Jason Mason hears the sound
The whistle blows in Congo town
And the mail boat's in, mail boat's in
THE E-MAIL BOAT'S IN
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Dec 20, 11th Voyage
submitted by Patrick
cbjngl@msn.com
AHOY MATES, Seasons Greetings! The Holiday Phlocking is behind us and now the Holiday Madness is upon us. Hope you enjoy this voyage as a break from all the shopping, decorating, and baking. We’ve got more details on This Hotel Room Phlocking, a recap of the Holiday Phlocking and a tale about one of my favorite things – RUM – from our Pirate Expert, Doug Hendrix – Capt. Patrick “A sailor spends his Christmas in a harbor having fun”
St MinneSomePlace Calendar Check out the island's upcoming pHlockings!
Find out where ol' Joe Bones is playing by going to his website: Joe Yira
March 24, 2007: THR
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Another Great Holiday Phlocking The Holiday Phlocking is now just a pleasant memory. A good time was had by all as we were entertained by Jim Hoehn & Kevin Mullvena, and our old friend Lic’carr Lopez. Before wrapping things up Jim and Kevin were joined on stage by Lic'carr and our very own Joe Yira. After that Jeff Ragatz kept things hoppin’ with the old RCA Victrola. And of course we had another great visit from Santa Mon and his elves. I bet Santa Mon never thought it would be so hard to give away such great gifts. Congrats to all the winners. I hear the only problem may be that the grand prize winner, Mary Chamberlain, has called In sick a few times since taking home the frozen concoction maker. Seems she’d rather spend her days whipping up and testing new drink recipes than going to the office.
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On to the Next Phlocking – THR 2007 Well, after many hours of negotiating, we have a deal with
the
Canterbury Inn in Shakopee. We will have the entire hotel to party
with! The hotel rooms are only $69!! And they are open for
booking. Please contact the hotel at 952-445-3644, 877-291-0622
(for you out of towners)you MUST ask for the PARROT HEAD block of
rooms, otherwise they will tell you the hotel is sold out for the
night! And we wouldn't want you to miss out on THE Phlocking of
the year now would we?! Those of you who might like to decorate
rooms or balconies, well there are TWO levels of balconies to
decorate and walkways all around the atrium. As always we will have
our trademark Bra Limbo, and will be seeking new donations to help
replenish the limbo stick. The Buffett Buffet will be in full swing
this year and we are also looking for donations for the silent
auction. The music this year will be provided by the Missouri band
PHINS. You may preview them by looking at their website
www.phinsband.com
Additional music to be determined. So start
talking this up to your Parrot Head Phriends, neighbors, and maybe
even co-workers. Call the hotel SOON to book your rooms as I will
be sending an invitation out to the area clubs and this will be
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Upcoming Concert Event Need a break from cabin fever? Got a little Texas hideen in your heart? An excellent concert is coming our way next month that may be just the thing you need. On Tuesday (ugh!) January 16 the State Theater will host John Hiatt, Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely. If you like singer, songwriters sitting around telling the stories behind their favorite songs and great memories this is a must see. Of course Buffet fans can appreciate this type of extraordinary talent. In addition to Jimmy doing his songs Blue Telescope, and The Tiki Bar is Open, John Hiatt’s songs have also been covered by the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Roseanne Cash. Guy Clark is a Texas songwriting legend who even makes his own guitars. On his latest album Jimmy covered Guy’s song “Cinco De Mayo in Memphis” and on License to Chill covered “Boats to Build”. ” Clark has also written a whole bunch of Jerry Jeff’s more well songs. Lyle Lovett is one of my absolute favorites. Probably best known for his song If I had a Boat” but that’s only a small taste of his huge talent. Although not well known outside of Texas Joe Ely is a hero in his home state and a very talented singer songwriter. I know that Doug and Crystal Hendrix saw this event when it came through about 9 months ago as did Jean and myself, and there’s no way we’ll miss it this time. Doug has heard that the last show here was so popular, and the artists had such a great time at the State Theater that they decided to come back again before the tour ends. If you are looking to branch out from Jimmy’s music and try something new, this would be one of your best chances. Hope to see you there! Capt. Patrick and Doug Hendrix
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A Holiday Message to the Phlock I’d like to offer my thanks to all who have contributed to
the
success of our voyages, and a HUGE Thank You to Doug Hendrix for all
the pirate tales. But most of all I give special thanks to my wife
Jean, for putting up with me, and making me a better person – What a
Woman! I hope you all have as much fun reading Dis N Dat as I do
writing it. Don’t ever hesitate to send me ideas and feedback… or
drink recipes! It’s was an awfully busy ’06 for me - but man it was
an absolute blast! I don’t know that anything will ever top the
Wedding on Bruce Key... I feel so lucky, and look forward to a
great ’07. I’d like to wish you and your families all a safe, and
Happy Holiday Season. ‘Tis the Season to remember and to count up
all the ports of call I’ve known…Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Mele Kalikimaka Capt. Patrick -
A Christmas Story Amidst all the hustle and bustle of the Holidays, here’s a story that’s sure to warm your heart and bring a smile to your face – Capt. Patrick When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the pre-Christmas pressure. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more. When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where. Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered. So, frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom. Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?" And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
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La Concha evicts Naked Fidel Castro Is that anyway to treat a dictator who just celebrated his 80th Birthday? – Capt. Patrick Key West A Colorado man who told police his name was Fidel Castro refused to leave an Old Town hotel and wandered around the hallway nude before being arrested, reports say. Eric Simonians, 25, of Boulder, was charged with resisting arrest, battery on a law enforcement, officer, indecent exposure, giving a false name and disorderly conduct. The Crowne Plaza La Concha staff asked Key West police to evict the people in Room 223 around 2 a.m. Sunday. When police told the two naked guests to get dressed and gather their belongings. Simonians, whose room actually was three doors down, threw a black tube of something at an officer and refused, reports say. He eventually put on a pair of shorts and walked into the hallway, where other guests had gathered. His shorts fell off while he was rolling up a tarp in the hall, reports say.
