Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

camera - check!
costume - check!
sparks - check!

im ready to go.

oh, and bad news.
looks like WaitUpForMe isn't going to make it.
I'mma need another MUMM-RAA!!!! member
anyone? :)

All I got is a cape and a dream. A dream of pirate domination! Im in.

rattle rattle rattle

rattle rattle rattle

you getting ready to tag for the pirates?

There were Pirates out in the town tonight! And a likely-looking band of cutthroats they was, too.

Was good to run into you all tonight. Costumes and everything. Definitely want to hook up with one of your rides later on.

Let the scuppers run with blood!

There were Pirates out in the town tonight! And a likely-looking band of cutthroats they was, too.

Was good to run into you all tonight. Costumes and everything. Definitely want to hook up with one of your rides later on.

Let the scuppers run with blood!

Is this that guy! Damn, I was hoping he knew of the pirates due to our "street cred" rather than the forum.

ah, results. i'll leave it to Emily to announce the winners, but must share the favorites...
as in,
it's a halloween themed race. why do you think the answer was 'first ladies dj collective' instead of 'death by sexy'?
same with 'some lawyers office' instead of 'the national association of funeral directors'. y'all are silly.
oh, and if you're going to 'research' instead of riding for answers, be smart. there is no Hilton hotel in Georgetown.

thanks to tink and rincewind for bringing us booze in the cold.
great thanks to warehouse for hosting us miscreants.
and for people who didn't come, you suck.
and, for posterity, some photos, and the manifest:
right here (http://flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/tags/halloween/)

i work, i suck

i work, i suck

Thats right you do suck!

Thanks again Chimbly and Emily for planing a kick A** event!

and belatedly... tink's photos from the 10-21 pillage:
http://flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/tags/1021/

it's a halloween themed race. why do you think the answer was 'first ladies dj collective' instead of 'death by sexy'?


lady djs scare me though...

Thank you hostesses w/ mostesses! it was a really fun evening in spite of coming in DEAD last and our spoooooky and debilitating learning curve/sense of direction. (there is a hilton on wisconsin, I swear. uh, just not in georgetown.) Gooooo team! I feel like a winner because I didn't crash my "new" ride. :D

ps- i mentioned to some of you the story of the couple sitting at the bar. the original message has been taken down, but there's a response (proof!) here:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mis/106825266.html
basically, the ad was "You're Ian from the Make-Up. You looked at me on the street. I'm a plain clothes, non-hipster that's really into you. *insert semi-pornographic suggestive slurpy stuff*"
at the bar last night was Ian with...?
sorry, i'm such a freaking gossip. but i sometimes marvel at how small this town is.

ps- i mentioned to some of you the story of the couple sitting at the bar. the original message has been taken down, but there's a response (proof!) here:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mis/106825266.html
basically, the ad was "You're Ian from the Make-Up. You looked at me on the street. I'm a plain clothes, non-hipster that's really into you. *insert semi-pornographic suggestive slurpy stuff*"
at the bar last night was Ian with...?
sorry, i'm such a freaking gossip. but i sometimes marvel at how small this town is.

"hey baby, i really dig it that you respect my current work..."

too funny.

Well, he was once voted "Sassiest Boy in America" by Sassy magazine.

aw, i miss sassy. goddammmmn jane. that rag sucks.

and belatedly... tink's photos from the 10-21 pillage:
http://flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/tags/1021/

i think it goes without saying now that whenever there is a group photo, i have a pirate grin and am surrounded by happy-go-lucky or confused pirates.

Thanks everyone for a great ride last night. The crew from the "Kogge" of "Das Boot" had a lot of fun. Special thanks go to emilymildew and chimblysweep for planning and organization! :)

aw, i miss sassy. goddammmmn jane. that rag sucks.

I fully agree to both sentiments.

I'm glad you guys had fun. Thanks for the bike, Chimbley. Surly and I made it home to Rockville safely and my dining room is now crowded with bikes!

Standings:

1st place: Das Boat -- Sol, Laura, Christoph and Gil
(only sexy pirate ad was a big help, as was the pirate ship tandem bike)

I don't have the list of who was on what team in front of me here at work, but you guys all did really well.

And also:

PANDA! (http://www.sandiegozoo.org/news/panda_news.html) Make sure you go through the flash gallery of photos at the top. I recommend going in reverse order and having a helmet on, because your head will EXPLODE with CUTENESS.

San Diego Pandacam (http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_panda_station.html).

Baby pandas make me want to cry. Erik and I are going to steal one and make it our pet.

Anyway. That ruled, guys! Laura (my Laura) already has ideas of something to do in February, a similar sort of scavenger hunt thing.

Hey, anyone know what happened to my pumpkin? I certainly wasn't about the carry that thing home!

And I hope I got points for that beyotch!! It was heavy!! hehe

polo on Wednesday! pre-polo drinking at 7, practice starts at 7:30, games start when we have enough for teams: 14th & K


pandas rock!
oh and i refuse to ride in any valentines-themed race, so it better be cool laura! (emily,did you get her signed up on here yet?)

:) Pix (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46012176@N00/) :D

"hey baby, i really dig it that you respect my current work..."

too funny.

Well, he was once voted "Sassiest Boy in America" by Sassy magazine.

hold up... Is that the same dude who used to front Nation of Ulysses???? he was totally sassy! His freaking band used to open for a lot of acts at the old 9:30 and DC Space. He had a white belt before any of you.

Good times last night, my first pirate raid er ... ride. Don't remember everyone's name / screenname ... but enjoy!

