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diddlmania on Jul 13, 2007

Thanks Tobias for the set, hopefully the next month will come soon for new tokens. Then I want silver sets.. will post it in my blog.

Annilie on Jul 13, 2007

COOOL!

cartuning on Jul 15, 2007

I would recommend: start IB with the exclusive diamond set ;)

iqon on Jul 15, 2007

Shiver me timbers, cartuning not even be a pirate.

Get yer official pirate set, Amsterdam High Seas, from a REAL PIRATE

leave a whisper in a REAL PIRATE's box

mik on Jul 16, 2007

I don't think AHS is a good set to start with for newbies, because you need stamps to send it on to others. Once you have at least 30 stamps, then request AHS from someone who will continue to help you out.
Most of all, collect sets you want, but if you're going for points, I think you need to send AHS 3 times to break even, and that can take a while.

widged on Jul 16, 2007

I reckon, best is to wait to have a good number of stamps before acquiring AHS.... because giving it away costs a lot of stamps and you have to wait a few days to get them back if the person doesn't reject it straightaway.

You should acquire AHS when you are at about 100 stamps, if you don't want to be completely unable to trade, out of tokens for a month (if not VIP) and without a single stamp to use.

Because of the snipers around, best is to aim for posting your "who wants AHS ad" at a time you can spend 2-3 days being on the forum most of the time and be prepared to serve requests within 30 seconds.

Speaking english + a language other than english also helps. Time to learn a second language guys ;-).

Having it really helps climb up the points scale rapidly (got to 800 in 8 months, trading low; doubled this over the last 10 days thanks to AHS).

All that if you are in the points race. The set is very very nice, great value for the price. Essential attribute of a true pirate. And yes, you should acquire it from a true pirate only ;-). Using "whisper" works best.

iqon on Jul 16, 2007

ARRRRR, me be surround by land lubbers and sea pups. Ye be needin' the set a from a seasoned pirate. The AHS me send ye be specially prepared to raid the blogs. Avast, if'n ye learnts a second tongue, it best be pirate-speak.

get ye ready to raid set by leavin' a whisper in a REAL PIRATE's box

cartuning on Jul 16, 2007

- This blog is hijacked by The Pirates -
As a family father its not possible for me to come on board.
May you find your luck on the sea ;)

JBVisions on Jul 16, 2007

Nooo, get your AHS from me! Mine has "go faster stripes".

widged on Jul 16, 2007

Grandpa seems to take the rocking of his chair for the rocking of the boat ;-). I say a language deformed by too many cups of rhum is no proof enough or pirate valour. The number of seas you have crossed is what really counts. And I have crossed back and forth as far as the distance between Europe and New Zealand, with expeditions all around europe and in North Africa.

Go for a pirate who proved herself on the seas rather than in a rocking armchair ;-).

JBVisions on Jul 16, 2007

OK, lets sort this out once and for all. What you really need is to get the set from someone who knows what they're doing when delivering AHS.

I have made a number of such deliveries and I know how to handle them correctly so that they arrive with you in perfect condition. You are, after all, spending a lot of tokens and you'll want your purchase to be pristine.

Ask yourself, what would you prefer? An AHS expert or a wannabe deliverer? Would you let the mechanic up the road rewire your house just because he knows what a screwdiver looks like? I think not.

Spongefile on Jul 16, 2007

Yarr! I circumnavigated this 'ere globe on a boat ere I reached my 13th year! Truly! I challenge thee, widged, to a ocean-crossing duel! Engarde, swabbie! ;P

Oh, and, um. I've got AHS too. (Doesn't the acronym make it look like a disease..?)

FallenAngel on Jul 16, 2007

But of course you really need to get your High Seas from the true pirates, the seasoned Pirates with their officially bestowed Pirate names as detailed in the previous link. Only these Pirates can give you the true Pirate experience, being the mainsail of the Pirate movement and all that it stands for, and the promise of an icon set genuinely collected from all the corners of the seven seas.

PS: My AHS comes packaged with extra neon blue sparkly bits, which of course true geeks will tell you makes 'em worth their weight in gold.

Arrr! Get your AHS with genuine brine and seaweed from the locker of a genuine Pirate.

widged on Jul 16, 2007

That's all excellent points. Count the number of thanks or merci (french for Thanks) in good advice in my box.

It's evidence enough that our service doesn't stop at delivery. Sure, we may kind of have forced the AHS set in your hand... but we feel that we owe you guidance and helping hand in return.

Look at how blase users make fun of newcommers to-all-snowed-under-sufferers"..; and decide who you want. Somebody who has long forgotten what it was to be a newbie with few tokens each month or somebody who can understand the difficult choices you have to face each month.

louiemctool on Jul 16, 2007

or, if you like irony, ask a ninja. we'll deliver the set before you even know we've been there...

:)

widged on Jul 16, 2007

@spongefile. Name your place and time :-)

widged on Jul 16, 2007

@spongefile. Are you the one who commented in another person blog that she enjoyed Scotland (some comment about the monarch of the Glen)? I live in Scotland. Arrrr, this was another person, a jewelry artist like you

Et je vois une référence à un livre en français... francophone?

See... how flexible we are ;-).

widged on Jul 16, 2007

@louiemctoolon Thanks for popping in. We appreciate the irony indeed.

Pirates, we win by the numbers of members (see for yourself, how cool a clan it is). We should also win by the points. For this, we need *YOU* to acquire that diamond set and to try to get as many points as you can.

Iqon is the one with the last word on this, but I vote for sending to the plank pirates who don't have their AHS set yet within 6 months of membership.

louiemctool on Jul 16, 2007

:)

Spongefile on Jul 16, 2007

@widged: Non, je suis Finlandaise!
And I'll have to postpone the duel till such time as I can double-check with mom where exactly we went... I mostly remember endless water and sky, punctuated by playing with fish and hermit crabs at occasional islands in between...

widged on Jul 16, 2007

@spongefile, unless you are a kid using your mother's account (your profile is about a 32 year old), check out the link , it looks like a person you may want to befriend.

I take you to the challenge (all his is tongue in cheek, let me know where you have been).

Sticking to water related memories. Went on an expedition on the coral barreer reef, swimming with giant turtles. Went to the isle of Mull here in Scotland (famous for the mull of kintyre song). Went walking onto the Aran Island. Have a friend with a boat on the isle of seil and we have been hunting for crabs and other fishes. Went to Belle-ile (France). Spent two years in Sydney (Australia), and crossed the harbour on a ferry too many times to remember. Did sea kayaking in Australia and on Mauritius island. Did river kayaking in various parts of Europe. Crossed rivers infested by crocodiles and other nasties in Australia. Had my inflatable dingy boat as a kid that we toke on the Dordogne river (have one of my best memories of fireworks there). Arrr, better, did descent wild rivers on buoys, both in my home country and in new zealand. Went on a pedal boat on the mississipi river. Visited the bayou close to new orleans in a small boat. Visited other swamp areas in Vendee (France). Spend numerous holidays close to a lake in Switzerland, Austria, Germany. Did also design a true raft (bunch of planks with truck tires underneath to make it float) and we used it to go down a river. I stop there, the list would be too long.

Being serious now, there is one thing I would like to do, spend 2 months on a boat lost in the middle of the ocean. I haven't had a chance to do that yet.

And I didn't have a chance yet to visit the Fjords of Finland. You have some splendid landscapes there.

cartuning on Jul 16, 2007

Amore, more, ore, re, probantur amicitiae.

widged on Jul 16, 2007

latin?
amore = love.
probans = with force, much?
amicitiae = friendship?

Let's all be friends :-).

marcelofigueroa on Jul 16, 2007

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