Ooh yes! Hints of those nice looking DBD men. Thank you Chris. Dig into those pockets for some doubloons fellow DBD lovers so we can enjoy another year of the best ‘toon around.
Already sent in my fistful of Spanish Del’oro! Cmon mateys! The price of eggs and gas is down; put yer Sheckles in the pot! Remember, th’ penalty fer holding back booty is maroonin’ with naught but the Swamp Harpies fer company!
’74-78, Minute Man Mod and CDB. Nothing like watching grass grow from underneath. My first snowstorm there my Crew Commander’s house was literally buried under a snow drift…the entire block, actually!
June 8, 2025 at 8:04 am
epador
I mailed a letter but it might take a while; the ink got smeared – guess I shoulda used my 50 cal pen…
Once for awhile I was a part of a pirate crew. Rebuilt the propane cannon.
Besides flaming toilet rolls we will not say what else it could shoot.
RDuck what are you sailing? I was Melgas 20, Tornado Cats and very large Ice Boat.
I snapped the mast in half in a near Gale on Lake Michigan trying to fly my Laser half a century ago. Last time I held a tiller. Don’t ask about my zip line experiences.
As a somewhat stargazer and cracked crystal fortuneteller, It took awhile for the stars to align and the fortunes to be foretold (pay the bills at the end of the month and take care of some necessary repairs).
But here I am at last, to add my two pence (not Pence) to the pirate plunder.
Good luck to ya, Chris, may your sails always be before the wind, and your water barrels always be full.
Well, seems I’ve floundered on a reef. I tried to contribute, and got some Error Code 2 (plus other cryptic error codes). Tried again, verified all my numbers were correct, got the same Chinese response (Sam Ting). Wassup with that?!
There’s a select club of people the processor sometimes doesn’t like, about 7-15 only a year. They vary every time.. You and Ed are members of a select shit club, my apologies friggin tech! Working on it!
I sent you an e-mail response.
And I’ll try again tomorrow on a different computer.
June 9, 2025 at 11:55 am
Arkay
Sigh. Spousal Unit’s medical bills, plus my sudden need for cataract surgery in both eyes, have put us in a budget crunch this year. Of course the lenses Medicare will pay for won’t work on my eyes, so that’s $6200 out of pocket, and who knows how much dental work Spousal Unit needs when the after-hip-replacement-surgery-no-dental-anything-for-six-months expires in late summer.
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That was interesting to read. May success prevail.
Nothing can stop what is already here.
Ooh yes! Hints of those nice looking DBD men. Thank you Chris. Dig into those pockets for some doubloons fellow DBD lovers so we can enjoy another year of the best ‘toon around.
The amount of support this year
so far is PITIFUL!
All you once in a while commentators
and probably regular readers,
need to step up with something,
no matter how small.
That’s what she said! 😉
Already sent in my fistful of Spanish Del’oro! Cmon mateys! The price of eggs and gas is down; put yer Sheckles in the pot! Remember, th’ penalty fer holding back booty is maroonin’ with naught but the Swamp Harpies fer company!
Zar Belk!
So, back to Minot. I was on crew late 70s early 80s. Were we there at the same time?
’74-78, Minute Man Mod and CDB. Nothing like watching grass grow from underneath. My first snowstorm there my Crew Commander’s house was literally buried under a snow drift…the entire block, actually!
I mailed a letter but it might take a while; the ink got smeared – guess I shoulda used my 50 cal pen…
Those pens exceeded expectations 🙂
Pens again next year, a new company makes them now-the old one folded just as last year’s fundraiser started.
Sent the booty. Now Chris reminds me it’s time to get back to work on the new mast and prepping the boat for racing. ARRG!
Last weekend was Pirates Week in Hampton VA. Fun time!
Once for awhile I was a part of a pirate crew. Rebuilt the propane cannon.
Besides flaming toilet rolls we will not say what else it could shoot.
RDuck what are you sailing? I was Melgas 20, Tornado Cats and very large Ice Boat.
I snapped the mast in half in a near Gale on Lake Michigan trying to fly my Laser half a century ago. Last time I held a tiller. Don’t ask about my zip line experiences.
As a somewhat stargazer and cracked crystal fortuneteller, It took awhile for the stars to align and the fortunes to be foretold (pay the bills at the end of the month and take care of some necessary repairs).
But here I am at last, to add my two pence (not Pence) to the pirate plunder.
Good luck to ya, Chris, may your sails always be before the wind, and your water barrels always be full.
Well, seems I’ve floundered on a reef. I tried to contribute, and got some Error Code 2 (plus other cryptic error codes). Tried again, verified all my numbers were correct, got the same Chinese response (Sam Ting). Wassup with that?!
There’s a select club of people the processor sometimes doesn’t like, about 7-15 only a year. They vary every time.. You and Ed are members of a select shit club, my apologies friggin tech! Working on it!
I sent you an e-mail response.
And I’ll try again tomorrow on a different computer.
Sigh. Spousal Unit’s medical bills, plus my sudden need for cataract surgery in both eyes, have put us in a budget crunch this year. Of course the lenses Medicare will pay for won’t work on my eyes, so that’s $6200 out of pocket, and who knows how much dental work Spousal Unit needs when the after-hip-replacement-surgery-no-dental-anything-for-six-months expires in late summer.
Aging is expensive.