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-Romel

sorry I missed. my lack of costume and overall lameness are to blame.

overall lameness
seconded.

Nice meeting you all tonight. Always good to put a face to an avatar...is that what we determined they are called? Anywho, here are some pics. I used up all my free flickr space with these.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24832813@N00/

And one extra that wouldn't fit in my flickr.

http://tinypic.com/f1i3oz.jpg

P.S. If any of you know how/where i can learn to resize pics from a 5mp camera easier...help me!

MDRawk: what do you use to upload to Flickr? You should be able to specify a maximum size, like even if it's a 1280xwhatever pictures, you can say that the biggest size the upload should be is 600x800. Make sense?

Also, Tink, look how cute we are in that picture. Ha! These are great, guys.

Excellent ride everybody. Once again,another big up to the ladies for a very creative trip sheet. Really well done. :)

Poopn': next time you should ride gears. Then maybe I won't lap you so many times. :p ;)

Let's hear it for the Warehouse...and for Borders. :rolleyes:

So,did I hear polo next Wed?

Tink, look how cute we are in that picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/TinkTank/two.jpg

what can I say,,
It takes a special kind of guy to go through what I did.
I mean look at that costume!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/TinkTank/56571087_5a07ffa0ca.jpg

Some call it crazy,
I call it
love

GO TEAM MUMM-RAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah, that photo would be cute... if the "2,000 DEAD" on the table didn't make me feel guilty for having fun at all in the first place.

ps- Tink, i really want a cookie.

yeah, that photo would be cute... if the "2,000 DEAD" on the table didn't make me feel guilty for having fun at all in the first place.

yarr, what arrrrrr you talking about
ye photoshop gnome has done it job again
the cookies make it all better no?

:D

(edit.. and a little red-eye reduction never hurts either!!!)

looks like you're as busy as i am today.

Sorry, didn't have time to do a photoshop on the photos, just resize and uploads. I'll do better next time. (Damn, those are skills, the cookies looked authentic).

Btw, MDRawk, you can also use MSpaint to resize, (called stretch/skew). I used something out of Office2003 called Picture Manager or something. You can make a whole directory of photos get resized in about 2 minutes.

What is this polo thing of which I've heard rumors?

its all lies

Rince, we need to make more polo mallets. Shoulda asked u to bring the clubs since you had the whole ship last night :P

MDRAWK, how can we download the full size pictures? The one w Chimbly and LBK in the viking braids and horns is so ****ing adorable I must have it on my wall :D

MDRAWK, how can we download the full size pictures? The one w Chimbly and LBK in the viking braids and horns is so ****ing adorable I must have it on my wall :D

Send me your email, and i'll send the full size. I seemed to have cut the top of their heads off with my brilliant photo skills.

And chimbly, i was being facetious in the caption. Your bike really is the nicest bike ever...sorry for confusion.
~N

Hey gang,

That plundering was good stuff the other night. What's the plan for halloween? And when's the next polo game?

Hey, check it - I went and showed my singlespeed to W this afternoon...

jonny5/postal guy

Yes polo on wednesday 7drinking/7:30practice-play

jonny - congrats on running a fast marathon! that was really random... we only recognized you because of the tshirt in the picture above.

the pirates did indeed hone their skills last night... lbk, rincewind, and Sol all got their trackstands down, spud is well on his way, and spud's a great skidder! Rincewind kicks a*s at pickup, and we all learned that the ground is very, very hard.

what, you didn't know we were getting together last night? perhaps that's because you didn't look at the calendar, or because you're not yet a member of the email list. Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcpirates/

the pirates did indeed hone their skills last night... lbk, rincewind, and Sol all got their trackstands down, spud is well on his way, and spud's a great skidder! Rincewind kicks a*s at pickup, and we all learned that the ground is very, very hard.


dont forget boogerbike demonstrating the controlled, though unintentional, 0mph fall, that was very unexpected.

so... there was talk of justin79 and tink co-planning the next pillage, and that it would be between now and chicago.

was it just talk?
where you at, boyz?
you lettin' us down?

so... there was talk of justin79 and tink co-planning the next pillage, and that it would be between now and chicago.

was it just talk?
where you at, boyz?
you lettin' us down?

I am conferring with my partner in crime...

Alright, listen up there chimbles, you calm down.
justin and i are on it.
ave no fear luvf

*picks up cell phone*

way to get yourself on the boards, johnny.
and congrats on the marathon.


Hey gang,

That plundering was good stuff the other night. What's the plan for halloween? And when's the next polo game?

Hey, check it - I went and showed my singlespeed to W this afternoon...

jonny5/postal guy

what, you didn't know we were getting together last night? perhaps that's because you didn't look at the calendar, or because you're not yet a member of the email list. Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcpirates/

D'oh! Sorry I missed the ride. I keep forgetting about the Yahoo list. Mia culpa.

I'll be there for polo Wed.

D'oh! Sorry I missed the ride. I keep forgetting about the Yahoo list. Mia culpa.

I'll be there for polo Wed.

get some insurance cause youre gettin collided! :D

hey- did you guys see the chicago beer grab bag ride? that looks pretty durn cool. maybe we should...?

*nudge
*nudge

come on justin.....

*nudge
*nudge

come on justin.....

Alright, alright! Next Tuesday is the big Chicago warm-up ride: DC to MD and back again with bar stops along the way. 7 PM at 14th & K.

noice!

I wouldn't mind if there was another of sunday's sessions after we get back to dc.
maybe around the corner from warehouse?
Irish coffee anyone?

nice. don't forget to add it to the calendar (with a reminder, of course!!)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcpirates/cal