US Brig Syren by Augie - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64

[realworkingsailor]

I think I found Sjors lurking at the fringes of my recent adventure claiming he had some brainwashed seal spying on me..... so I turned his seal into a double agent by tossing it a bucket of fish....

 

[augie]

Whew.....for a minute I thought that rogue transom he has drove him to don the clown suit and join the circus. 

[realworkingsailor]

Whew.....for a minute I thought that rogue transom he has drove him to don the clown suit and join the circus. 

 

 

Ahhh..... but we can only hope....

[texxn5]

Here, here!!   Ahoy Mates, we're on the right track here.  Those of us who love this log and the forum have spoken.  Welcome back to all, and just maybe Augie will have some pictures of progress.  We know that will make you know who happy as well as those of us that do love a good ship build.  Our banter shall continue, and one of the reads I read earlier, actually inspired another builder to take his Conny off the shelf where it's been for the last 3 years and maybe get started constructing her.  Good for him and welcome aboard.  By the way lads......where is Augie?????

[DSiemens]

<soapbox mode on>

Just a quick input from a somewhat "rogue" moderator...    

 

<kicks soapbox back into the corner> <opens smiley_bartender.gif>

 

You..a rogue?...Naaaahhh    Oh yea and make mine a root beer, light on the sweet and heavy on the bite.  

Like I said.......it's a family.

 

Complete with Black Sheep and those we hide in the closet (where IS Sjors).

 

 

Some how this comment gave me a strange image of Sjors dawning the clown suit popping out of a closet in the corner of the forum and shouting, "Supplies!!"

[gjdale]

Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my AUD 0.02!

 

I too really enjoy the banter and friendly leg pulling that goes on within these logs. Real friendships seem to develop in this way, even with those we've never met or even spoken too.  To share a sense of humour as well as a common interest, and a genuine care for our fellow modellers, is what makes this forum quite special.  Let's not lose that.

Edited June 14, 2013 by gjdale

[Sjors]

Yes, I'm out of the closet!

Or is that meaning something else….then I stay in the closet!

And for those who is not knowing this….I have to work for a living! 

I have Wifi in my bus , but no computer…….

So sometimes it take a while before I'm responding at an post.

And there is also problems with the internet at home.

And yes, we pay the bill!

And I have to train my seals to see is everybody building or working…..maybe sleeping?

 

Edited June 14, 2013 by Sjors

[mobbsie]

I love the community spirit on the forum, long lasting friendships are made from guys & gals we may never meet but just having them around makes the world a much nicer place to live in.

 

It lightens the dull days and fills us with a sense of belonging which cannot be said with many of the local communities we find ourselves living in.    

 

Keep on laughing, keep on building and Augie, we want pictures for you know who.   :D  

 

mobbsie

[Sjors]

Yes, where are those pictures!

I'm waiting………..

 

[popeye the sailor]

tin foil Sjors...........tin foil!.......or,  you may have to go on the roof and reorient the antenna!  LOL!

 

I read the posts earlier,  and decided to stay out of it.  I love to talk as much as anyone.......what else is there to do between pictures.  I too enjoy the company here.  when MSW went down.......I was truly lost........not being able to sit down and visit with you all,  was a real bummer.  this is the #1 site that I belong to........you folks and your builds are the greatest.

 

 

even stranger than that Daniel...........a clown doing a French ship........you would think that a mime would be doing one......but that would be a boring build log.......only pictures

Edited June 14, 2013 by popeye the sailor

[trippwj]

Thought I heard someone say pictures...guess it is PR only just as well.

 

Clowns training seals to use hi tech spy tools while disguised as whales...while the spiders do the rigging. Who'd a think?

 

Looks good, Augie - my shipyard flies are on layoff during the move if you need incentive pay for the spiders!

[realworkingsailor]

The MSW Menagerie continues to grow day by day... and it's also readily apparent that the inmates are running the asylum here....

 

And there's nothing wrong with that at all...

[augie]

Thanks for the offer, Wayne.  But the spiders are getting un-disciplined with the summer weather spending too much time outdoors on frivolous activities.  I may need to put them on bread and water.

 

I hope your move goes well.  I envy you moving back to Maine.  There is something strangely comforting about having the Atlantic in your front yard.  The very best of luck, get that workshop up and running and ........hurry back!!!!!!

[popeye the sailor]

don't spiders eat flies????   food for thought

[realworkingsailor]

Yeah.. ok... I spent some time browsing Far Side cartoons recently.....

[augie]

I miss those nifty animations.  Got a book around here someplace........

[realworkingsailor]

I'm with you there Augie, they where the best cartoons going for quite a long while. Often imitated, never duplicated.

[Trussben]

Got to agree - GARY Larson was a genius! Far side is still the best cartoons I think, I have a few of the books and they ALWAYS make me

laugh.

 

ben

 

edited by trussben so as not to look quite so stupid!!    

Edited June 14, 2013 by Trussben

[realworkingsailor]

**nudges Ben**

 

<whispered tone> ahem.... Gary, Gary Larson...

 

  

[popeye the sailor]

I have a few myself.....snipped them from our local newspaper

[lb0190]

Augie,

 

I have not posted much for a while but when time permitted I would quickly check in on your build. Your build certainly does inspire.

[Jim Lad]

Andy,

 

That's one of my favourite Far Side cartoons (yep, we've even heard of Gary Larson down here in Oz!)

 

John

[realworkingsailor]

I think it's safe to say that as far as the English speaking world goes, you'd have to have been living under a rock not to have heard of the genius of Gary Larson

[themadchemist]

This was always my favorite one.

 

[fnkershner]

Keith - is this another example of "Their is always a good woman behind the man"?

[trippwj]

For some reason I am unable to fathom, my sons have always found this one quite entertaining....

 

Edited June 15, 2013 by trippwj

[lb0190]

I used to always have a Far Side yearly calendar on my desk at work. It helped make an insane day bearable (no pun intended)     Here is my favorite:

[realworkingsailor]

I have a copy of "The pre-history of The Far Side" and some of the stuff in there was just utterly insanely funny. A must have for any Far Side aficionado.

[popeye the sailor]

then you might have this one andy.   my best friend mike and I,  have been friends since childhood.  in 1969,  they moved away to Florida, to be with thier grand parents {mother's side}.  we continued to write,  becoming pen pals....so to speak.  some time in the early 70's,  he saw this in their local newspaper,  and sent it to me.......I keep it in my personal photo album.  in 1974,  I moved down there,  after graduating from high school........the whole family came up to N.H. and he got to attend.......even the cool party afterwards    I'd tell you more......but it's not fit for the open feed 

 

[Jim Lad]

I have 'The pre-history of the far side', Andy.  I love some of the unpublished stuff in there!

 

John