You have plenty of 'ammunition' there, Rob. Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day, so here is:
You have plenty of 'ammunition' there, Rob. Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day, so here is:
With something to wash it down.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
That is a fearsome looking pirate, Rob! Here is a drink for the crew.
I really just posted that one for Simon.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Here is another one.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to avoid this lady.
And this one Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
My best ale for the day, however, is.......
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
If you do not like something, give it the 'Deep Six'.
Here is another deep one.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
There are small craft about.
I am trying to compile a list of the drinks we have mentioned so far to avoid duplications but as you can imagine it is a big task.
I know, and my memory is not as good as it was Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Something for your purser's quills, perhaps.
The ink in my Purser's quills would freeze here at the moment Dave.
Bligh.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Let us hope that we do not experience a
In that case Dave,we may need to resort to drinking.....
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Yes, we had better heed the
At least you have sun there Dave.
Still pretty cold here.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
What we need is better weather and then we can have a
That may help ward off the......
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
The subject of this drink might start a different kind of fever.
No doubt it will when I can find an ale to match it Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
It did Dave.
Bligh.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
This is not dog food but an ale named after the raw meat scraps used as shark bait.
I am afraid that has rung a bell with this chap however Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
This creation of the Naufrageur brewery in Quebec is an Annedd'ale, a new style of beer of Quebec tradition. It contains balsam fir, Annedda in Iroquois, "the tree of life" which saved Jacques Cartier's sailors from scurvy in 1536. Brewed with a yeast from the vaults of the Islet of the Palaces of Quebec, where Jean Talon created The first brewery in Quebec, it bears the name of the boat which, at the request of the intendant, brought 82 'daughters of the king' to Quebec in 1665.
The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi; filles du roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by Louis XIV. The program was designed to boost Canada's population both by encouraging male immigrants to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. While women and girls certainly immigrated to New France both before and after this time period, they were not considered to be filles du roi, as the term refers to women and girls who were actively recruited by the government and whose travel to the colony was paid for by the king. They were also occasionally known as the King's Wards, where "wards" meant those under the guardianship of another. [From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Daughters ]
Now that is an interesting bit of trivia Dave.
It just goes to prove that however much you think you know your history, there is always something else to learn.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Here are a few more filles to be going on with.
Or should that be fillets? Something distinctly fishy about this.
Bligh.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
From the same brewery La Penelope ( Actually H.M.S. Penelope).
The Penelope shipwreck: The frigate H.M.S. Penelope left the English port of Spithead in April 1815. She was loaded with soldiers and returned to Canada as a result of the war with Napoleon. On the morning of May 1, the frigate struck rocks on the Gaspé coast. Despite the efforts of the crew and the cannon shots fired to attract the attention of local residents, the frigate sank, carrying with it a large part of its men. Two hundred sailors and soldiers thus died. Subsequently, the nearby village was named : Pointe-à-la-Frégate. Nowadays, some people claim that at low tide, they can still see the Penelope's guns lying at the bottom of the water.
Yet another bit of history immortalized by a brewery.
Nice one Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
All I can find today is this.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
That is fine, Rob.
Another Canadian beer with a history behind its name.
THE GHOST OF THE LÉONNE
Leon Roussy began a successful career as a buccaneer in the 1750s. Returning from the West Indies, he fled to New France with a brother-in-law's ship and his rich cargo of 290,000 pounds, in coin. He then prospered as a merchant on the St. Lawrence River before persuing the English ships, which had become too hostile in the region. Captured by one of them, he succeeded in seizing the boat and fled to the Baie des Chaleurs. From then on, he was seen to sail only by night or on very misty days. He continued to engage in piracy on his elusive boat, the Léonne, which quickly became an object of legend in the region.
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Here is one to partner that Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Continuing our presentation of events from French Canadian history, we have
La Courlieu is named in honor of one of the boats with which Jacques Cartier explored New France. Baie des Chaleurs is the first place where Cartier made contact with Amerindian peoples, in this case the Micmac nation. A few days after this meeting, Cartier landed in Gaspé and took possession of the territory in the name of the King of France.
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I shall continue with........
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
If the Micmac people were treated badly, they were quite capable of defending themselves.
THE CORTE-REAL BROTHERS
In 1501, the Portuguese explorer Gaspar Corte-Real sailed across the Baie-des-Chaleurs and met the Micmacs. As he had done a year earlier with the Beothuk of Newfoundland, he tried to capture some of them and take them back as slaves to the court of Portugal. This enterprise went wrong and Gaspar took refuge on the island of Herons, where the Micmacs killed his crew and left them attached to a stone that the tide slowly submerged. The following year, his brother Miguel went looking for him. This time, the Micmacs recognized the Portuguese boat and colours, and attacked the ship of the second Corte-Real. Fierce fighting raged on the boat, which caught fire. Everyone perished and the boat drifted in the bay in the grip of the flames that made his legend.
Well you really could not send out a better signal to say Don't mess with us!
Guess that is why the French and not the Portuguese colonized Canada.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
My daily ration is....
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Another sad story.
H.M.C.S. RACCOON
On the night of 6 to 7 September 1942, a German submarine (the U-165) attacked convoy QS-33 of the Royal Canadian Navy, escorted by three armed ships, including H.M.C.S. Raccoon, a former US pleasure yacht converted into a warship. Four ships were sunk. The Raccoon set off in pursuit the U-boat and disappeared into the thick fog of that Summer night. Later, survivors of the convoy heard loud explosions and the Raccoon was never seen again. Only a few pieces of wreckage and the body of one sailor were ever found.
That certainly was sad Dave.
I'll see if I can find something a bit more cheerful for today.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
No couldn't do that!
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
The sequel to yesterday's story:
About this beer the brewery wrote,"
THE U-165
If this beer bears the name of a German submarine of the Second World War, it is not with the intention of glorifying the Nazis, but rather that of telling the story of a Gaspé shipwreck. Submarine U-165, actively involved in the Battle of the St. Lawrence, was sunk by a Czech airplane in the Bay of Biscay on September 27, 1942. This episode occurred 21 days after the U-165 sank H.M.C.S. Raccoon of the Royal Canadian Navy in the St. Lawrence River. The two ships are forever linked in history, as are two Penny beer and the Raccoon: the first can only be brewed after the second, from which it derives its sugar and tastes."
Again a beer with a story line.
Thanks Dave.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
My ale for today is.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
If you want an actual drink here is a red peppery ale.
This is not a drink but a micro-brewery, however I liked the logo.
I agree. A fine sign for a purveyor of the golden nectar.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Bligh.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Here is another piece of Canda's maritime history remembered by a beer.
THE COLBORNE'S SHIPPING
The Colborne, a 350-ton sailing vessel of the English navy, crossed the Atlantic in 1838. On board, in addition to some wealthy Englishmen, it carried 40 boxes of gold for the payment of English soldiers in Canada. On October 15, a stormy night, the ship crashed into reefs off Gascon-Newport. Only six sailors and five cases of gold survived the sinking...
What really happened that night? No one can be sure. Nevertheless, it is still possible today to admire the luxurious Victorian houses built by the survivors of the shipwreck in Port-Daniel and people still wonder what happened to the rest of the English gold.
Could it possibly have been....
Wreckers?
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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