Parrothead Lesson 1 – Early Life & Intro to The Tropics

[B.I.G. DAWG]

enjoyed...looking forward to lesson 2. Oh also I think reading a Pirate looks at 50 is a good source as well....maybe graduate level after your lessons.. I have read that book more than once.

[Bicycle Bill]

MrTwain, you bring up an interesting point though in terms of which ship name it is or isn't and who said what and here is why I say that: There was recently a thread here about, ah I forget the details of who it was, some work being done on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay for some development (that involved cutting down cypress trees and allowing sediment to runoff into the bay) and supposedly the ship being found and the shape it was in, 4 masts instead of 5, which made it a schooner, not a barkentine and blah blah blah. And in that thread is discussion of the name of the ship and on and on.

Although I do not recall exactly the context of it, someone here on the third page (guessing) got a bit p*** at the person who was supposedly working the site and 'sharing' information and, well, hell, just Google it. It's pretty funny.

At least we do know one thing - it's one of those names. What was the boat Jimmy flew over for the thing in Pensacola or wherever? Is that even relative to this ship? Perhaps some tweaking of the facts on someone's part for the sake of a good story? Ha ha. I don't know. But I have my suspicions.

Not that that really means or changes anything. Unless I'm just not remembering correctly.

Which is possible.

Say it isn't so!!!   An author playing fast-and-loose with the truth for the benefit of a story???  
Good Lord, who can you trust these days?  

Here's a link to the thread you were talking about — Chicamauga in False Echoes.
And for whatever it's worth, your memory is still pretty good.

-"BB"-

[KruzinParrots]

This is a neat thread. Glad your posting it. Can't wait for the next lesson.




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Let The Fin Begin!!

[spadilly]

have we had lesson 2 yet?

[ParrotHeadInThe Making]

I love the first 2 lessons! Keep them coming. I wish these lessons would have been around 3 years ago when this ParrotHead ride started for me.