Truly my captain! My spousal unit has realized a dream - one of the reasons he got his USCG 50T Masters license. He’s been hired as a captain!! For the Baltimore Inner Harbor Water Taxi! WOOHOO!
OK, so it’s not like having the conn of an ocean liner. Still, he’s wanted to drive the Water Taxi for quite a while, and he will, starting Friday. Not as a full-time job, but on weekends, holidays, and some evenings. Besides letting him spend a lot of time on the water and giving him something to do, he’ll earn a few dollars to do stuff on our boat that would have to wait otherwise.
I think he should get a stuffed parrot for his shoulder. I’d love to make him a Chris the Ninja Pirate t-shirt, but I’m not very artistic. I think a peg leg and a hook would be a bit over the top. But he’s excited and I’m happy for him.
And, our Perfect Child[sup]TM[/sup] is applying to be a Deck Bunny… OK, the technical term is “Mate” and the job involves handling dock lines, taking money, and stamping hands. She loves Baltimore (except when it’s cold) so I’m hoping she gets the job. Even if it does mean I’ll be home alone most of the summer.
Anyway, YAY! Thus endeth this mundane proclamation.
Hey! Congrats to your spousal unit! If I ever take the water taxi I’ll sidle over and say “Cecil?” If he reacts with fear and loathing, I’ll know he’s yours.
He needs an eyepatch. And one of those three-pointed pirate type hats with a big feather in it. Not a pimp-type feather, one of the other kind. You know what I’m talking about, right?
Now that’s a cool part time job. It’s always great when you can get paid to do something you enjoy. Congratulations to Fairychatdad, who I am sure will get around to posting something ANY MINUTE NOW.
He definitely needs a cutlass and a sash. Definitely.
Something tells me he won’t be posting any time in the near future. I’ll send him a link to this thread anyway.
Hmmmm, cutlass and sash. If not for this job, then maybe for, um, er, never mind.
It’s been a while since I was on one of the Water Taxis - I don’t know if they have an official outfit or not. Guess I’ll find out next weekend. Wonder if I can get a free pass if I sleep with the Captain??
Way cool part time job! Jake even. He should have a plank also. So he can make unruly passengers walk the plank. Oh, and a whip. So when the deck is dirty he can crack it and make his passengers swab the deck. He can say, “HARRRRR! Ye scurvy dogs! Swab me deck til I can sees me face in it.!” And a jug. He needs a jug. If he’s gonna be a pirate err…captain, he needs something to swig rum out of.
Hmm…maybe he needs some dopers to show up and outfit him all proper for his new gig.
So, let’s see, we’ve got two eye patches, a tricorn hat with a feather, a parrot, a hook, a peg leg, a sash and cutlass, and a cannon. Yes, I think that’s exactly the image the Water Taxi wants to project. When I talked to him earlier I asked what he was supposed to wear - he thinks they have an official shirt. I asked about pants - he doesn’t plan to wear any. I suggested a kilt.
All of a sudden, I feel like I’m 10 years old again, dressing my Ken doll.
He also needs a pistol. And if he’s bearded you can twist the beard into little pigtails and set them on fire like Blackbeard did. He’ll be the terror of the water taxi-ways! He also needs to fly his own jolly roger, but make sure he keeps a British flag handy so that he can run it up the mainsail and look all innocent when in dock.
Well, he’s got a goatee, but he wears it trimmed fairly close, so the twisties aren’t an option. I suggested he try the Yellowbeard look [sub]“We Yellowbeards are never more dangerous than when we’re dead!”[/sub] but he didn’t like that idea.
Oh, and water taxis don’t have main sails… or any sails, for that matter. And you wouldn’t run a flag up a sail, or up a mast either. Better luck with a halyard.
Sigh. There I was, making cute little cracks about Fairy Chat Yellowbeard’s new job and you have to come along and introduce those annoying little facts that everyone around here seems so fond of.
Hey, FCM, stop into St. Augustine and pick him up a couple of pirate-themed t-shirts. I bought a few that had nice repos of various pirate flags of the 1700s. And all the shirts have the same motto on the back in that nice 18th century lettering (the one that looks like ‘Times New Roman’ chewed on by mice):
The Floggings will continue until Morale improves.
screech-owl, he has a shirt with that motto under a slightly, um, un-PC drawing. :eek: First weekend in May is the Shrimp Festival in Fernandina Beach and I know the whole pirate theme runs big - I may have to make a trek up there…
I absoultely could not take a job like that, because I’d be way too tempted to screw around with the PA system.
“General quarters, now, general quarters. Action front. All hands to battle stations. Lower the jackstaff and prepare to repel boarders. Main battery to fire as your guns bear.”
Congrats, **FairyChatDad]/b]!