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by bjornolf » May 13th, 2009, 7:51 am
Bostondevil wrote:captmojo wrote:Damn! Bruins force game 7.
Shouldn't that be - Yes! Bruins force game 7!!!
Go B's!
To continue that vein... YAY, the Caps forced a game 7, and it's tonight. Here's hoping they pull another one out of the bag. My playoff beard is just hitting its stride. ;)
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by CathyCA » May 13th, 2009, 7:53 am
wilson wrote:Bostondevil wrote:
Hmmm, were pirates a problem?
By the 1730s, Atlantic piracy had actually more or less died out...that golden age lasted from the extreme late 1600s through 1720 or so. Actually, in the early decades of English presence in South Carolina, pirates were rather important trading partners for some people. Pirates did wreak some havoc in the Carolinas---Blackbeard, for example, famously blockaded Charleston in 1718. He also kept a sizable estate in eastern NC, but he was actually quite well-liked in that area (in fact, he helped give the ECU Pirates their nickname...ask me about that some other time).
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Since I live in PirateTown, I'd like to know how the ECU Pirates got their nickname. ARRR!
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by Bostondevil » May 13th, 2009, 8:27 am
Today is number 2 son's (Jack) birthday! Happy 12th!
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by TillyGalore » May 13th, 2009, 8:47 am
Bostondevil wrote:Today is number 2 son's (Jack) birthday! Happy 12th!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!
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by Sue71 » May 13th, 2009, 9:08 am
You don't walk the plank in NJ. You just disappear. Forever.
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by wilson » May 13th, 2009, 11:08 am
Lavabe wrote:
FWIW, the pirate colony of Libertalia is today known as Antsiranana, Madagascar, where I will be reporting from in a matter of a few weeks.
The provincial seal sports a pirate ship with drawn swords.
No sign of wilson's ancestors there. AAARRRR!!
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For real? That's outstanding. Can you get me a t-shirt? Or better yet, a pint glass? I'll pay for it, plus a 25% handling fee. Seriously.
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by Bostondevil » May 13th, 2009, 11:41 am
I'm probably going to be in SC for the 4th of July, near Hilton Head Island. If I am, I'm planning to sign up for the Firecracker 5000 race. It's a 5K run at The Mall at Shelter Cove early in the morning on the 4th. Anybody want to join me? There are walkers, apparently plenty of them.
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by OZZIE4DUKE » May 13th, 2009, 12:47 pm
Bostondevil wrote:I'm probably going to be in SC for the 4th of July, near Hilton Head Island. If I am, I'm planning to sign up for the Firecracker 5000 race. It's a 5K run at The Mall at Shelter Cove early in the morning on the 4th. Anybody want to join me? There are walkers, apparently plenty of them.
We'll be at HH the week before - June 21 - 28, at The Player's Club. Maybe this year we'll go see the nightly fireworks at Shelter Cove. And it is time to see/listen go Greg Russell again at Harbortown!
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by Lavabe » May 13th, 2009, 1:09 pm
wilson wrote:Lavabe wrote:
FWIW, the pirate colony of Libertalia is today known as Antsiranana, Madagascar, where I will be reporting from in a matter of a few weeks.
The provincial seal sports a pirate ship with drawn swords.
No sign of wilson's ancestors there. AAARRRR!!
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For real? That's outstanding. Can you get me a t-shirt? Or better yet, a pint glass? I'll pay for it, plus a 25% handling fee. Seriously.
I am VERY serious about Libertalia. I'll see if I can dig up a photo of the Pirate Ship marker from downtown Antsiranana.
Don't know what pirate t-shirts are around. Also, I don't know how everyone views pirates there these days, given the proximity to Somalia. Not sure that a pint glass will make it back intact. There are some weird restrictions as to how much I can take back.
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by DukePA » May 13th, 2009, 3:27 pm
Miles wrote:wilson wrote:Bostondevil wrote:
Hmmm, were pirates a problem?
By the 1730s, Atlantic piracy had actually more or less died out...that golden age lasted from the extreme late 1600s through 1720 or so. Actually, in the early decades of English presence in South Carolina, pirates were rather important trading partners for some people. Pirates did wreak some havoc in the Carolinas---Blackbeard, for example, famously blockaded Charleston in 1718. He also kept a sizable estate in eastern NC, but he was actually quite well-liked in that area (in fact, he helped give the ECU Pirates their nickname...ask me about that some other time).
![Pirate :ar!](./images/smilies/116.gif)
We shall be celebrating my return to NC in the town next door to Bath.
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rule.
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by TillyGalore » May 13th, 2009, 5:02 pm
If I throw a bag of Chips Ahoy at Knights68, does that mean I tossed my cookies?
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by OZZIE4DUKE » May 13th, 2009, 5:03 pm
TillyGalore wrote:If I throw a bag of Chips Ahoy at Knights68, does that mean I tossed my cookies?
LOL! Did he eat them?
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by DukieInKansas » May 13th, 2009, 5:16 pm
OZZIE4DUKE wrote:TillyGalore wrote:If I throw a bag of Chips Ahoy at Knights68, does that mean I tossed my cookies?
LOL! Did he eat them?
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And at which point in the toss do they become his cookies?
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by TillyGalore » May 13th, 2009, 5:18 pm
DukieInKansas wrote:OZZIE4DUKE wrote:TillyGalore wrote:If I throw a bag of Chips Ahoy at Knights68, does that mean I tossed my cookies?
LOL! Did he eat them?
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And at which point in the toss do they become his cookies?
Sorry! Really bad attempt a humor. This jet lag/time change thing is catching up to me.
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by colchar » May 13th, 2009, 5:26 pm
TillyGalore wrote:This jet lag/time change thing is catching up to me.
Enough with the excuses.
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by TillyGalore » May 13th, 2009, 5:28 pm
colchar wrote:TillyGalore wrote:This jet lag/time change thing is catching up to me.
Enough with the excuses.
Can't fault a girl for trying.
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by DevilAlumna » May 13th, 2009, 7:32 pm