Pirates!

[Heedless Horseman]

H with it ! Let's be Pirates!
Damn good intro... even if you don't like Pirates... and a pretty good TV series. 'Black Sails'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0

[fsn]

Pirates 1940

Pirates 1950

Pirates 1995

Pirates 2003

Pirates 2023?

[d_Guy]

This is a thread I can get behind.
Thanks for all the vids.

[Raider4]

Pirate films are odd things.

Cutthroat Island is terrible, despite the presence of Geena Davis. All of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels are terrible. There's an early 80's one with lots of Python influences called Yellowbeard which is terrible.

The original PotC is the only recent one I can think of that's even remotely watchable.

[steve_holmes_11]

Pirates eh!

I've re-purposed Pendraken's PRT2 Pirates / Slave Revolters as VoC (Dutch East India Company) below decks types.
Useful support for the frontline officers, enlisted soldiers and ships gunners.

My Frostgrave band is led by Cap'n Horatio Broadsides (Right, with bodyguard).


Currently in Bridge Miniatures range.

[T13A]

Hi

Pirates Traning Day:

Cheers Paul

[Ithoriel]

I actually used that clip as the intro to an IT training day when I worked in libraries

[Heedless Horseman]

'Pirates' in school. LONG time ago, but remember Gym set up for 'Pirates!' Wall bars set out, Beams, Horses, etc. I was not strong enough for ropes. There was a post on, think Facebook... and many hated it. It was MY favourite PE!

[Heedless Horseman]

LOL. PE sometimes was 'Murderball'! Another fave! 'Played' with V heavy Medecine ball. Don't really remember much. One of those 'games' akin to Colditz Stoolball or Rollerball without skates! Great Fun!
I Hated normal PE!

[Gwydion]

Pirates! half term and end of term treat, I'd forgotten about that.
You're right  - best PE lessons...apart from maybe...
British Bulldog.
Insane and so liberating. Great practice for rugby.
As was murderball, but a massive rolling maul got boring after a while, too much wrestling not enough 'kinetic' action!
Worst PE - circuit training for Sevens. Frequent throwing up after third circuit.

[Ithoriel]

Only PE activity I enjoyed was fencing.

I remember vividly walking through the school gates on my last day thinking,"I never HAVE to do PE again!"

[FierceKitty]

You had fencing at school?! 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

We did - razor wire, to keep us in!

[fsn]

Only PE activity I enjoyed was fencing.

I was very lucky and had a maths teacher who was a keen fencer, so we did fencing. Our school was near a riding school, so we went riding, and over the road was a leisure centre - so we did table tennis, squash, badminton and very rarely ice skating.

We also had a teacher who was a high level hockey player, so we boys had a go at hockey. Our boys team played the girls who obviously had a different ethos and we came out with bruised shins and bruised egos.

Happy days.   

[Ithoriel]

I had the Scottish Ladies Junior Team coach teaching me fencing at school and the Men's Team coach at uni  but, alas, despite that combination of talent to assist, Errol Flynn I was not. Not in fencing terms or romantic ones!