A Conversation for Wind force twelve abaft the Beam
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Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) Posted Mar 16, 2003
..."a neat little island with some coconut palms, some white rum and old buried pirate-treasure and whatnot"...
how about the Marquesas as our next port of call Captain Pirrhana??
http://www.alptuna.com/public/marquesas/home.htm
looks nice there, i'm sure we can find some treasure if we look hard enough, we've got all the white rum we need...i suppose they've got some whatnot there too....the islanders must smoke SOMETHING !!
How about it fellow pirate persons??
We could get Mr. Kes the navigator to program the autopilot for us, put in a few waypoints, make the GPS go 'beep' and all that sort of thing, i mean...how many times CAN you visit the maritime museum in Hobart anyway??
I'm for a change in scenery.
alec.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Mar 17, 2003
sounds like a plan
off to the marquesas 
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Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) Posted Mar 17, 2003
AYE AYE CAPTING PYREX!!!
*raises glass in smart salute*
i'll just go down to the Generator Room and make sure all is ready...it should take us about ooooh a week of sailing if the winds are right...
(did you see those thumbnail pics of the local women Captain Parramore?? ...verrry interesting...er, culturally speaking of course).
alec.
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Mar 17, 2003
I prefer pictures of other parts than thumpnails
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Kes Posted Mar 17, 2003
*Checks the Gazeteer for the location of their next destination*
Got it, Captain! It's 4 miles outside Crawley, on the A23 ..... er ... er .....
er ......
You did say we were going to the Marquis of Granby, didn't you? 
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mari-rae Posted Mar 21, 2003
~ring ring ring~
Hello down there, this is the Lookout up here in the Pelican Nest. I would like to report that Hobart is still abaft the beam. The Pelican is having a bout. The hot tub is full and bubbling. A. (Harry) Tuttle is stuck. Shagbark says 'hi'. And the dumbwaiter is working just fine.
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Kes Posted Mar 21, 2003
Sorry to hear about the Pelican! Try him with some brandy
*Now using the Yellow Pages for navigation.*
OK Cap'n ... I think I've found what you wanted ... but tell me, why did you want to hire a Marquee?
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mari-rae Posted Mar 21, 2003
~ring ring ring~
Once we get to those islands and if the Pelican gets into a fight with Flint, will they have to abide by the Marquesas of Queensbury rules??? 
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F F Churchton Posted Mar 21, 2003
I'm pretty sure the Marques of Bath has something to with it!!!
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Mar 21, 2003
i'm sure she has - marques my words
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F F Churchton Posted Mar 28, 2003
Have we had enough of the puns yet, I'll marques the day we stop on the calender!!!
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Mar 28, 2003
stop on the calender? what are you taling about? our navigator may not be 100 percent infallible, but he usually stops on the map
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F F Churchton Posted Mar 28, 2003
Velocity is made upon distance (the map) and time (the calender)!!!
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Mar 28, 2003
you lost me on velocity...
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shagbark Posted Mar 28, 2003
In all the days I have spent at this lookout, I have never seen this ship get where it was going when it was expected to. I remember one time we let the Canary islands in February and didn't get to America until three months later. Calendars have very little to do with
travel aboard SEP powered vehicles. And velocity must almays be decremented by our 4th dimension hyperspace compensation.
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Archibald (Harry) Tuttle considered a radical HVAC technician, Zaphodista, Descent3 pilot Posted Mar 29, 2003
I say we throw Kes into a complete tizzy and appoint a one armed helmsman, and you know which hand he should be missing.
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- 2041: Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) (Mar 16, 2003)
- 2042: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Mar 17, 2003)
- 2043: F F Churchton (Mar 17, 2003)
- 2044: Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) (Mar 17, 2003)
- 2045: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Mar 17, 2003)
- 2046: Kes (Mar 17, 2003)
- 2047: Alec Trician. (is keeping perfectly still) (Mar 19, 2003)
- 2048: F F Churchton (Mar 20, 2003)
- 2049: mari-rae (Mar 21, 2003)
- 2050: Kes (Mar 21, 2003)
- 2051: mari-rae (Mar 21, 2003)
- 2052: F F Churchton (Mar 21, 2003)
- 2053: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Mar 21, 2003)
- 2054: F F Churchton (Mar 28, 2003)
- 2055: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Mar 28, 2003)
- 2056: F F Churchton (Mar 28, 2003)
- 2057: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Mar 28, 2003)
- 2058: shagbark (Mar 28, 2003)
- 2059: Archibald (Harry) Tuttle considered a radical HVAC technician, Zaphodista, Descent3 pilot (Mar 29, 2003)
- 2060: F F Churchton (Mar 31, 2003)
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