overview of Pirates and their mythification. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson (there (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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