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The Best Part about Piracy? “RUM” Since we just finished up the holiday Phlocking and the
“Hotel
Room” Phlocking is just over the horizon. I figure it’s a good time
to research the nectar of pirates, Rum! Rum was not just common to
pirates but to all seagoing men. Those who went to sea drank for
many reasons and were well known for drunken binges ashore. But the
reasons for drinking at sea were numerous:A) Good drink was easier to find aboard a ship than good food.
B) Drink fortified them against cold and wet (this myth has been dispelled recently)
C) Allowed them to forget the hardship and danger of life on a ship
D) Provided a social function to drink, relax, gossip and celebrate. In essence team building.
Maybe a corporate event could benefit from a round or six!
But one of the main realities was fresh sources of water were difficult to locate, particularly during the dry season in the tropics. When you look at the use of Rum by the Royal Navy, you begin to understand why Rum was so important. The Royal Navy chose to ration its alcoholic beverages as a reward, a replacement for vast quantity of water which took up precious room on board. Initially the Royal Navy distributed Beer on board its vessels and a 1731 regulation called for a ration of a gallon of beer per man, per day. That’s a pretty big load of beer. But when England gained control of Jamaica in 1655 they studied the cost of replacing a gallon of beer with a half pint of rum per day. A huge cost and space savings. French sailors have always been rationed a pint of wine per day. The reason they stayed with wine was because it was believed to be a protection against scurvy - A common on-board ailment of sailors. It was also discovered that if the Rum was strong, it could be reduced to ¼ pint a day and so it was from 1850- 1970 that the daily ration aboard the Royal Navy ship was ¼ pint per man, per day. It was also discovered later that mixing rum with fruit juice (very available in the tropics) also resolved the Scurvy issue. So stronger rums were rationed and mixed by the sailors to extend their ration. But I seriously doubt if any stops were made to pick up nifty little paper umbrellas on their journey. Rum also had the benefit of being mixed with either cold or hot liquids to solve the issue of cold and wet. Sugar Cane (which Rum is distilled from) was very plentiful, unlike water. The Rum was very strong (somewhat like Navy Pursers rum which is still light in comparison). In those days alcoholic products were not proofed, as they are today (that procedure began in 1820. So instead to test the quality, they would blend a small portion of water and a few grains of black powder to the mixture. It was then heated with a magnifying glass and if it was too watered down it wouldn’t explode. Many of the mutinies and sway to a pirate’s life were issues involving rum rations or a Captains way of commanding. Floggings, hard manual work in hot sun could be tolerated. But cut a sailors rum ration and “look out”. You had a boat full of future sea scoundrels. (Or, a St MinneSomePlace gathering). Pirates on the other hand tended to be very apologetic for their actions but always quick to blame the Rum. It was recorded numerous times in history and a pretty consistent answer when pirates were on trial, “By strong drink I have been heated and hardened into crimes that are now more bitter than death unto me” Sounds like my standard excuse, “I feel like death, what did I drink?, I did what ? Sorry Honey I promise to never drink rum again.” Yeah Right, like that promise will hold! Where I go I hope there’s RUM ! Doug Hendrix
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Cocktails At SunUp Have a favorite drink recipe you’d like to share with the crew? Send it to us at cbjngl@msn.com and we’ll feature it on one of our voyages. Maybe if Scrooge knocked back a few of these he wouldn’t have such a bad attitude about the Holidays. It’s simple, we’ve tested it many times and it’s become one of our favorites for the Holidays
The Grinch!
Equal parts Green Apple Vodka and Cranberry Juice – how much is up to you and may be modified based on your Holiday stress level. Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into glass. – Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
Dec 3, 10th Voyage
submitted by Patrick
cbjngl@msn.com
AHOY
MATES! Seasons Greetings! Here we go again, Doug Hendrix exposes
the truth about “Walking the Plank” and we have a Christmas drink to
your mind off the wind chill. What a rude awakening we’ve had with the
weather since our last voyage! Fortunately only a few days left until
Santa Mon comes to town. One more chance to skip the long underwear and
put on the cargo shorts. See ya at the Holiday Phlocking!
– Capt. Patrick
“He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun…Ho Ho Ho
and a Bottle of Rhum”
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Jimmy Keeping Busy During the Holidays
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Jimmy Plays The Superdome
Thanks to Reggie Bush's explosive effort, the Saints won their
eighth game and are in position to not only make the playoffs but to
host a game. Local favorite Jimmy Buffett sang the national anthem
and was given a game ball. He gave it back to Bush and said he'd
wait to one from him in Miami - site of the Super Bowl. A
preposterous idea only few weeks ago. Not so far-fetched now.
Could Jimmy
be a good luck charm for the Saints? Maybe they should have him
back – Capt. Patrick
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A Dictator Looks at 80
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Fighter jets are set to fly, workers are poised
to march and all eyes will be riveted on the grandstand at a
military parade for Fidel Castro's 80th birthday, after the ailing
leader sat out celebrations for days. Cubans' high yet
uncertain expectations are largely focused on whether Castro will
show up for a military parade Saturday, the countries first in a
decade, or perhaps the close of his birthday celebrations Friday.
