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Aaaargh!

Bajahowodd - 9-18-2009 at 04:16 PM

Baja has a long history with the pirate trade. Some called pirates were sent by foreign nations. Others were free-lancers. Names that come to mind include Francis Drake, William Cavendish, and William Walker. A Spanish Admiral names Sebastain Vizcaino was sent by Spain to find a safe harbor from which they could protect their booty, so to speak. Much of what was at stake was commerce from the Phillipines and Asia. Vizcaino ultimately found and named La Paz.

With that as a footnote, y'all need to know that Saturday, September 19, is International Talk Like Pirate Day. As far as I can tell, a good deal of practice will be required. Except maybe for Dennis.:cool:

[Edited on 9-18-2009 by Bajahowodd]

Osprey - 9-18-2009 at 04:37 PM

I've been buckling swashers since I was a kid so let the gibberty gibbit lip flappin begin and I'll join ya and loin ya.

DENNIS - 9-18-2009 at 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by Osprey
I'll join ya and loin ya.



Oh...You've seen the sign above Anthony's too, Huh.

Osprey - 9-18-2009 at 05:04 PM

I once fooked a squid with a wooden tentacle (testicle?). Well, it felt like teak to me.

Bajahowodd - 9-18-2009 at 05:11 PM

Does Google have a translator for that?

Bob and Susan - 9-18-2009 at 05:48 PM

click her:lol:

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Howard - 9-18-2009 at 08:36 PM

Speaking of pirates, ever wonder why the most common name in Loreto is Davis? I seems like everyone has the last name of Davis or is related to a Davis. I have been told it is because many moons ago, pirates by the name of Davis came ashore and you know how that damn pirate pillage, poke around (pun intended) and create havoc, etc. Anyone care to verify this pirate story of the Davis's in Loreto?

THE BOOK...

David K - 9-18-2009 at 09:53 PM



Orig. published by the Arthur H. Clark Company in 1960 as 'Pirates on the West Coast of New Spain'. This Dover edition published in 2003.

jimgrms - 9-19-2009 at 06:45 AM

arrr mateys any of you swashbucklers please kidnap my wife

Osprey - 9-19-2009 at 07:05 AM

I'm a bad boy Piperflyer and when I DX to Rt you better get outta my prop wash. Ooops, that's a pilot.


I'll try another: Jimmy Buffet, Jimmy Buffet, Jimmy Buffet. Ooops, that's a parrot.

[Edited on 9-19-2009 by Osprey]

Skeet/Loreto - 9-19-2009 at 07:17 AM

The Davis Family has been a very important Family for many years in Loreto, and yes it is because of a Blue eyed Pirate!

Senoroa Gloria Davis Bensizer founded and operated the Hotel Oasis,
Hector Aguilar Cunningham who at one time was married to the owner of the Cafe Ole was a descendant of another Blued Pirate.

That is why there is a Davis Street.

Also the old Man Davis controlled all of the Fishing and Cattle in the Area for many years.

LOSARIPES - 9-19-2009 at 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by Howard
Speaking of pirates, ever wonder why the most common name in Loreto is Davis? I seems like everyone has the last name of Davis or is related to a Davis. I have been told it is because many moons ago, pirates by the name of Davis came ashore and you know how that damn pirate pillage, poke around (pun intended) and create havoc, etc. Anyone care to verify this pirate story of the Davis's in Loreto?


Yes, I met "havoc Davis" in Loreto many wrecks ago...

From Ann & Don O'Neil's book:

David K - 9-19-2009 at 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by Howard
Speaking of pirates, ever wonder why the most common name in Loreto is Davis? I seems like everyone has the last name of Davis or is related to a Davis. I have been told it is because many moons ago, pirates by the name of Davis came ashore and you know how that damn pirate pillage, poke around (pun intended) and create havoc, etc. Anyone care to verify this pirate story of the Davis's in Loreto?


capt. mike - 9-19-2009 at 10:32 AM

what the heck does "shivver me timbers" mean anyway????????:?::o

David K - 9-19-2009 at 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
what the heck does "shivver me timbers" mean anyway????????:?::o


from Wikipedia:

Shiver my timbers
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Pray, Sir, is this the way to Stretchit?
"Shiver my top-sails, my Lass, if I know a better way."Shiver my timbers (usually pronounced shiver me timbers) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction. It is employed as a literary device by authors to express shock, surprise or annoyance.

