tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post6099917810209608401..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Pathetic Pirates: Painful Agonizing FailurePaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-74401963646749371212010-04-08T07:59:52.207-08:002010-04-08T07:59:52.207-08:00Ahoy, Undine! Maybe the happy ending is his gener...Ahoy, Undine! Maybe the happy ending is his general fame. Everyone know the name "Captain Kidd". Many people don't know the tragic story, however, so that's something. I guess.<br /><br />But, come to think of it, the whole thing has tragic opera written all over it too...Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-19969277092855800692010-04-08T04:34:34.250-08:002010-04-08T04:34:34.250-08:00Good grief, what a story. I'll have to keep p...Good grief, what a story. I'll have to keep poor Mr. Kidd in mind the next time I think <i>I'm</i> having a bad day.<br /><br />If only there was some way to tack on a happy ending, it would all sound like something out of "The Pirates of Penzance," wouldn't it?Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-84204477381056184312010-04-07T19:15:23.532-08:002010-04-07T19:15:23.532-08:00Ahoy, Ozarklorian! I knew about the Robert Living...Ahoy, Ozarklorian! I knew about the Robert Livingston who was Edward's older brother and one of the negotiators of the much misunderstood Treaty of Ghent, but not their ancestor. Good stuff; thanks!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-92058051631685127302010-04-07T19:03:22.661-08:002010-04-07T19:03:22.661-08:00One interesting aside is that Capt. Kidd's New...One interesting aside is that Capt. Kidd's New York business partner, Robert Livingston, was a direct ancestor of the Laffite's attorney, Edward Livingston.Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-15372351458606223272010-04-07T16:52:59.674-08:002010-04-07T16:52:59.674-08:00Ahoy, Timmy! Even in the modern era the irony is ...Ahoy, Timmy! Even in the modern era the irony is compounded because people generally think of a classic, Golden Age rover when you say the guy's name. No such thing at all. <br /><br />And think of the looks poor Mrs. Kidd must have gotten and Trinity Church every Sunday.<br /><br />It's a bummer all around.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-17679408943459182212010-04-07T15:52:08.807-08:002010-04-07T15:52:08.807-08:00Ahoy, Pauline! Wow, talk about an "epic fail&...Ahoy, Pauline! Wow, talk about an "epic fail"... Not only was Kidd "Indecisive, incapable in command and easily duped" he was obviously a terrible negotiator as well: "no percentage stipulated specifically for himself or his crew"... What a marroon. But then he compounds his mistakes over and over again. I have to say that William Kidd is arguably the most pathetic of all the "Pathetic Pirates" you have written about, so far at least, Pirate Queen.Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com