An appearance of any kind could shed light on whether the
charismatic Comandante who led Cuba for more than four decades might
ever be able to retake its helm. If the bearded revolutionary is on
hand Saturday, it likely will send the message that his recovery is
under way. But if Castro does not turn out for the parade
Saturday, for Cubans it would be a sign - still stunning for many -
that it is unlikely he will be back. That would be
life-altering news to Cuba's more than 11 million people, after more
than 40 years with Castro at Cuba's helm. Most have known no other
leader and are utterly unfamiliar with even imagining significant
change. Though Raul Castro, Cuba's defense chief, 75, has been
Cuba's interim leader since his brother's intestinal surgery in
July, Cuban authorities had insisted that Fidel Castro was
recovering favorably.
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New Margaritaville……In the Desert?
Jimmy Buffett will open a
Margaritaville Cafe in Phoenix, Arizona next summer. The 20,000
square-foot restaurant will be located in Glendale's massive
shopping and entertainment plaza - The Westgate City Center.
The
Arizona Republic has more:
"Buffett's
Margaritaville Café coming to Valley"
Local Parrot Heads will be
rejoicing over
Westgate City Center's newest addition..
Laid-back songster Jimmy
Buffett is bringing one of his Margaritaville Cafés to the massive
shopping and entertainment plaza that opens in Glendale next week.
The two-story restaurant, which will feature patio seating and a
balcony overlooking the center's $5 million Bellagio-like water
fountain, is set to open next summer.
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Own A Piece Of The Conch Republic
A
fellow Parrot Head from Iowa has a timeshare for sale in the
Southernmost city: KEY WEST, FLORIDA TIMESHARE FOR SALE
COCONUT MALLORY RESORT AND MARINA
1445 South Roosevelt
Blvd. Key West, Florida 33040 Feel free to “conch
out” at this unique Key West resort
located at the southernmost tip of the United States. It is a
delightful mix of Key West charm and family activities. The villas
are designed in traditional Key West style, reminiscent of Hemingway
and as laid-back as Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. The resort
offers a full array of water sports and fishing, in addition to two
pools, a spa and a waterside clubhouse and marina. Guests also have
access to nearby beaches for swimming and, of course, the
world-famous sunsets at Mallory Square. If you are interested,
please contact me at
Jclark1072@aol.com Or 309-762-2897.
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Tryin’ to Reason With Hurricane Season
We
bid farewell and good riddance to 2006 Hurricane season, and give
thanks that our friends in Florida and on the Gulf Coast got a
Mulligan this year. – Capt. Patrick
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Cocktails At SunUp
Have a favorite drink recipe you’d like to share with the crew?
Send it to us at
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One of the great myth’s of piracy, “The Plank”
As if pirates are not exaggerated enough in
Atlantic hurricane season has sputtered to an end on flouting forecasts it would approach last year's records and complicating arguments about global warming's role. Final tally in this below-normal season: 9 named storms, 5 hurricanes. That compares with a record 28 storms in 2005, including Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and caused more than 1,800 deaths and $40.6 billion in damage. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, say a late El Nino, In the Pacific and dryness in the Atlantic curtailed what would have been an intense season. "There are clearly other factors in modulating Atlantic-basin hurricane activity besides Atlantic sea-surface temperatures, since they were still pretty warm this year," Colorado State researcher Phil Klotzbach said.
Tired of winter already? Me Too! How about Christmas in Mexico?
3 oz gold tequila
12 oz cranberry juice
3 splashes grenadine syrup
2 splashes sweet and sour mix
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into glass. Garnish with cranberries and slice of lime (salt optional).
fiction
and legend… We pretty much envision them with an eye patch, a
parrot on the shoulder and a strong love of rum. One of the most
popular visions is pirates gathered around the rail watching their
victim walk the plank as they laugh it up. The reality however
(and don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to compete with that channel 4
Reality Check dude) I just want to keep the record straight. Pirates
did not use the plank as a means of disposing of their enemy. In
fact only once in Naval history, in 1769 (long after the Golden Age
of Piracy) an ordinary seaman named George Wood who was in route to
be hung for mutiny revealed to a ships Chaplin that his fellow
mutineers forced their loyal fellow seaman to walk a plank during
the mutiny. They were not considered pirates and nothing really was
made of the issue during the time and it disappeared in history. But
it has become a trademark of the Hollywood and fictionalized pirate
as much as the eye patch. It appears that back in 100 BC
Romans working the Mediterranean would be captured by bands of
loyalists. The loyalists would offer the Romans the opportunity to
walk back to Rome, which basically meant a short walk into the sea
unless they had the ability to walk on water. It also appears
that Pirates, known for being a banded together group of misfits
tended to take over a ship, slaughtering many and allowing survivors
the opportunity to join, or cut to pieces and thrown to the sharks.
