tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post6896777306499740861..comments2023-11-11T23:38:40.663-08:00Comments on tangobaby: Sittin' on the Dock of the Baytangobabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-39760162928340500062009-02-16T13:04:00.000-08:002009-02-16T13:04:00.000-08:00As a fellow San Francisco, I can testify there is,...As a fellow San Francisco, I can testify there is, indeed, a pirate supply shop. In fact, I once bought an eye-patch there as an emergency Halloween fix.Kennethwongsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963630600109933279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-33788750845121298232009-02-15T13:28:00.000-08:002009-02-15T13:28:00.000-08:00Helene Hanff (one of my favorite authors) wrote Ap...Helene Hanff (one of my favorite authors) wrote <I>Apple of my Eye</I>, which is at once a love letter to her city and a completely unique tour guide. When I read this post, my first thought was, "How does she <I>find</I> these places?" My second thought was, "She's got to write the SF version of <I>Apple of my Eye</I>.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-90944854491858189482009-02-13T19:35:00.000-08:002009-02-13T19:35:00.000-08:00Cool post! Peg Leg Oil: prevents splinters and ke...Cool post! Peg Leg Oil: prevents splinters and keeps the wood borers away.<BR/><BR/>I think I am getting confused between scurvy and pms. I suppose chocolate-dipped strawberries are in order either way.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-16730642567090184792009-02-13T16:02:00.000-08:002009-02-13T16:02:00.000-08:00I just HAVE to go to that store! Which reminds me....I just HAVE to go to that store! Which reminds me...I just made some homemade Bay Rum Aftershave. It's drinkable too. ; DLaura Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407229726272149440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-87645092036033990162009-02-13T11:22:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:22:00.000-08:00Since Adam mentioned it, I have 8 out of 9 symptom...Since Adam mentioned it, I have 8 out of 9 symptoms. I have always thought I'm screwed. Now I know it. But at least I know what to blame it on. ; )Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-52061583261967038012009-02-13T10:28:00.000-08:002009-02-13T10:28:00.000-08:00You live in such an interesting city (sigh). I liv...You live in such an interesting city (sigh). I live in a frozen land (bigger sigh). I would not mind being a pirate if it got me away from the ice. : )Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-42393592203108560012009-02-13T09:52:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:52:00.000-08:00Well if you did do I will bet you would have a hel...Well if you did do I will bet you would have a helluva story to tell. So your boy is cool with you getting on a ship full of lonely sailors for a long voyage?! :-)~DokterKennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460323110926747328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-36492211512202954032009-02-13T09:42:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:42:00.000-08:00seeing as you posted a blog about being a pirate, ...seeing as you posted a blog about being a pirate, I will assume to you are a subject matter expert.<BR/><BR/>about the list for scurvy. do i need to exhibit or present [if you will] will all 9 symptoms? <BR/><BR/>i am scared because if I don't need to have all 9, but rather a best out of 9, i am screwed and so is my family!!!Adanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766345537657026524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-82077604036778606102009-02-13T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-13T08:27:00.000-08:00I'd be happy just to get to SF. grrrr. cabin fever...I'd be happy just to get to SF. grrrr. cabin fever sux. arghhhh, matey....I need a week away from the scalywags in my brain..... Once I took a ship from Haifa across the Med to Athens and Rhodes, then through the Corinth canal to Venice. Just thinking about it makes me salivate. Oh, to be 26 again! arggggh. I have a Bush-Cheney hangover with overtones of underemployment. arghhhh.Gabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478354205495474800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-55656248183592466272009-02-13T06:57:00.000-08:002009-02-13T06:57:00.000-08:00Hello there - I've seen you mentioned in quite a f...Hello there - I've seen you mentioned in quite a few blogs lately so had to come and pay you a visit. I do like your blog and I also like San Francisco very much (although when we visited it we stayed in Sausolito -which I also loved)French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-6634021937300892342009-02-13T06:34:00.000-08:002009-02-13T06:34:00.000-08:00Yeah, we took a slow boat in China once from Dalie...Yeah, we took a slow boat in China once from Dalien to Shanghai. Man was it awful. Like A Scooby Doo boat in real life. We found out later that we had had the pleasure of being on that rusting creepy hulk's last passenger voyage. When we debarked they turned it around and scuttled it in the middle of the China Sea. No Joke! And I think I have scurvy cause I am sufferring 8 out of 10 symptoms too!Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280379332301301014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-38462579593167234582009-02-13T04:34:00.000-08:002009-02-13T04:34:00.000-08:00Good to know you have pertinent supplies readily a...Good to know you have pertinent supplies readily available while you wait for that ship to come in. :) xoparis parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-9180705452743422372009-02-13T03:39:00.000-08:002009-02-13T03:39:00.000-08:00from San Fransisco to Kopenhagen on a boat? sounds...from San Fransisco to Kopenhagen on a boat? sounds like a great idea. <BR/><BR/>My stomach's rumbling, my feet are itching to go, I am irritable and cranky... it's either because it's lunchtime or I got scruvyPollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085905065734027788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-2564469128968100762009-02-12T23:41:00.000-08:002009-02-12T23:41:00.000-08:00You know what the cure for scurvy is, don't you? L...You know what the cure for scurvy is, don't you? Lime juice washed down with jiggers of rum. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, it's the pirates life for me. <BR/>Now, if you want to really read about life under sail, read "Two Years Before the Mast." His tale of the Straits of Magellan is hair-raising. It's still pretty dangerous today.Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-26606668417991930862009-02-12T22:34:00.000-08:002009-02-12T22:34:00.000-08:00speed is totally dependent on what type of cargo. ...speed is totally dependent on what type of cargo. I was thinking containers not supertanker, so never dear the speed...these are some of the fastest on the seas.<BR/><BR/>love the pirate supply store, tho' piracy is a pretty sore topic these days what with the new breed of pirates (no heroic women in sight) off Somalia. <BR/><BR/>I think I might have scurvy..do you need ALL the symptoms or just like 8 of 10?julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-25342546259083674332009-02-12T20:56:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:56:00.000-08:00I hope that ship goes through some warm waters. I...I hope that ship goes through some warm waters. It will be hard to fight pirates in the cold. Plus, I am just sick of cold (and quicken, but that is another story!)<BR/><BR/>WV= fleregab - the stocking up of pirate supplies for a journey to DenmarkJust Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842126422147340390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-76796684891322937162009-02-12T20:50:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:50:00.000-08:00True story matey. I was once on a ship and the co...True story matey. I was once on a ship and the cook was helicoptered off because he came down with rickets.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254153824379805831.post-56049852960217254802009-02-12T20:32:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:32:00.000-08:00Bonny was a fearsome woman. Sounds like a fun tri...Bonny was a fearsome woman. Sounds like a fun trip but pack well - cargo ships take forever.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.com