The FReeper Foxhole Remembers George Washington: Hero of the Confederacy? - Sep.19th, 2005

American History Magazine | October 2004 | William F. B. Vodrey

[Professional Engineer]

Bloody Tom Flint here

Arghhhh

[Valin]

Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

Robert Lewis Stevenson 1881


Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Drink and the devil be done for the rest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum



The mate was fixed by the bos’n’s pike

The bos’n’ brained with a markin spike and

Cookey’s throat was marked belike It

Had been gripped by fingers ten and

There they lay all good dead men like

Break o’ day in a boozing ken__

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum


Fifteen men of a whole ship’s list

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum

Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum



The skipper lay with his nob in gore where the

Scullion’s axe his cheek had shore

And the scullion he was stabbed times four and

There he lay and the soggy skies

Dripped all day in up-staring eyes at

Murk sunset and at foul sur-prise

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum


Fifteen men of ‘em stiff and stark

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Ten of the crew had the murder mark

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum



‘Twas a cutlass swipe or and ounce of lead or a

Yawning hole in a battered head

and the scuppers glut with a yawning red and

There they lay aye damn my eyes

All lookouts clapped on par - a - dise all

Souls bound just con – tra – ri - wise

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum


Fifteen men of ‘em good and true

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Every man Jack could ha’ sailed with old Pew

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum



There was chest on chest of Spanish gold with a

Ton of plate in the middle hold

And the cabins riot with stuff un told As

They lay there that had took the plum

With a sightless glare and their lips struck dumb

While we shared all by the rule of thumb

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum


Fifteen men of a dead man’s chest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Drink and the devil had done for the rest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum



We wrapped ‘em all in a mains’l tight with

Twice ten turns of a hausers bight

And we heaved ‘em over and out of sight with a

Yo heave ho and fare you well

And a sullen plunge in a sullen swell

Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

[Wneighbor]

I was able to watch "Gods and Generals" all the way through.

Didn't you love that movie? I got to watch it this summer in Alabama. My son-in-law had bought it and never had time to watch it. So we watched it on the 4th of July! I wanna see it again to see all the stuff I missed the first time.

[stand watie]

GM, snippy!

BOTH GEN Washington & the Star Spangled Banner were REVERED by the citizens of the CSA throughout the WBTS. (the SSB was NOT the US national anthem then.)

the so-called "battle hymn of the republic" was the DY's anthem. (the "trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored" is, NOT surprisingly, UNPOPULAR with southerners THEN & NOW, as those "GRAPES" were OUR FAMILY MEMBERS! many of those robbed/raped/tortured/MURDERED were UNARMED southern civilian women & children.)

free dixie,sw

[Professional Engineer]

1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)

Craftsman wrench 1, Titan missile 0

[Professional Engineer]

National Tie Week (Day 2)

Professional Engineer's I Will Not Wear A Modified Bib Week (Day 2)

[Professional Engineer]

Hi miss Feather

[Professional Engineer]

Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

In elementary school, I read just far enough into the book to see these lines. Page 7 maybe.

[Professional Engineer]

Yes, it was a good movie. I was cheering the Good Guys at Chancellorsville. Right up until Gen. Jackson got hit. That part sucks.


I wanna see Gettysburg now.

[Wneighbor]

I wanna see Gettysburg now.

I'd like to see that. Will have to wait till I'm in my own house - or someplace where my hosts want to watch that film. Maybe I need to visit my grandkids again! :-)

While I was on my "Bekins national tour" I picked up this book at a used bookstore for a dollar:

Have no idea about it, but am set to start it soon as I finish my current Tolkien journey.

[Wneighbor]

Professional Engineer's I Will Not Wear A Modified Bib Week (Day 2)

Engineering Manager sent out a Memo once. He suggested that all engineering department employees should set a higher standard in dress code than the rest of the company. Dress code stated: "Coats and ties required, women, hose must be worn with dresses and skirts, no blue jeans."

Engineering Manager was a normal engineer when it came to grammar and punctuation. LOL

So..... I went on a shopping spree buying every color of the rainbow of jeans available at the time - BUT NO BLUE. And I wore a coat and tie every day with my non-blue jeans. And I was totally within company policy for dress code. LOL

You know - Western stores got lots of colors of ladies Wranglers that aren't blue. :-)

Modified bibs are a lot better than dresses, skirts and hose for employees who ride motorcycles to work.

[Professional Engineer]

LOL That's a definite smack your forehead moment.

[Wneighbor]

Just more "Adventures in Engineering" LOL

Definitely had a lot more laughs working engineering than I did teaching school.

More stress in engineering - but not like the stress of having a student stalker - just the everyday interesting kind of stress.

[Professional Engineer]

- but not like the stress of having a student stalker -

I forgot about that. My major stress is who is sitting at which workstation, and why is the bloody refrigerator full of somebody's groceries again.

[colorado tanker]

Oh boy, you've wandered right into the great FR northern/southron second Civil War. Those threads are almost as bad as the evo/crevo threads. Well, it'll be interesting!

My take is that although Washington had tremendous leadership skills and was very good at uniting the country, at heart he was a full-throttle Hamiltonian High-Federalist, which is how he governed. He was no Jeffersonian.

[Wneighbor]

why is the bloody refrigerator full of somebody's groceries again.

Because someone wants to give you lots of options for lunches and snacks? ~grin~

[colorado tanker]

I was disappointed in Gods and Generals. I think it tried to cover too much history and in doing so gave short shrift to Antietam and the story of the Union leadership, or, at that time in the war, the lack thereof.

You'll really like Gettysburg.

[SAMWolf]

It's part of an alternate history trilogy. The South wins at Gettysburg which doesn't really take place at Gettysburg. It's a great trilogy. :-)

[U S Army EOD]

Only because you won that one.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

050916-N-0295M-217 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 16, 2005) – An F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the “Grim Reapers” of Fighter Squadron One Zero One (VF-101), flies low to the runway in full afterburner after taking flight for its tactical flight demonstration at the 2005 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The last F-14 Tomcat flight demonstration will be flown at the air show as the aircraft is phased-out of the Navy’s inventory. The air show, held Sept. 16-18th, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)

050916-N-0295M-235 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 16, 2005) – An F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the "Grim Reapers" of Fighter Squadron One Zero One (VF-101), conducts a high-speed flyby causing vapor to form during its tactical flight demonstration at the 2005 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The last F-14 Tomcat flight demonstration will be flown at the air show as the aircraft is phased-out of the Navy’s inventory. The air show, held Sept. 16-18th, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)

050918-N-6011D-214 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 18, 2005) – An F-14B assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Two One One F-14 taxies down the flight line as part of the 2005 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The air show showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Marlowe Dix (RELEASED)