No plank, no laughing at the rail and a lot of blood shed. It
appears it was a part of Pirate life that extra weight and unneeded
prisoners were just an extra burden on the passage. Besides, who
wants to give up a portion of rum to someone who is not really
joining the party? It appears that the myth of walking the
plank was popularized by an illustrator by the name of Howard Pyle,
who in 1887 did an engraving / print for Harper’s Monthly of pirates
making a victim walk a plank, blindfolded. From there it became the
choice of authors and movie producers to depict this as a less
gruesome means of disposing of the excess human cargo. –
Doug Hendrix
Nov 27, 9th Voyage
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cbjngl@msn.com
AHOY MATES Thanksgiving is now just a memory and maybe a few extra pounds, and our unseasonably warm weather is may be about to end – good thing the Holiday Phlocking is right around the corner! We have a great article about our good deeds, Tropical Trivia winners to announce, and Doug Hendrix offers an alternative to winter and life on the cube farm. We’ve also got another drink recipe and plenty of other news so let’s set sail. – Capt. Patrick “Sometimes I see me as an old manatee headin’ south as the waters grow colder”
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Parrot Head group helps 'power up' Cloquet's Power Lunch Program Wendy Johnson The Pine Journal Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Cloquet, MN What do Parrot Heads and Power Lunch have in common? The answer is simple – an interest in promoting children’s success in reading. Recently, the 300-member Minnesota chapter of the St MinneSomePlace Parrot Head Club – a group of people who enjoy the music of Jimmy Buffett and the laid-back, fun-loving mind set it embraces – presented a donation of $1,533 to the Power Lunch student reading program in Cloquet. Accepting the donation, and passing it along to the Cloquet Schools, was Cloquet resident Brenda Fryc – who just happens to be a champion of both organizations. Fryc and her husband, John, have belonged to the “St MinneSomePlace in Paradise” Parrot Head Club for the past 10 years. “Jimmy Buffet, as you may know, plays a warm weather, good times, upbeat style of music, which is what I like,” said Fryc. “A number of years ago we heard about a Jimmy Buffet band playing at Breezy Point, so John and I attended. Someone (note: Mark Moziniak) there was hoping to start a Parrot Head Club in Duluth. We ended up joining, but it didn’t get off the ground so we were matched up with the Minneapolis club. We have been members ever since.” Around that same time, Fryc attended a library convention in St. Cloud where she learned about a program that pairs adult mentors from the community with local school children to promote the love of reading. She brought the idea back to Cloquet and helped start a the Power Lunch program at both Churchill and Washington elementary schools. The program is for first- and second-grade students, selected on teacher recommendations and matched with community partners with whom they meet once a week for lunch and reading during their regular lunch/recess time from mid-fall through early spring. Since the program is not supported financially through the school system, it has had to rely largely on corporate sponsorships for support – and even that particular avenue, according to Fryc, has gradually started to dry up. “With dwindling resources and the shortness of our school funding,” she said, “we need to look for outside sources to get backing. If we can go to our clubs and organizations and see if something can be done in the way of support, that would go a long way toward keeping the program going.” Acting on that conviction, Fryc proposed to her Parrot Head group that they consider designating Cloquet’s Power Lunch program as one of the beneficiaries of the organization’s annual auction fund raiser last spring. “At our Spring Phlocking [get-together], we always have one or two bands, and all who attend are usually asked to donate to one of three or four charities,” Fryc explained. “At almost every event the club holds, we try to raise money or do something as a charitable means. We also have a live and silent auction at our Spring phlocking, and the proceeds are divvied up among the charities the board selects.” This year, the “St. MinneSomePlace in Paradise” Parrot Head Club decided to use the funds collected at the event to support “Bundles of Love” (a non-profit organization based in Lakeville to help families by providing necessities for infants in need), the Autism Society of Minnesota (based in St. Paul) – and Power Lunch of Cloquet! -
Tropical Trivia
Last edition's trivia: For each person/character mentioned below – name the Buffett song they are mentioned in. Only 12 – One for each of the previous Holiday Phlockings,,,,This should be a good test. Good Luck! · Oscar Wilde Stephen King Pete Rose John Wayne Sister Mary Mojo Billy Voltaire Robin Leach Tony Tarracino Louis L’Amour Hippolyte Jesus Tony Lama
Wow – you Pholks are fast -and good! The winner of the fine bottle of Sailor Jerry Rum and the special surprise from Capt. Patrick – is Marilyn Listvan! She narrowly beat out Jerry Shea and David Fransico. But in the Holiday spirit of giving, and because of the high quality of their answers (talk about extra credit!) I have decided to award Jerry and David the special surprise too! Sorry guys, you’ll have to buy your own rum. Tropical Trivia Answers
Oscar Wilde: Quietly Making Noise Oscar Wilde died in bed
Stephen King: Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read Pete Rose: Growing Older But Not Up I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend
John Wayne: Incommunicado Now on the day that John Wayne died
Sister Mary Mojo: That's My Story and I'm Stickin' to it Sister Mary Mojo so hard to trick
Billy Voltaire: Cuban Crime of Passion Well now Billy Voltaire was a piano player up from Miami way Nobody knew, least Billy Voltaire that these were his final sounds Billy Voltaire had no one to claim him, he was buried on pauper's hill
Robin Leach: King of Somewhere Hot A million miles from Robin Leach, life is just a beach
Tony Tarracino: Last Mango in Paris I went down to Captain Tony's
Louis L'Amour: Who's The Blonde Stranger How would Louis L'Amour get me next to that girl
Hippolyte: The Handiest Frenchmen In The Caribbean The Gull Reef Club's former handyman, Hippolyte Lamartine, could fix everything and keep the place running no matter what. Sheila knows Hippolyte, and she gets him to come back and take over. Hippolyte is solving all problems and things are looking up, so Norman sings this jolly song about his wonderful handyman. Then it turns out that Hippolyte is a homicidal maniac, which creates difficulties.
