tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post6051527565496184480..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: The door was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seaslucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-69312817670825033982007-05-12T07:48:00.000+10:002007-05-12T07:48:00.000+10:00Obviously the scurvy dogs haven't run up the skull...Obviously the scurvy dogs haven't run up the skull and cross bones because they are about to hail another ship that will think them friendly and then they will attack! They are pirates after all.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-81254005137948170192007-05-09T19:27:00.000+10:002007-05-09T19:27:00.000+10:00Apparently tonight's budget contains measures desi...<I>Apparently tonight's budget contains measures designed to make sure no Australian family will have to go without its own pirate ship door.</I><BR/>But that will surely put pressure on the supply of pirate ship doors, thus forcing the price up and creating an Overheated Market. (Yeah, I've been spending time at Troppo.) I like Meredith's idea.<BR/><BR/>Cast Iron BalconyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-36157405405470578232007-05-09T19:01:00.000+10:002007-05-09T19:01:00.000+10:00Maybe, but Frisco should know the flag at the ster...Maybe, but Frisco should know the flag at the stern shows the nationality: Castilla y Leon, not England. <BR/><BR/>Also, if he hadn't been dead for so long he'd realise that the placement of the forecastle well behind the stem and its use of topgallant sails give the ship away as a galleon, not a carrack.<BR/><BR/>What you're looking at is more likely to be a pirate target - i.e. a Spanish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-52762829923644074492007-05-09T14:17:00.000+10:002007-05-09T14:17:00.000+10:00Maybe they 'liberated' the flags.Maybe they 'liberated' the flags.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-27197767761102263032007-05-09T13:53:00.000+10:002007-05-09T13:53:00.000+10:00Okay, then, it's a pirate ship door. But judging b...Okay, then, it's a pirate ship door. But judging by the flags, it's an English navy pirate ship door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-26140949841776472892007-05-09T00:08:00.000+10:002007-05-09T00:08:00.000+10:00...And might I add, may it long stay a vital part ......And might I add, may it long stay a vital part of your vessel, as idle as a painted ship, upon a painted ocean.Fiasco da Gamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161211155398599937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-61178859548318779362007-05-08T22:33:00.000+10:002007-05-08T22:33:00.000+10:00H'argh, it be a grand door! Ye old scurvy dog, ye!...H'argh, it be a grand door! Ye old scurvy dog, ye!Drewzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08405888967031837400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-8076163651785729322007-05-08T22:30:00.000+10:002007-05-08T22:30:00.000+10:00And I hope it well divides your cabins and complem...And I hope it well divides your cabins and complements your bulkheads.Fiasco da Gamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161211155398599937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-79136178609307215242007-05-08T22:02:00.000+10:002007-05-08T22:02:00.000+10:00It is a pirate ship door.It is a pirate ship door.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-6577827265270095842007-05-08T18:58:00.000+10:002007-05-08T18:58:00.000+10:00Francis Drake would be proud, Laura, as I see by t...Francis Drake would be proud, Laura, as I see by the flags it's an English ship, probably just returning from sweeping the Spanish Main.<BR/>I particularly like the high forecastle and lateen-rigged third mast, which marks it as a carrack or 'great ship' as the Tudors called them---though, to be fair, Drake probably would have preferred a race-built galleon.Fiasco da Gamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161211155398599937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-51193366454187410012007-05-08T17:29:00.000+10:002007-05-08T17:29:00.000+10:00That is the most awesomest door ever!That is the most awesomest door ever!Rosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087927276996432786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-4554732982984287052007-05-08T16:27:00.000+10:002007-05-08T16:27:00.000+10:00Oh damn! Surely not a Navy ship? Laura, perhaps ...Oh damn! Surely not a Navy ship? Laura, perhaps you could do a glass etching course (maybe at Bunnings?) and add a skull and crossbones to it.Meredith Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977264379899180896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-81312389375579786502007-05-08T13:50:00.000+10:002007-05-08T13:50:00.000+10:00Nice door. But it's a navy ship, isn't it?Nice door. But it's a navy ship, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-78522149099799670532007-05-08T10:20:00.000+10:002007-05-08T10:20:00.000+10:00Apparently tonight's budget contains measures desi...Apparently tonight's budget contains measures designed to make sure no Australian family will have to go without its own pirate ship door.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-59689732404621025422007-05-07T23:32:00.000+10:002007-05-07T23:32:00.000+10:00Beautiful choice - door art is often so stilted an...Beautiful choice - door art is often so stilted and static - one feels the wind and the spray in this one. Glorious.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-9889153388451523082007-05-07T22:19:00.000+10:002007-05-07T22:19:00.000+10:00Easily one of the top three pirate ship doors I ha...Easily one of the top three pirate ship doors I have ever seen.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-83987672944329684762007-05-07T22:16:00.000+10:002007-05-07T22:16:00.000+10:00holy crap. That's truly the rockinest door I have ...holy crap. That's truly the rockinest door I have ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-27992226325071116892007-05-07T22:05:00.000+10:002007-05-07T22:05:00.000+10:00Sand blasted or etched glass is very beautiful. I...Sand blasted or etched glass is very beautiful. I like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-65442726231784583612007-05-07T22:02:00.000+10:002007-05-07T22:02:00.000+10:00That is THE BEST DOOR.That is THE BEST DOOR.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.com