Flibbertigibbet

[Falkirion]

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

[SteamWake]

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

[peabody]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

UFO (unidentified floating object) but that is a good question, what is it?

Peabody

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Wuth the heck is that bright green dot in the map screen

That is the mouse cursor modfied with Webster's Better mouse Cursor mod on my screen with a resolution of ...well..heck...I forget it has been so long since I reset it....but is just a tad lower than my monoitor's 1600 x 1050 native resolution....in other words pretty high.

[Seminole]

Tie a broom to the periscope as we sail into Bisbane. Got the last turkey this morning for a clean sweep. One of my gaming goals accomplished. Hardly worth the effort though...a 2 000 tonner zigzagging like mad. Not to mention the less than happy escorts who managed to put a few dents in my boat and wound 2 of my crewmen. It was a close thing at that. You can just barely make out my boat position marker dead ahead of that on rushing escort. I'm diving like mad..still at only 100 feet......turning hard port...and praying...

Notice too, that the idiot soundman is focusing on a merchant just coming out of Rabual perhaps 5 or 6 miles away...not the current target or that pack of warships trying to rip us apart....



But alls well.....and heck maybe I can catch up with that new target when these bad boys loose my trail...

[jazman]

Originally Posted by Falkirion

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flibbertigibbet

I just read Walter Scott's Kenilworth, and there was a Wayland Smith and a Flibbertigibbet character. It's typical Scott to weave such things into his stories.

[Falkirion]

I knew I'd seen it somewhere, and now I know where. I read it in Prisoner of Azkaban, cursed Harry Potter and its crazy stories of wizardy goodness.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by Falkirion

Now thats a brilliant bit of work. Flibbertigibbet...where do I know that from, I cant remember where I've heard that word before

I first heard it used in a conversation from a character (Mrs.Victor Henry) in Woulk's Winds of War TV miniseries a couple of decades ago. It was so intriguing I went and looked it up.