Jesus: My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus Also: The Christian You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor; Havana Daydreamin' Jesus had a wanderin' feelin'; Trouble on the Horizon Hell, you can pray to Jesus or a flock of pink flamingos; A SAILOR
Tony Lama: Livingston Saturday Night You got your Tony Lama's on your jeans pressed tight
Rasta Mon?
Cocktails At
SunUp
Have
a favorite drink recipe you’d like to share with the crew? Send it
to us at
cbjngl@msn.com and we’ll feature it on one of our voyages. Didn’t
get your fill of cranberries at Thanksgiving? Here’s a more fun
way to solve that problem.
Key West Cooler
1 ½ oz Margaritaville Gold Tequila
½ oz Cointreau
1 oz Cranberry Juice
3 oz Margarita Mix
2 Teaspoons sugar
Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake well
and strain into ice filled Margarita glass, close your eyes and forget
winter’s coming….sip and enjoy
Wayward Traveler MEMPHIS - Nov 23 A meandering manatee who took an unheard-of swim 700 miles up the Mississippi River played hide and seek Thursday with a rescue team led by marine mammal specialists from Florida. The manatee, believed to be 7 to 8 feet long and weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds, has been hanging around since at least Sunday in a river chute along the downtown Memphis riverfront. The rescue team, made up of marine biologists, wildlife agents, police officers and Coast Guard personnel, began searching the 3-mile chute, called the Wolf River Harbor, early Thursday and quit for the day about 5 p.m. without spotting the manatee. The search was to resume Friday near a steam plant about 12 river miles south of Memphis on McKellar Lake, a Mississippi backwater. Discharge water at the steam plant is 70 degrees, about 10 degrees warmer than in the Memphis chute, and the warm-water mammal's instinct would be to head south looking for warmer water, said Pedro Ramos, a search team leader from SeaWorld of Orlando, Fla. "This is something very unique," Ramos said. "It's never been recorded before this far up the Mississippi." Manatees, an endangered species, are generally found along the southern U.S. coast, though they do stray farther north along the eastern seaboard during the summer. Team may give up Friday Ramos said the Florida team would likely head home Friday if the animal is not found. The manatee was spotted late Wednesday afternoon floating near the bank in the dark, brown water of the Memphis chute. "We can't just stay up here indefinitely," he said. "As long as he's eating he could probably survive for a few days. It will really depend on the water temperature." Lt. Ed Vidulich of the Memphis harbor patrol said area residents are asked to notify police or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service if they spot the manatee. "The minute he sticks his head up somebody's going to call," Vidulich said. "If he's going south, people in Mississippi might be looking out for him. People in Louisiana might be looking for him. "The river flows at 8 miles an hour, and if he's in that current heading south and he's been in there 10 hours already, he's 80 miles out of Memphis." Manatees are plant eaters, but the searchers were unsure if vegetation along the chute, which the animal had been seen nibbling, would supply the nutrition it needs. "We've seen animals in Florida that have survived in 50-degree water for quite awhile ... a week of so," Ramos said. The search team moved slowly up and down the chute in boats with sonar equipment, and a police helicopter with heat sensors made occasional passes overhead.
The Pirates
Life for Me” But where!
So now that you’ve decided that being a “Rogue of the Sea”
is appealing, you’ll need to relocate. Yes, it’s pretty tough
going’s here in the northland for an aspiring pirate. The
Great Lakes rarely
freeze, but have you ever seen a swashbuckler with a down vest under his
puffy shirt. And the rest of the state is pretty much solid water, so
unless you’re going to command an iceboat, you’re destined to head
south. Although I can tell you there is a great 40 foot sloop just south
of Marine on the
St. Croix that is an exact replica of a fine Pirate vessel. But
judging from the house it’s moored at, his plundering days are through
and he is partially retired from active duty except the occasional beach
bunny attack in July. Probably very successful at pillaging corporate
America or cable
customers. So you need open water and a safe place to re-supply. It
would have been so much easier prior to 1692. You would naturally go
where all Pirates rendezvous. That would be
Port Royal, Jamaica. It
was one of the richest ports in the
Americas,
and when the English captured Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655 they
built a fort at the end of the narrow strip. Port Royal was on the
southern shore of the island. The strip curved out into the clear blue
waters, directly across Kingston Harbor from Kingston itself.
It was a major port in the
West Indies from
1671-1679 when nearly 12,000 Africans were traded to the colonies
through Jamaica. By 1680 there were 2,850 people both black and white
living in Port Royal. They were carpenters, goldsmiths, sail makers,
shipwrights and seaman. And of coarse merchants who lived well serving
the seagoing trade and asking few questions if the money was plentiful.
It is said that
Port Royal closely resembled towns such as
Boston and Bristol,
England. Churches, brick homes arranged tightly on narrow streets. Of
coarse the churches were mostly for the locals and merchants. The
taverns and whorehouses were the notorious haunts of the seagoing folk.
That is what drew the pirates: repairs, supplies’ drink and wild women.
The merchants loved it because it brought a steady flow of cash. Port
Royal prospered greatly, and the governors of the island actively
encouraged trade and protection for their new found friends with cash.
The arrangement fit the Pirates well due to its location, the
ability to strike freely on the rich Spanish settlements of
Central America and to
capitalize on ships moving through the straits of the
Leeward Islands. It also had a well protected, deep harbor.
