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136 Re: Octagonal Lucky Jack BATM SPOILER -- rank: 633

In a message dated 12/12/05 10:03:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET writes: > Charlezzzzz, thinking that there may be no other octagons in the > canon. Most mysterious. > Well, in TGS when Jack and Stephen meet Fox for the first time (dinner at Sir Joseph's club), there is this: "they sat down to dinner in the smallest of the private rooms, a charming little octagon with a domed ceiling". And of course in HMSS when Stephen first visit's Diana's h ...

Poster's Name:	Batrinque@AOL.COM
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Message Date:	2005-12-13 11:05:40 UTC

137 Re: Octagonal Lucky Jack BATM SPOILER -- rank: 633

Charles Munoz wrote: > Master and Commander: > > "The music-room in the Governor's House at Port Mahon, a tall, > handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first > movement of Locatelli's C major quartet." > > And what happens a few pages later? Jack gets his heart's desire, a > promotion he thought might never come. He is made post. Made post captain in M&C? I think not. You're nodding, Charlezzzzz. > Charlezzzzz, thinking ...

Poster's Name:	Henry Buurman
Poster's Email:	hbuurman@COMCAST.NET
Message Date:	2005-12-13 07:44:18 UTC

138 Octagonal Lucky Jack BATM SPOILER -- rank: 633

Master and Commander: "The music-room in the Governor's House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatelli's C major quartet." And what happens a few pages later? Jack gets his heart's desire, a promotion he thought might never come. He is made post. Blue at the Mizzen: "...Carrera showed Jack and Stephen into a domed octagonal room with Moorish sofas and coffee, and a Christian decanter of brandy." And ...

Poster's Name:	Charles Munoz
Poster's Email:	Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET
Message Date:	2005-12-13 06:11:13 UTC

139 Re: GRP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER -- rank: 633

----- Original Message ----- From: "Theodore Gazulis" <tg-pob@SBCGLOBAL.NET> >I was at an evening with Tom Stoppard some 20 years ago. One questioner > asked (at length) about all the symbolism, depth, and meaning of his > plays; > where from, how developed, etc. Stoppard's response was that all that > stuff > reminded him of a traveler going through customs, only to find that his > baggage had been tampered with, asserting that, "None of that ...

Poster's Name:	Stolzi
Poster's Email:	stolzi@COMCAST.NET
Message Date:	2005-12-10 17:19:03 UTC

140 Re: GRP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER -- rank: 633

I was at an evening with Tom Stoppard some 20 years ago. One questioner asked (at length) about all the symbolism, depth, and meaning of his plays; where from, how developed, etc. Stoppard's response was that all that stuff reminded him of a traveler going through customs, only to find that his baggage had been tampered with, asserting that, "None of that was in there when I packed the bags, and I can't explain it at all." Theo Gazulis 37/54 N 122/29 W Now firmly into Decemb ...

Poster's Name:	Theodore Gazulis
Poster's Email:	tg-pob@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Message Date:	2005-12-10 01:21:34 UTC

141 Re: RP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER -- rank: 633

On 12/7/05, Edmund Burton <ekburton@swbell.net> wrote: > Anne Londez wrote: > > > Although on second though I seem to remember an occasion in the canon when > > the ship got on very short water allowance and it says the clothes became > > extremely crusty and itchy with salt. Doesn't that imply that some fresh > > water is usually used in washing ? > > True. There does seem to be some ambiguity on the clothes-washing question. > I do not be ...

Poster's Name:	Susan Wenger
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Message Date:	2005-12-08 22:15:13 UTC

142 Re: RP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER -- rank: 633

Anne Londez wrote: > Although on second though I seem to remember an occasion in the canon when > the ship got on very short water allowance and it says the clothes became > extremely crusty and itchy with salt. Doesn't that imply that some fresh > water is usually used in washing ? True. There does seem to be some ambiguity on the clothes-washing question. Edmund To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG

Poster's Name:	Edmund Burton
Poster's Email:	ekburton@SWBELL.NET
Message Date:	2005-12-07 23:53:53 UTC

143 Re: GRP RD: BATM When did it happen? -- rank: 633

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 14:05:05 -0500, Rosemary Davis <villiers@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >On 12/3/05, Charles Munoz <Charlezzzzz@comcast.net> wrote: >> On Dec 3, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Batrinque@AOL.COM wrote: >> >> >> Maybe they were shorthanded. >> > >> > I knew, I just knew that some awkward lubber would interject such an >> > offhand >> > vile clench. >> >> Seems like an 'armless kind of jape to me. No 'arm don ...

