Friva Conference "New" Pirate Chapter

August 20, 2002 | floriduh voter

[floriduh voter]

Ahoy mateys, please check in here at the unofficial Pirate Chapter of Free Republic if you were at Friva and saw the Pirate Invasion at least one time while at the Treasure Island Resort.

Even though I could spot some of you unsavory pirates from across a room, I didn't bother to scribble your screen names on any of my numerous receipts from Vegas.

The good news is that my camera's fine now. I just purchased shoddy batteries in Reno. IT FIGURES with a name like that.

I'll bookmark this thread and post here occasionally because Jeb Bush doesn't need me full time. LOL

I make a motion that we have no issues or ping list. What more could you want in a chapter?

If you had a bad day at the office, drop by the Pirate Thread and just try to get our undivided attention.

And, finally, I make a motion that we don't take any guff from the bandwidth police. We'll sink their battleship if they try anything.

An Historic Day - The Pirate Chapter thread is officially opened on this 20th day of August, 2002.

[Interesting Times]

Toodles?

[The Shrew]

Toodles?

That's pirate talk for:

"Stow yer scurvy hide b'low decks and await me orders matey!"

FV,

Keep up the good work. I think the pirate thread is a pretty interesting way for those of us who shared libations at the battle bar to keep up on conservatism!

Regards,

TS

[floriduh voter]

Oh, yes, this thread she'll be here for awhile. You can expect to see Buccaneer Football Team photos here if they win this year.

When the hotel sent us to the Battle Bar - I think that was the perfect place to send us. I decided to call this the Pirate Chapter but thoughts of the Battle Bar were on my mind. I didn't want us to sound like a bunch of lushes though, if we were the Battle Bar Chapter. LOL

Face it, we are always battling with dems and tearing our hair out with indys. The Battle Bar, yes, there will always be another battle for us, and we will all meet again.

Meanwhile, on the non-humor threads, there are Floridians freaking out over Janet Reno but I've moved on.

I wrote to Christopher Ruddy from Newsmax to start investigating Bill McBride. They have a book offer re: Reno. They're always selling this or that at Newsmax. I bluntly told them they better quick write an expose re: McBride and I'd buy it. He's sneakier than Reno but as dangerous a threat to Florida as she is.

[floriduh voter]

I'll guess that's Laura's way of saying see you later. Toodles. Did you think I sent that post to you? It must have been some pc glitch - I had nothing to do with it. LOL

[uglybiker]

Th' first rule of a pirate is ta neverrr make enemies of those servin' grog!!

[floriduh voter]

My friend's dad was the former Mayor of Indian Rocks Beach and there's Clearwater where the scientologists are headquartered and there's Clearwater Beach, and tons of beach towns in between IRB and Clearwater Beach.

Your brother can tell you about scientology. There might be some freeper scientologists and I don't discuss that topic on FR but that's where they have a big hotel, etc. They do have Christmas parties though and my brother got to play drums for Chick Corea and another time with Edgar Winter.

[dixie sass]

lol, no wonder Mikel keeps saying his job is cut out for him. He is Southern Baptist. I am going to have to find out about Scientology. It has been coming up in conversations a lot lately.

My Uncle use to have a hearing aid store at Countryside Mall, but moved it out of that Mall when they were redoing it. It is still called Countryside Hearing something or the other.

The Fowler family is well represented in the area - even a street named after an uncle. The Frey side hasn't made their mark yet unless Uncle Bob has been elected mayor and that wouldn't surprise me in the least!!!!

[dixie sass]

Here's the fly-swatter - and a bottle of lysol and a sponge - your eating them just doesn't, look healthy! Have another Grog or two on the house.

[floriduh voter]

My older brother lives by the former countryside mall. They changed it to the Shoppington Mall which sounds so Springfield ala The Simpsons. I used to work there at a now defunct dept. store.

