And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Below lie the bodies of all who fell out of the rigging
One of them would be me if they forced me to climb up that mast.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone notified OSHA?
ReplyDeleteMinus the splatter
ReplyDeleteI wonder what kind of ship ir is? Sort of planked deck, square sail, side tiller. Maybe a medieval coastal trader? A recreated Basque fishing boat?
ReplyDeleteIs this the Ottar, a recreated knarr? It certainly looks similar but I cant find that picture.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/the-boat-collection/ottar
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https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottar_af_Roskilde
ReplyDeleteI think it is.
Or those that found the barrel of grog.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly.
DeleteQ: What do you do with a drunken sailor?
A: Put him in charge of an Exxon Tanker. (Courtesy Gary Mule Deer.)
Climbed poles when I was young for a while. Tall poles in a wind was scary. Tall poles in a wind also leaning at extreme angles would be terrifying!
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