The phrase is based on real nautical slang and is a reference to the timbers, which are the wooden support frames of a sailing ship. In heavy seas, ships would be lifted up and pounded down so hard as to "shiver" the timbers, startling the sailors. Such an exclamation was meant to convey a feeling of fear and awe, similar to, "Well Blow Me Down!", or, "May God Strike Me Dead". Shiver is also reminiscent of the splintering of a ship's timbers in battle - splinter wounds were a common form of battle injury on wooden ships ('shiver' means splinter in some English dialects).

[edit] History
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the expression "shiver my timbers" probably first appeared in a published work by Frederick Marryat called Jacob Faithful (1834). After an argument over grog, Tom's father has his wooden leg (a wooden leg was occasionally called a timber in slang) trapped between some bricks and is unable to move. Tom agrees to assist him on the condition he will not get a beating.

"I won’t thrash you, Tom. Shiver my timbers if I do."
"They're in a fair way of being shivered as it is, I think. Now, father, we're both even."
The expression is a derivative of actual 18th century nautical slang, when the phrase "timbers!" or "my timbers!" meant an exclamation (cf. "my goodness!") as can be seen in Poor Jack, a song from 1789 by Charles Dibdin. The opening phrase shiver my... also predates Jacob Faithful with the following lines from John O'Keeffe's 1791 comic play Wild Oats an earlier example:

Harry: I say it's false.
John : False! Shiver my hulk, Mr. Buckskin, if you wore a lion's skin I'd curry you for this.
[edit] Pirate stereotypes
"Shiver my timbers" was most famously popularized by the archetypal pirate Long John Silver in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883). Silver used the phrase seven times, as well as variations such as "shiver my sides", "shiver my soul" and "shake up your timbers".

Marryat and Stevenson both wrote grammatically correct Victorian fiction, even when their characters were pirates. The use of "me" instead of "my", which is common to many British regional accents, has appeared in popular culture such as with Popeye; in fact, one of his earliest cartoons from 1934 is entitled Shiver Me Timbers!. The phrase was also commonly used in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books, where it was said at least once in almost every book, most commonly by "Amazon Pirate" Nancy Blackett.

DianaT - 9-19-2009 at 11:01 AM

Old time pirates in some ways were like modern day terrorists of all types, fundamentalist Muslims suicide bomber, Fundamentalist Christain clinic bombers, Basque Separatists, IRA, on and on.

Pirates to some, and heroes to others. And their lifestyles greatly romanticized by many.

Cypress - 9-19-2009 at 11:33 AM

Yea, Those guys were the original "crime wave".:D

Bajahowodd - 9-19-2009 at 11:44 AM

It is interesting that, over time, we have come to romanticize bad guys. Do we blame Robert Louis Stevenson?:?:

vandenberg - 9-19-2009 at 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by jdtrotter
Old time pirates in some ways were like modern day terrorists of all types, fundamentalist Muslims suicide bomber, Fundamentalist Christain clinic bombers, Basque Separatists, IRA, on and on.

Pirates to some, and heroes to others. And their lifestyles greatly romanticized by many.


And, just like today, many, if not almost all, were subsidized/sanctioned by governments, many European.
Part of their secret warfare, something like the ancient CIA.:biggrin:

DianaT - 9-19-2009 at 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
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Originally posted by jdtrotter
Old time pirates in some ways were like modern day terrorists of all types, fundamentalist Muslims suicide bomber, Fundamentalist Christain clinic bombers, Basque Separatists, IRA, on and on.

Pirates to some, and heroes to others. And their lifestyles greatly romanticized by many.


And, just like today, many, if not almost all, were subsidized/sanctioned by governments, many European.
Part of their secret warfare, something like the ancient CIA.:biggrin:


Ah yes, but some was a little more open back then----Elizabeth had no trouble knighting ones like Drake---well, maybe not so covert today, on second thought----ummmmmmmmm

The cry of religion seems to be behind so much---- In the Name of god, whoever that god may be, let the prayers begin before the act of violence.

:biggrin:

vandenberg - 9-19-2009 at 12:27 PM

And, with the "civilized" world's population explosion, there aren't enough yardarms to string up all the culprits.:biggrin:

[Edited on 9-19-2009 by vandenberg]

[Edited on 9-19-2009 by vandenberg]

DianaT - 9-19-2009 at 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
And, with the "civilized" world's population explosion, there aren't enough yardarms to string up all the culprits.:biggrin:

[Edited on 9-19-2009 by vandenberg]

[Edited on 9-19-2009 by vandenberg]


So glad you put civilized in quotes. :lol::lol::lol: