Point of the Cutlass

by **Alexandrite** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:56 pm

Thanks to our Mangy Moll, I am getting info on our meet up at the Texas Ren Fest

Pirate Weekend is October 23, 24....

Tickets available next month - so please let me know if you will attend as I can get group rates on em..

It's about 4 hours from my house and I think all my beds are taken, but I have a huge yard if you have a tent.

More info coming sooooon !!!

by **appy** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:12 pm

Great to know the dates Alex...now I can make my air reservations and arrange for pet sitters... looking forward to seeing you and the other mates again.... Texas, here we come

:squawk

appy

by **burnin4turner** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:28 pm

LS promised if she and the Captain win the lottery, she's sending me plane tickets, so keep your fingers crossed!

by **Lady Scarlette** on Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:02 pm

B4T and bunch more! LOL

Awesome news Alex. I'm checking on flights too. Where should we fly into? Intergalactical?

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

by **Alexandrite** on Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:52 am

Either airport is fine !!

by **Alexandrite** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:27 am

For those of you on the fence

http://www.texrenfest.com/

For a side trip - for those of you who are interested

http://www.texasstaterr.com/index.php

What do y'all think?

by **appy** on Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:05 pm

Looks good to me.... cannot wait

:squawk

appy

by **MangyMoll** on Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:11 am

Well I did hear a snippet somewhere on the web that they were using that very train and track in the filming of the upcoming Lone Ranger... seems very very feasible to me, so if there even a zillionth chance to be where Johnny once was...IM IN!!!!!

:yahoo

by **Alexandrite** on Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:34 pm

He was within mere hours of me????!!???

You want the early or the late tour? I assume you want the steam engine and not the diesel. How about getting the caboose?

by **MangyMoll** on Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:26 pm

anything you wish mate... as long as I am there to share it with you.

by **Lady Scarlette** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:25 pm

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **MangyMoll** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:41 am

momentous day yesterday... I put my deposit down on the ticket... :yahoo

vacation two about to come to pass....now every one , I dont want a flea's breath of doubt, savvy??? :dance

Texas Ren Fest, I am sewing, and , ( barring mutiny!!) I am coming!! :party

by **Jen Turner** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:12 pm

That's awesome, MM, so happy fer ye ,mate! :huggles:

by **Bosun Carmina** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:01 pm

I should have enough time off saved up to do this one! :dance

by **Alexandrite** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:14 pm

Excellent !!

by **Alexandrite** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:20 pm

I am gonna order tickets - I get a discount for being Texan and for buying early and for getting group tickets..

Please let me know now, how many you need....

Here is my assumption so far
Lady Scarlette - 2
Bosun Carmina - 2
appy - 1
Mangy - 1
Me - 1

Please copy and paste list with corrections or additions - also is anyone interested in doing the Kings Feast?

by **MangyMoll** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:00 pm

would he make me eat alligator tail again?? :doh

BC. deliriously happy you can come too.. didnt get much time with you last visit... :ahoy

and LS managed to dodge me altogether.. so we aim to well remedy that!"!! :dance

by **appy** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:05 pm

Wonderful news BC...cannot wait to spend more time with you again

:squawk

appy

by **Bosun Carmina** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:36 am

Missed out on too many things last year, and I'm not going to let that happen again! :arr

by **Ruffian** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:57 am

Dang... I'm in Kentucky for the World Equine Games in October as my vacation... Next year, perhaps?

by **Alexandrite** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:29 pm

2012 is Scotland !

Bosun - CSW coming????

by **MangyMoll** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:53 pm

BC, I know just what you mean love. I spent last two years turning everything down, and it was no fun at all. :dis

Mates, Scotland 2012... I do have a kettle and a warm welcome, I do NOT however have any spare beds, ren faires or piratical events...

by **Bosun Carmina** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:58 pm

Alex, not sure whether Sea Wolf will be coming or not. Will let you know as soon as I know! All depends on other scheduled events. And Mangy, I will either be mailing yer hat to Alex or I will bring it with me, but rest assured you'll have it for the festivities! :arr

by **MangyMoll** on Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:51 pm

Bless yer sox, Bosun...thanks so much fer that... but I am sure its very heavy,so perhaps you will need Sea Wolf to help carry it,

nudge nudge, wink wink...

however if thats not to be, rest assured we will be delighted to have your company darling... you will not be drinking alone...and as fer the costumes , I am dying to pick yer professional brain, as it were...

by **Esther Sparrow** on Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:23 pm

That is smack in the middle of my holiday!!!
Why is everything always so far away from here....

by **burnin4turner** on Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:15 pm

Esther, I may as well be as far away as you are, as I will not be able to get down there....bloody economy.... :dis

I am just ticked off and sick w/dismay that I will have to miss another gathering of the crew....

by **MangyMoll** on Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:02 pm

Ill catch ya yet b4t, have no fear... you and quite a few others are firmly on my bucket list....

by **burnin4turner** on Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:39 pm

Ye just need to sail straight into port here, mate!

by **Esther Sparrow** on Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:39 pm

OK, Y'all know I have a serious fear of doing this kind of stuff so can someone please explain the details?

- where would i be flying to?

-what options are there to stay?

-What exactly do we do at the fare?

(sorry but I dont want another regret added to *that* list)

by **Alexandrite** on Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:45 pm

Fly into Houston (Bush Intercontinental Airport airport code is IAH)
Rent a car to drive to the hotel in Conroe (north of Houston)
Lots of hotels in Conroe.
It's about a 40 minute drive from Conroe to the Faire.
At the faire - shopping a mundo !! Various entertainments (including jousting).
see http://www.texrenfest.com

We will have get together s every year or 2. 2012 is Scotland !

by **burnin4turner** on Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:54 pm

Does one need a passport for entry to Scotland? Gadzooks, I don't even know where my old one is. Is that a security breach?

Esther I bet if you timed your flight right, you could car pool w/someone. Or bring your sister!

by **MangyMoll** on Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:56 pm

Not only do we need a passport love, but also to show yer bare bum like in braveheart... okay??? :dielaf:

by **burnin4turner** on Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:25 pm

Boy you really know how to keep em outta yer borders, dontcha!? :laugh

by **Alexandrite** on Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:28 pm

by **Esther Sparrow** on Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:34 pm

I vote for 2011 in paris

Gonna take a look but I think I'll have to pass :cry:

by **MangyMoll** on Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:22 pm

any special pirate events at Paris Disney??? :ahoy

by **Esther Sparrow** on Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:09 pm

Well I keep trying to organise one... it could so work... all it needs is pirates to attend it :doh

by **MangyMoll** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:06 am

trouble is trying to compete with all the rides and facilities and opportunities they have Stateside.

I am actually embarrassed about folks talking of coming for a future gathering to my small country, truth be known, as its such a long way for most, and would cost such a lot of money, and we have absolutely nothing here to offer to compare with the scale of superb entertainment of the Disneyparks.....not that I am not proud of our wonderful scenery and brave and violent history, nor would I want mates to think I would not adore to see them in person, and show them around... but sadly, Scotland is also famous for hills and sheep and rain...so I am very afraid that folks would be bored silly and bitterly disappointed.

We dont even celebrate Hallow'een on anything like the scale you guys do, and that is about the only time I can even imagine having the opportunity to get kitted out in pirate gear,so sad really.

There is one pirate day held at the local castle once a year, mainly for kids, and they set out a few stalls for making bead dangles, a plank to walk over, colouring in and a treasure trail walk through the woodlandands, a few dressed historians shooting black powder as a demonstration, but if there were 100 folks attending last year that would be about it. :cry:

There is indeed so little here that even johnny-depp uk had to leave our shores to get any work! Last summer he went to the holiday resorts in Spain to find employment there, and since last September, has spent a great deal of his time trying to get paid work as Jack Sparrow over in Japan, where there is a huge JD following, but not too many CJS impersonators..least none that look european enough to be taken very seriously!!.

In fact, prolly the most piratical stuff in the whole of Scotland would be in my own movie den and wardrobe, and most of that came from ebay and Norleans last time I visited !! :rolleyes

I really do not mind the long journey or the expense to travel to y'all, in fact its a great part of the adventure for me, and a blessed releif, though I should not say so in print, to be able to pass Rob's care for a short time to his trusted and excellent carers. I am very very excited to be planning to attend Texas this fall, and may be able I hope to save to come across again by 2012!! :dance

by **Jen Turner** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:55 am

^We wouldn't be bored, believe me, we'd be thrilled! I thought we were comin' to ye in 2012

Scott and I are headed to Germany first to visit HP, then the 3 of us were headed over to see ye, MM! Is this ok? I thought that was the plan, am I wrong? No worries

by **MangyMoll** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:55 pm

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..............NO WORRIES - as long as you dont expect any thrilling pirate rides, then I am thrilled to think you would come all this way. The kettles on!!! :yahoo

and to bring HP is just the icing on the cake, mate. oh, er, frosting I should say!! Most welcome my dears..leave out the pirate clothes and fetch a jumper though!!! :aar:

although we do have the finest whiskey in the world to warm yer cockles from the inside...

by **burnin4turner** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:48 pm

I am trying to dream up ways to get funding for Scotland '12...and a way to get hubby to let me go, lol. Honestly Mangy, I wouldn't care if it were piratical or not, just to see you and your homeland, and the land of my own ancestors, would be more than enough.

Perhaps we should start a new thread for Scotland, so as not to get the two trips confused?

by **MangyMoll** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:33 pm

Yes, love a great idea.. I am gonna transfer some posts across if thats ok with you guys.... :aar:

okay I did try, but my claymore wasnt sharp enough... :dis

so to continue here with 2010 Texas arrangements. My schedule and insurance is in place...not sure if I got the right policy though Alex...it appears I am covered for avalanche and ski accidents, but not fer getting bucked off a bronco or caught in a stampede...hmmmm?? :doh