Poster's Name:	Paul Mackness
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 18:08:44 UTC

144 Re: GP RD Ethos in BATM -- rank: 633

On 12/7/05, Stolzi <stolzi@comcast.net> wrote: While I agree with the usage of Christian you espouse, I differ on the intent of political correctness in using the word tribal. > 'I beg pardon: I should have said something like tribal sense of > > right conduct but for the fact that sea-officers usually employ > > tribal to signify a group of black or red men created only for the > > comic or picturesque effect--- I mean, leaving slavery aside. > > However, ...

Poster's Name:	Adam Quinan
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 16:44:35 UTC

145 Re: GP RD Ethos in BATM -- rank: 633

----- Original Message ----- From: "Linnea" <ronlin2@BELLSOUTH.NET> > 'Certainly. One can see that particular ethos come into being: and > what has struck me quite forcibly is that it differs from ship to ship.' > 'Ethos is not a Christian word, brother.' I think he simply means "a common English word that I can understand." In that age, one could speak of "no way for a Christian to behave" (say) and not mean anything particularly religious by ...

Poster's Name:	Stolzi
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 15:59:52 UTC

146 Re: GP RD Ethos in BATM -- rank: 633

On 12/7/05, Martinus Scriblerus <martinus.scriblerus@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/7/05, Linnea <ronlin2@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Anna Ravano...I didn't see this passage in your wonderful Aubreyisms > > collection. > > (Go to Gunroom Home>Resources to see Anna's compilation.) > > I see you are still working on BATM, and also welcome any additions > > and queries. > > > > What does Jack think ethos means? > > Amonastery in G ...

Poster's Name:	Kerry Webb
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 07:51:37 UTC

147 Re: GP RD Ethos in BATM -- rank: 633

On 12/7/05, Linnea <ronlin2@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Anna Ravano...I didn't see this passage in your wonderful Aubreyisms > collection. > (Go to Gunroom Home>Resources to see Anna's compilation.) > I see you are still working on BATM, and also welcome any additions > and queries. > > What does Jack think ethos means? Amonastery in Greece? Ethics is a county in England.

Poster's Name:	Martinus Scriblerus
Poster's Email:	martinus.scriblerus@GMAIL.COM
Message Date:	2005-12-07 06:57:19 UTC

148 GP RD Ethos in BATM -- rank: 633

Anna Ravano...I didn't see this passage in your wonderful Aubreyisms collection. (Go to Gunroom Home>Resources to see Anna's compilation.) I see you are still working on BATM, and also welcome any additions and queries. What does Jack think ethos means? 'Stephen,' he said much later, when they had finished their rather dull game of piquet - not a really interesting hand since the very first deal, and only fourpence won or lost - and they were sitting at their ease, drinking Madeira, ...

Poster's Name:	Linnea
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 03:55:05 UTC

149 Re: GRP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER Sgian Dubh -- rank: 633

That's about the length of this blade. The handle was flat on one side to fit against your leg and rounded on the outside, the sheath just protected the blade with no other means of attachment other than your garter holding it in. Ian Berneray 55 Mast Gully Road, Upwey, Victoria, Australia, 3158 145º 20’ 02.40” East 37º 53’ 42.80” South “Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown” -----Original Message----- From: The Patrick O'Brian List of the World [mailto:GUNROOM@HMSSURP ...

Poster's Name:	Ian Watkins
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 01:36:23 UTC

150 Re: GRP RD BATM: More on Eden SPOILER -- rank: 633

Agreed. I have a book of poems from a local Australian poet who wrote a piece on 'Mexican fighting knives' . In the introduction he noted that the Mexican fighting knife was used about 99.9% of the time for opening beer bottles but that a 'Beer bottle opening knife' just not macho enough! Ian Berneray 55 Mast Gully Road, Upwey, Victoria, Australia, 3158 145º 20’ 02.40” East 37º 53’ 42.80” South “Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown” -----Original Message----- From: ...

Poster's Name:	Ian Watkins
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Message Date:	2005-12-07 01:33:24 UTC