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Freidrich von der Decken
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- Post n°76
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
How come you get to go back to Europe so quickly? Seems half a life-time since Tom B crossed the Atlantic by mistake, and still nowhere near getting back home... (Still, many a slip twixt ship and dock, as Tom B found out...) Good luck!
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- Post n°77
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
yes so far all is well ...... not good
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- Post n°78
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
jimbotten wrote:How come you get to go back to Europe so quickly? Seems half a life-time since Tom B crossed the Atlantic by mistake, and still nowhere near getting back home... (Still, many a slip twixt ship and dock, as Tom B found out...) Good luck!
Perhaps its because Tom sails on French & English ships while Von Decken sails with expert Captains & Navigators on fast, ship shape, well handled Prussian ships ?????..............no I dont believe it either.
Perhaps Von Decken needs to check what flag his ship is flying and the nationality of the crew etc. Historically a lot of Prussian trade was carried by shipping chartered from the UDP.
Since Von Decken is sailing into a war zone I wonder how the Royal Navy will react to a Dutch Ship sailing on Brandenburg papers (part of the HRE) and carrying an infamous Protestant Merc and a load of gold? could be a interesting one for the Prize Courts to figure out.
Some of King James goals are a bit crowded but the three best cells in Edinburgh Castle are now free.
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- Post n°79
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Its a Dutch Ship and to honest I have a secret weapon with me..... woe betide any one who attempts to stop this ship .
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- Post n°80
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
The Decken has landed...... Europe nice to be back.....
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- Post n°81
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Decken the halls with boughs of holly?
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- Post n°82
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
so in Konigsburg with my pet monkey (secret weapon) and some woman thinks I am selling him to her!! The outrage......
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- Post n°83
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
"Pet Monkey" sounds like a money spinner to me! teach it to pick pockets, steal jewels, and escape and boomerang back to you with said jewels/coin. So you make money on the sale and anything nabbed is a bonus.
what a way to kill time on those long sea journeys teaching all those tricks.
One Grain.
what a way to kill time on those long sea journeys teaching all those tricks.
One Grain.
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- Post n°84
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
it has already learned some tricks......
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- Post n°85
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
LOL Kingmaker that is very mysterious and mischievous of you to say so much while saying so little.
One Grain.
One Grain.
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- Post n°86
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
all will be revealed with my new Wunderwaffe
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- Post n°87
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
so 60 guineas on a new uniform and still waiting to see my boss.......
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- Post n°88
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
mean while back in Koingsberg in my nice new uniform the Marshall informs me I am to go to Berlin the Foreign Minister wishes to see me!!! I also seem to be getting on famously with Lieutenant-General Friedrich Gustav von Waldersee, who seems to really like my Monkey Hans!
Meanwhile I have 2 offers of employment in the post!!!! one is definitely intriguing as it is from a surprising nation I have not had any contact with (in here or game!)
So Berlin here it comes
Meanwhile I have 2 offers of employment in the post!!!! one is definitely intriguing as it is from a surprising nation I have not had any contact with (in here or game!)
So Berlin here it comes
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- Post n°89
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
so there I am in my bed trying to keep warm when the door is kicked in by 2 men, one waving a pistol and calling the other "Herr Frankenstein" who calls him a dolt and they proceed to steal my beloved monkey Hans!!!
I know who you are. I don't know why you want Hans. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my monkey go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
They left before I could say that.....
I know who you are. I don't know why you want Hans. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my monkey go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
They left before I could say that.....
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- Post n°90
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
goes from bad to worse (remember I could not get a turn in due to my car crash) seems I went out into the night looking for them now some animal has attacked me and left me on the floor in an alley way and 4 men are approaching with a lantern, I am hoping they are the town watch and nothing nasty otherwise I am really in the pooh......
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- Post n°91
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Hah! You think you're in the poo, read Tom's latest...
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- Post n°92
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
On the bright side, maybe they saw where the chaps went with your monkey?
That's if they know what one is.
That's if they know what one is.
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- Post n°93
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
dearly hoping its the Town Watch the Lantern on the end of a stick suggests it is......
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- Post n°94
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Maybe the light will help them to see where they should place their boots.......
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- Post n°95
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
...ambiguous (about where to put their boots)...
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- Post n°96
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
lol well turn sent back lets see what happens...
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- Post n°97
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Turns it was the town watch and I am at a military hospital being attended to, however I appear quite weak due to loss of blood... but a physician is attending to me.....
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- Post n°98
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
Kingmaker wrote:but a physician is attending to me.....
Always good in the 18th C for even more loss of blood!
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- Post n°99
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
No leeches mentioned just bandages so far.....
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- Post n°100
Re: Freidrich von der Decken
I think he should ask for a clyster, as Dr John Woodward, British physician, swore by them and was well known for prescribing them as treatment to his patients. Like bed rest, a good clyster can't hurt, so I'd heartily recommend it over an evacuation. If the MO wants to fit you with a jugum, however, tell him to sling his hook!
https://18thcenturyminds.wikispaces.com/Medical+Procedures+and+Medications
https://18thcenturyminds.wikispaces.com/Medical+Procedures+and+Medications