Port Royal
however was destroyed in the summer of 1692 by a massive earthquake that
caused a large area of the peninsula to sink. Additional tremors sent
tidal waves sweeping the town that remained and bodies floated in
Kingston
bay for months following. More died from the sickness and disease that
followed. More than 2,000 inhabitants died that day and another 2,000 in
the weeks following. Those left, moved across the bay to
Kingston. At the time it was felt in
England and America
that the catastrophe was pay back for the years of evil and lewd
behavior that centered around the town. For over 70 years all that
remained of the peninsula was a tiny island. The Royal Navy started
using the island as a base, and slowly the small section recovered, but
never to its former glory.
Today there is an effort being completed to turn
Port Royal back into a
historic destination for tourism and a reminder of the glorious days of
its former trades. Arggg !
Disney Strikes Again. Kiddies with plastic cutlasses and
paper hats. Better to head off to the shores of
Madagascar, like many
of the rouges did back then. – Doug Hendrix
Nov 20, 8th Voyage
submitted by Patrick
cbjngl@msn.com
AHOY MATES!
Where does time go? Seems
like just yesterday I was warm with a cold drink in my hand on Duval
Street. I am not sure I‘ve adjusted to being back in reality. But as
always things have been busy while I was down island - We’ve got some
recap of MOTM, we make our resident pirate expert, Doug Hendrix, walk
the plank, and we have big news about This Hotel Room 2007! So let’s
hoist the sails and try to catch up.
Capt.
Patrick
“I wanna go where the pace of life’s slow could you beam me somewhere
Mr. Scott”
-
Farewell to a Very Good Man
sometime
Coral Reefer, Ed Bradley, of 60 Minutes fame, passed away last week.
Jimmy dedicated last week’s show in Palm Beach to his close friend, Ed.
The Palm Beach Post had a review of the show
"Buffett's
high note honors Bradley". It
seemed a fitting tribute to a fallen musician friend: A tambourine with
a flower tied to it hung from a lonely, unmanned
microphone
stand. But forget about a somber tribute - Jimmy Buffett wasn't having
any of that.
"Some thought we should have a moment of
silence," Buffett, pretty much the poster child for all things
anti-somber, said Tuesday night at Sound Advice Amphitheatre. "I say, to
hell with that. A night of music is more appropriate for my friend Teddy
Bradley." Ed Bradley, the 60 Minutes correspondent who died of leukemia
last week, was a
good friend and occasional backing vocalist
for Palm Beach's Buffett, and a constant presence at Tuesday night's
show. But true to Buffett's wishes, the images of Bradley, to whom the
show was dedicated, were all smiling, laughing and in keeping with a
gently jovial mood."
We
Are” off “The Weather” should have been made available as an
audio track. And fortunately we have been heard. Some recent news
from
Mailboat Records....Wrigley Field Audio Download: Yes, the day
has finally arrived! After much talk, you will now be able to
download audio from our site. The first release will be the audio
from "Live At Wrigley Field" which will be available on November
27th. For those who do not wish to download and prefer CDs, you can
also purchase the CD from us. (This will not be available in
stores.) The download can be purchased for $12.98 and the CD for
$14.98. Here We Are on iTunes: We've received many requests asking for the audio version of "Here We Are." Well, you asked for it, you got it! It is now available at iTunes. The video will also be made available within the next few weeks. We will post here again when it is in the iTunes store. Order "Here We Are" at
Island Daze – 15th Meeting of The Minds
Tropical
Trivia
Robin Leach Tony Tarracino Louis L’Amour Hippolyte Jesus Tony Lama
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Scenes from MOTM
The
2006 Party At The End Of The World Tour ended with a show at the Ford
Amphitheater in Tampa Florida last week. The show included five songs
from the new album and the song "Last Mango in Paris" was played for the
first time since December 2005. Jimmy said to look for a small show in
Aspen in December. He has also hinted at the possibility of a couple of
shows in the Caribbean in February 2007 (probably with the "Beach
Band").
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Cocktails At SunUp
1 ¼ oz Margaritaville Paradise Passion Fruit Tequila
¾ oz Margaritaville Gold Tequila
4 oz Margaritaville Margarita Mix
½ oz Blue Curacao
¼ oz Grenadine
Combine this first three ingredients in a shaker, shake and strain into a Martini glass, then sink the Grenadine and Blue Curacao
Have a favorite drink recipe you’d like to share with the crew? Send it to us at cbjngl@msn.com and we’ll feature it on one of our voyages. We actually gave this a try and whipped up batch of these this weekend and thought they were delicious. The biggest challenge is finding the Passion Fruit Tequila -
Pirate Tales
This voyage we turned the tables on our Pirate Expert, Doug Hendrix,
and rather than have him tells us
about
pirates, we put him out on the plank and made him share some
semi-true stories about himself. Doug, as one of the longest standing members of our Phlock, give us some background on how that happened and how you became a Buffett fan? We jumped on the band wagon after I believe it was the 2nd official meeting that the club had back in 1995. A couple friends of ours, Jim and Nancy Stratton had joined the first month. It was pretty much about a dozen people sitting in a dive in Burnsville called the Cancun, trying to figure out how we could get a few other local Parrot Heads to buy into joining us. Favorite Buffett song or quote: Migration is my favorite Song. (Thank god Anita Bryant either died or OJ'd herself to death because I'm sure she would have considered doing a Buffet duet by now). Favorite Quote: "Good times and Rich's and Son of a Bitches, I've seen more than I can recall. Favorite artist not named Jimmy: Huge Jerry Jeff Walker Fan, but I can't rule out Bob Marley, John Hiatt and Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen (look that one up folks) Got a picture at a bar with all of them except Jimmy (elusive SOB) Being a fellow Rum-Head, talk a bit about your love of RUM! Well, when it comes to rum: I'm a faithful follower of "the Ministry of Rum" and Capt. Ed Hamilton who sails the Caribbean in search of great rums. Some can be found state side, others can only be had by visiting unique islands. Every time we head to a new Island I make it a point to find the best and rarest that island has to offer. We are up to about 50 bottles in the Captains liquor chest. But if the airport officials don't lift this no-liquids gig my smuggling of extra bottles in my carryon are going to seriously jeopardize my collection. A few less Somallian cab drivers that won't transport my booty to the home wouldn't make me cry either.
Doug, having known you for many years I know that you have had your share of encounters with the famous, tell us about some of those….
Close calls: Lets see, my son, daughter and wife went up to Duluth in 1999 for a return to the Midwest by Commander Cody (AKA George Frayne). You see we had met George a long-time ago in a bar in Duluth when he did a lecture on the music business, we took him out drinking and shooting pool, then we caught up again in the 1980's at Big Sky Montana, where again some pool was hustled after a end of the ski season concert. It had been about 10 years since we saw the old Commander, and let's face it, there wasn't much about the 70's and 80's he remembered. But we got up to speed sitting at the bar in Duluth with my son, the Commander and a few of his college buddies. The Commander has since been reunited with the "Lost Planet Airmen" at the Fitzgerald, where he played for "prairie Home Companion" and we were invited by George, Billy C. and John Tichy back stage to meet all the Airmen, including Andy Stein, (who now plays fiddle for Garrison on Prairie Home Companion) yeah he made the cut to make it to the film version. George has also reappeared a couple times at Famous Dave's in uptown. If you get a chance he is a must see. He remembers more these days since he has cut back on the Booze and drugs since his best friend and bandmate Nicolette Larson died. Nicolette was an artist Jimmy Buffet was also inspired by.
JJW: We have been Jerry Jeff fans since college. 1970 something or other. We were screaming "Pissin in the Wind" back when the old band included Gary P Nunn, and the regular sit-in by Guy Clark. Bob Livingston has always been there through the good, the bad and the indifferent with JJW. He has always been the most friendly, outgoing guy I ever met. He has been trying to get us down to the Birthday Bash for years. We finally made the trek this last year. After hundreds of JJW concerts, we had never been to Austin to see him with a close group of regulars. What a joy! It was a rough night at the acoustic show, (he got a little pissed off at people that kept screaming for their one favorite song) Some people just can't shut-up and let the artist tell his story. But he sure made up for it at the Greunee Hall show. What a blast, it was just like the album he did there live. Anyway after the show we are sitting around the bar at the Driskoll in Austin, playing "Apples to Apples" of all games. When someone pulls the card Waco, well I got the match when the word "unorthodox" was matched with Waco. Next thing you know, we got Django Walker, Susan Walker and Django's girlfriend (from Waco by the way) involved. Jerry wasn't around that night. Well my wife got a chance to tell Susan our son was getting married in June and how much she liked the song Jerry did for his daughter's wedding "On your Wedding Day" About three weeks later in a special envelope to our Son arrived a recorded copy of this unreleased song as a wedding gift from Susan and Jerry. It was a hit at their wedding also. We have since had close encounters and friendships brew with Dennis Conner (of America Cup fame) who we met in Mexico during a race, Wyland (who our son helped with the paint job on the whaling wall at the Minnesota Zoo), Dennis Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) and Jeff Mackay (I remember him as "Corky" from "tales from the Gold Monkey") but most people remember him as Mac from Magnum PI, or From BaBa Black Sheep or his newer roll on NCSI. Anyway, another great acquaintance and people I'm glad we have had a chance meeting and got to know.
”It's a small world out their kiddies, drink your rum, make new friends and sail away “! - Doug Hendrix
Oct 27, 6th Voyage
submitted by Patrick
cbjngl@msn.com
AHOY
MATES
Well an awful lot has happened since our last voyage. “The Weather” is
finally here, and Jimmy has scored his second #1 Country album. We went
to the experts in our Phlock to get some reaction and included it here.
Thanks to our panel of reviewers. Jimmy also had a very interesting
vacation in France that had nothing to do with wine. Our resident
Pirate expert Doug Hendrix returns with another tale, and we unwrap a
gift from Jeff Anderson on page 3. So We’d better get this ship headed
south right now - Capt. Patrick
“Who cares if there’s no rapture when there’s native girls to capture”
-
Jimmy’ French Connection The New York Post reports that Jimmy Buffett was caught in
France
with more than 100 tablets of ecstasy. French authorities reportedly
seized more than 100 tabs of club drug "ecstasy" from Jimmy Buffett's
luggage. The Grammy-winning singer got into trouble when he flew into
Toulon-Hyères International Airport in the South of France on a rented
private jet and customs officials started poking around in his
suitcases. Buffett, who was on his way to chill out in the ritzy resort
town of St. Tropez, was detained, but not arrested, and allowed to go
free after paying a fine of 300 euros - about $380. A spokeswoman
for Buffett denied he'd had any ecstasy in the luggage. The rep
insisted, "It was medicine prescribed by his doctor." But
she wouldn't name the medicine or what ailment Buffett was using it for.
