Noo thare's ma sort o officer! :D
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Ahoy! Gie me aw yer siller pal or A'll chib ye!
> Ian Adkins wrote:
> >
> > Hey hoch fowk,
> >
> > Now I've been with this list for almost three years now, I think we've
all
> > gotten to know each other real well. What most of you don't know is
that I
> > have a secret, hidden desire to become a sea captain. Maybe a commodore
> > too. And I'm hoping all of you can help me.
> >
> > I make okay money working for a university (just started in fact), and
me
> > and Toby do a good business designing hosting websites on the side. But
> > let's face it, it ain't enough to buy a big sea-going ship. Preferrably
> > with a few 40mm guns an torpedo tubes fore and aft.
> >
> > Maybe we can do this like a charity! Raise a cool million USD to build
a
> > ship on the Clyde for auld lang syne. Come on, what's a million to a
> > affluent bunch like you? Help me and a few old welders in bonnie
> > Glesgatoun! Write it off as a charitable contribution afterward!
> >
> > Let me know what all of you think. Top contributors can come along on a
> > cargo run or two, maybe fish for shark and tuna, put a few holes in the
bow
> > of an Iraqi oil tanker. Exciting stuff.
> >
> > Yers aye,
> >
> > Ian J. L. Adkins
> > Aspiring sea captain and commodore
> > Niagara Falls, N.Y.
> >
> > P.S., personal cheques and bank drafts are fine!
> >
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> > IAN J. L. ADKINS - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "They racin doos is sae fast aw th passenger
> > doos deed o whiplash! Nae, reallie."
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> You may perhaps find some interest in the humorous adventures of
> Commodore Gale in the 18th century, told in a song of that title. It's
> in the Scarce Songs 1 file on my website. Tune - Granny wale [Grainne
> Mhaol, Granuaile = Grace O'Malley], known earlier, but not found
> until later than the song of the Commodore. There's an ABC of it.
>
> Bruce Olson
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> ballads at my website (no advs-spam, etc)- www.erols.com/olsonw
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