I do believe that the addition of audio to the disco ball (The Brothers Gibb) as referred to in my last email, will help the navigation problem. For those who prefer sea travel instead of the Moose-Meese Sleigh, we here in San Diego have an old whaling ship docked at the Embarcadero that is the oldest wooden ship still able to sail, in the world, if I am correct. It was built at the Isle of Man in the 1860s, was called The Euterpe then and is now called The Star of India. (Google it and see her magnificence!) Maybe I can commandeer it, get out into the treacherous Pacific beyond Point Loma and head for near it's ancestral home, a Dehwelans of sort for our Grand Old Lady. Are there any pirates available this week that can steal a large ship? Jan in 80 degree San Diego. (I know, it's a tough job, but somebody has to suffer through this weather.....) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <dazzleme@live.co.uk> To: "Cornish List" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed > How very convenient! So at last I can organise transport, docking > facilities, 'Notices to (Virtual) Shipping' and also collect some Harbour > Dues from visitors (such as all of you), which should help pay for the > alterations and extensions to Godrevy. > > So my first task must be to organise transport for Mistress Agnes, who is > desirous to travel from Devon to Godrevy. I appreciate that Mistress Agnes > lives in the 17th Century, but please Mistress, bring yourself forward a > tad to the mid Nineteenth, because Godrevy wasn't built until 1859 and > you'll have a barren and chilly sojourn on the island if you wait a > hundred years! > > So I've had a word with my friends at the Hayle Steam Packet Company, and > they have offered the facilities of their beautiful new ship, the > 'Cornubia' built in 1858 (indeed, the hull and engines being built just a > few miles away by the world famous Harvey's of Hayle). This modern steam > ship plies between Bristol and Hayle, and can arrange to pick you up from > the picture-book harbour at Ilfracombe, and drop you off in my > newly-constructed virtual harbour at Godrevy. > > As for Mistress Jan's concern (ably and sincerely expressed) that the > disco ball may confuse the shipping, I have to report that the local > fishermen are already mazed by the sparkling skins of the mackerel fish, > whilst the ever-present overhead lights of the multiplicity of > trans-atlantic aircraft (which all head directly overhead to and from > Heathrow Airport) and the onshore headlights of the night-time dog-walkers > have rendered the night sky such a miasma of contagious light that the > sparkling of Jan's mirror ball will hardly be noticed! > > But, Mistress Jan, fear not, I shall instruct my Clerk (Mistress Anna) to > prepare a Virtual Notice to Shipping, warning them of the ever-present > danger of grounding on 'The Stones Reef' and to ignore the flashing red > and white lights of Jan's mirror ball, and concentrate instead on the > flashing red and white lights of the modern Godrevy warning light. Please > note, I accept no liability for any accident due to any confusion so > caused. > > John C. Virtual Harbour Master of Godrevy. > > > O < > ---- > / \ > / \ > / \ > / 0 \ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >> From: dazzleme@live.co.uk >> To: cornish@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:27:12 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 -Harbour Master Appointed >> >> TAKE NOTICE: >> >> The Assembled (or About to be Assembled) Company of the Cornish List >> Party are Hereby Informed that the Honourable John C. esq., of Launceston >> in the County and Duchy of Cornwall is Hereby Appointed Honorary Virtual >> Harbour Master of Godrevy with Full Powers to Requisition any Available >> Virtual Transport for the Comfort and Satisfaction of Guests Attending >> said Festivities. >> >> Virtually Dated 16 December 1859 >> and Published in the Virtual Edition of the West Briton. >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. 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Navigation problems ? Now try digging through t' muck ! It would greatly assist me in navigating the last thousand feet of dirt, clay, rock and mine tailings if you could all start spinning the disco ball and running around hollering while doing giant kangaroo hops so I can zero in on the basement of the lighthouse (providing it is still standing after all that a-rockin' and a-shakin') Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, THUMP You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. THUMP Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin', THUMP THUMP And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. THUMP Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. THUMP Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive. THUMP THUMP On 17/12/2013 07:15, Jan Davis wrote: > I do believe that the addition of audio to the disco ball (The Brothers > Gibb) as referred to in my last email, will help the navigation problem. > For those who prefer sea travel instead of the Moose-Meese Sleigh, we here > in San Diego have an old whaling ship docked at the Embarcadero that is the > oldest wooden ship still able to sail, in the world, if I am correct. It was > built at the Isle of Man in the 1860s, was called The Euterpe then and is > now called The Star of India. (Google it and see her magnificence!) Maybe I > can commandeer it, get out into the treacherous Pacific beyond Point Loma > and head for near it's ancestral home, a Dehwelans of sort for our Grand Old > Lady. Are there any pirates available this week that can steal a large ship? > Jan in 80 degree San Diego. (I know, it's a tough job, but somebody has to > suffer through this weather.....)