Magellan palm link

[paulgila]

i have been reading about the portuguese explorer Magellan.he was hacked to bits in 1521 or thereabouts on the island of mactan in the phillipines, but accompanying him on his journey to circumnavigate the globe was someone whose name may sound familiar: Antonio Pigafetta. Pigafetta took a poison arrow to the forehead in the same battle but managed to survive. he stayed on board ship the next day when 30 of Magellans crew went to feast with some fillipino "allies" & were all slaughtered.

think about that the next time yer invited to a party.

[FRITO]

roasted wild boar?

[paulgila]

roasted wild boar?

that was the menu initially but then it changed to "spanish & portuguese sailor fajitas."

[Frank in Vero]

roasted wild boar?

that was the menu initially but then it changed to "spanish & portuguese sailor fajitas."

[John in Andalucia]

i have been reading about the portuguese explorer Magellan.he was hacked to bits in 1521 or thereabouts on the island of mactan in the phillipines, but accompanying him on his journey to circumnavigate the globe was someone whose name may sound familiar: Antonio Pigafetta. Pigafetta took a poison arrow to the forehead in the same battle but managed to survive. he stayed on board ship the next day when 30 of Magellans crew went to feast with some fillipino "allies" & were all slaughtered.

think about that the next time yer invited to a party.

That would be quite the chat-up line, Paul! Remember to offer your young filly the cherry off the stick, before you demonstrate how Pigafetta was struck between the eyes!

[www.dadluvsu.com]

think about that the next time yer invited to a party.

Gettin' nervous of Ken's place?!

Mmmmm, fajitas!

[MattyB]

So when Ken said he's defrosting a pork shoulder, he really meant that he's sharpening his machette to cut off Paul's shoulder? By the way Paul, where's the pics? Isn't it illegal to start a thread without pics? Dick Douglas is excluded, because he's grandfathered in.

[paulgila]

So when Ken said he's defrosting a pork shoulder, he really meant that he's sharpening his machette to cut off Paul's shoulder? By the way Paul, where's the pics? Isn't it illegal to start a thread without pics? Dick Douglas is excluded, because he's grandfathered in.

its always the first explorers who get chopped up & served as sashimi. we are pretty much the 1st californians to head back east so i was getting a bit nervous,i do admit.

& matt isnt it illegal to play guitar with yer wang at a party? now we're even.

[MattyB]

Apparently it is, according to my wife and 75 other Halloween party guests. I thought it was a great solo.

[paulgila]

its better if any appendage you use has a reach of MORE than 1 fret on the guitar.

one of those little ones at the top of the neck.

by the pickups.

little,little tiny frets.

[amazon exotics]

You Cali guys are outta control!! Maybe we should worry about you guys coming here. Matty, that whole guitar thing scares the crap outta me! BEWARE...to whoever is putting these guys up for their stay!

[paulgila]

whaddya mean "maybe"?

[paulgila]

so anyways,it struck me as ironic that Magellan met a similiar fate as Cook,who perished at the hands of some pissed-off hawaiians.

[MattyB]

Gives Poke a whole new meaning. I'm not even sure what that means.

[Ken Johnson]

As in Poke Weed? I saw that in Alabama. They eat the stuff. None of that here but we do eat live animals at the Japanese joint. Yum

[Gileno Machado]

According to my history books, Pigafetta was an Italian young wealthy adventurer from Vicenza who happened to be in Sevilla with the Pope's embassador when Magellan (Magalhães as we say in portuguese) was assembling the expedition comissioned by the crown of Spain and then he offered to pay for joining the trip, latter accepted. He's had some studies in astronomy, cartography and general sciences and kept notes of the journey, later published in Italy and France (now available in Italian in the web) which included several new animal and plants descriptions.

What a journey it might have been...They first stopped in the Canaries and might have crossed Sirinhaém horizon late november 1519 and then stayed for Christmas in Rio before taking the long route south. When they reached the southern part of Argentina, Magellan decided to hybernate the expedition for 5 months, in hope the strait's oceanic flow from Antartica would slow down and they could face a better climatic condition in order to explore and try to cross, by intuition. Their next stop was for a brief period in Guam, late in the following year. Pigafetta described the fatal encounter the expedition had later in Cebu...lucky guy managed to escape Magalhães destiny by chance (he sure deserves the spiny palm to be named after him ). He arrived back in Spain among the only 18 surviving sailors (out of original crew of 256) in 1522 with Elcano.

Pigafetta filaris:

[palmcurry]

You Cali guys are outta control!! Maybe we should worry about you guys coming here. Matty, that whole guitar thing scares the crap outta me! BEWARE...to whoever is putting these guys up for their stay!

Californians do not know shame. Be afraid. Be very afraid!

[BS Man about Palms]

. we are pretty much the 1st californians to head back east so i was getting a bit nervous,i do admit.

Pretty much means "except for BS Man"......

Go!

Be off with you!!