She also refused to comment on why, if the substance was legally
prescribed, Buffett agreed to pay the fine. -
That’s His Story and He’s Sticking To It What happened? A message from Jimmy Buffett POSTED OCTOBER 6, 2006 I have tried over the years, to live below the radar when it comes to the "celebrity" thing. I see what I do as just a job, a really fun job that has opened the world, its people and places. However, I seem to still have a way of causing commotion now and then. In Toulon, we arrived at the private terminal to leave and were moving through security, when my captain informed me that we were being ramp checked by French customs and some plainclothes guys. This is nothing new but what was strange was that the search was being conducted as we were leaving - not as we were arriving. No big deal - I thought. I found my bag and opened it up and they went right for a little pouch which contained my prescription medicines which was sitting on top of my clothes, not the most secretive part of my bag. I don't know about you, but at a few months away from turning sixty, I carry a few prescriptions, including a B vitamin supplement, called Foltx.Well, that's the one that deflated the party balloon for when they examined them you could see a heart on the pill. "Ecstasy," they said. I have never taken it and couldn't tell you the difference between a hit of ecstasy and Excedrin PM. My vices these days consist of boat drinks, beer, wine and the occasional hot fudge sundae. use Foltx any more. (continued) I knew Foltx was a vitamin supplement not a love drug. I paid the fine, gathered my bags and my friends and as soon as they opened that door, I walked, rather rapidly towards my plane and flew out. In Toulon, the stern faced authorities couldn't take the truth as the simple answer to a few simple questions, trying to turn vitamins into ecstasy. In these days and times, the truth sadly gets lost in the gossip at an alarming rate. In the end, I will just chalk it up as being something that will happen if you have an adventurous soul and live a nomad life. I will, as my old hero Mark Twain put it, be "lighting out into the territory". The great old humorist Lord Richard Buckley used to say in one of his routines that humor is the absence of terror and that terror is the absence of humor. It seems there are too many people in the world intent on building fences, not bridges between cultures and fueling misinformation with heightened suspicions and senseless interrogations. I never was, nor do I ever intend to answer to or become one of those people. I will take my cue from Lord Buckley and keep on singing and laughing. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
- Jimmy Buffett
Over the Atlantic and on the way home -
HE WENT TO TOULON anonymous
He went to Toulon lookin to pass through, But the authorities bothered him so
He was just leavin’, or he just thought so. Monsieur, we must search through your clothes
But the custom man sees it, The heart shaped Foltx
Now he’s gonna have to pay
The prescriptions and pills, Created a thrill
And four or five hours slipped away
He said vitamin, they said ecstasy, But his only vice is fudge sundaes
He had a fine life, he would pay the fine, And gladly be on his way
And all of the answers and all of the questions, Didn’t make the truth so plain
cause he liked his job, which open the world, And $300 slipped away
Well the French took his swag, he took his bags, And left Toulon and didn’t look back
He thought of bridges and fences, and senseless suspicions, And all he could do was just laugh. -
A Foltx a Day Maybe if we’re lucky, there’s a decent new song waiting to be written somewhere in the midst of all this nonsense. Just in case you wondered what Foltx is and looks like – here it is. Capt. Patrick
FOLTX®
tablets are
indicated for the distinct nutritional requirements of
individuals under a physician's treatment for hyperhomocysteinemia; with
particular emphasis for individuals with or at risk for atherosclerotic
vascular disease in the coronary, peripheral, or cerebral
vessels, or vitamin B12 deficiency. 
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Jimmy Now A Hall Of Famer Jimmy Buffett was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on Sunday night during a ceremony at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Sunday night, duo Big & Rich joined Marshall Chapman, Buzz Cason and Don Light in honoring Buffett. Buffett got up after the speech and musical tribute, by which time Light, his old friend and agent, had already put his honor into perspective: "This is not the last Hall of Fame into which he will be inducted, but I think it's really appropriate that it's the first." For his part, Buffett offered good humor along with appreciation. After Big & Rich sang "Margaritaville," Buffett joked, "Hugh Prestwood gets Trisha Yearwood and I get these clowns." Later Buffett said, "I never got in it to become big and rich, but, what the . . . , it happened."
October 28
MGM GRAND
Las Vegas, NV
November 14-
Sound Advice Amphitheater
- West Palm Beach, FL
November 16 -
Ford Amphitheater
- Tampa, FL
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Welcome to a New, And Very Minnesota - HAPPY SHARK! A Very Special THANK YOU To
Our
Very Own Jeff Anderson.Most
of you may not know that Jeff is a very talented cartoonist who
moonlights down on the cube farm. Jeff’s work has been featured in
many newspapers including the Star-Tribune, The Business Journal.,
and currently appears in The Lakeshore Weekly News. Jeff has also
won several Awards from The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists for editorial cartooning. Thanks to Jeff’s
talent and generosity, we are very pleased to unveil this new
addition to our club artwork! We hope to have new merchandise
available in the Mini Mart, at the Holiday Phlocking, featuring the
new design. Thanks very much Jeff for giving “Phins Up” a new
meaning and a uniquely St MinneSomePlace identity. -
Cocktails At SunUp Our featured cocktail this month pays tribute to Jimmy’s recent vacation to St Tropez, and his visit with the French Authorities. It’s an interesting, and appropriately named cocktail. Being a RUM fan myself I may have to give it a try!
1/2 oz Orange Curacao liqueur
1 oz dark rum
Champagne
Pour orange curacao into a champagne flute, add dark rum, and fill with champagne (preferably brut)
Have a favorite drink recipe you’d like to share with the crew? Send it to us at cbjngl@msn.com and we’ll feature it on one of our voyages.