Yes, scientology is what incredibly wealthy celebs do with their money. Beyond that, I'd suggest a google search and you'll get their detractors and probably some sales pitches. It's just positive thinking that they morphed into a religion to avoid paying taxes.

Their founder was a science fiction writer and has been dead forever. That sci-fi movie Travolta produced and starred in was written by the founder of Scientology. The movie totally bombed at the box office.

[floriduh voter]

Honorary pirate, Sarah Fisher, makes history with IRL Pole, Indy 300, Kentucky Speedway. You go, girl!

From: www.sarahfisher.com

[uglybiker]

- your eating them just doesn't, look healthy!

Sorry. I was gettin' hungry!

[floriduh voter]

Ahoy, from Florida. The tropical storm hit us kinda hard this evening. I was on FR and off, then on, then off.

This is not a ping list - it's our volunteer Pirates & Wenches. If you know someone who attended Friva who wants to join this hassle free chapter, let me know. Lots of freepers want to meet some time "as pirates" when there are other FR events. That would be kewl. I'll just bump this thread once in awhile and maybe someday, I'll make up a ping list.

Pirate Chapter & Wenches R Us:

dixie sass

interesting times

hangfire

one_particular_harbour

justanother joe

maceman

marktwain

diotima

diddle e. squat

annaz

wimom

the shrew

lowbridge

doughtyone

joe brower

bobthenailer

walrus954

afraidfortherepublic

sarasmom

socal parrot

lusty wench

sodak

dakota gator

snow bunny

cyberant

juliernr21

nautinurse

kinganamort

any mouse

agitator

BobJ

floriduh voter

How about that Tom Daschle today? He's the undersecretary of the UN IMO.

You are encouraged to have a great weekend and be sure and rest up for Tuesday's primaries. Yeah, right... FV from the Crow's Nest

[uglybiker]

Throw in the duo of Cyber Liberty and Slip 18!

[floriduh voter]

Ahoy, welcome to the pirate chapter - chat and humor. Well, attempts at humor.

[Cyber Liberty]

Can we join if we didn't see the Pirate show?

[floriduh voter]

Sure, you are already on my pirate list thanks to ugly biker recommending you and someone else.

I assumed that everybody who went to Treasure Island went to the Battle Bar and saw the Pirate Invasion. Of course, you can join if you promise to type pirate words and check in once in awhile. I just got home from a multi-year class reunion. There was only one other person from my year.

I also met HS people from the same old neighborhood who were younger than me whom I've never met. We made a map of our streets & house locations on a cocktail napkin including a box where the K-Mart is.

I don't think Mapquest has anything to worry about.

[uglybiker]

You know you're getting old when you have to combine several classes to scrape up enough people for one reunion. {:^P

(He said whilst ducking and running for cover)

[floriduh voter]

Well, yes, possibly old. LOL. But this was a anti-reunion reunion to pay for a new locker room for the high school. The official reunions are lame and too expensive so I boycott them.

The funniest observation was that the font on the name tags was too small (remember Matt Lewis' lecture)? And, since many of us had vision problems, to sort through and find our name tags, we had to hold them at arm's length. It was fun putting the slap-on name tags on the guys. LOL So was disco dancing. IMO, the dance type oldies club where they held the reunion had a louder sound system than any in Vegas.

Have a great weekend and MAY ALL YOUR NAME TAGS HAVE BIG PRINTING...

[floriduh voter]

Oh, and for the record, the Friva guys were better looking than all the multi-year reunion guys last night COMBINED. There's something about FR men. Swoon... I'll be back... From the Crow's Nest

[The Shrew]

Oh, and for the record, the Friva guys were better looking than all the multi-year reunion guys last night COMBINED. There's something about FR men. Swoon... I'll be back... From the Crow's Nest

For the record ladies - you saw the Pirate battle with Me and Interesting Times! Where the heck did you go to school? Ghoul U!

My mother always said when you get a compliment just say 'Thank-You'. So, on behalf of the skinny and bald and short and rotund I say, "Thank-You". ;-)

Regards,

TS