[Namron] Protectorate and booze

[Chass Brown]

Are ye saying ye didn't send the email? lol This is what I received in my 
email today ;
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This is what I wrote to them:



Greetings

I am Lord Duncan MacNamara, Captain of the Iron Lotus... and I have an 
interesting request to make of you. The Baron/Baroness is one of the people 
I like to gain permission from, and I preferr to attain permission for these 
things in advance... rather than "sneaking by" so to speak, like some people 
do. My group is a nautical one... we promote knowledge of seafaring life and 
early piracy. One of the most visible things people think of when they hear 
the word pirate or sailor, are Cannons. We have a few small scale signal 
cannons that we bring with us to events. We don't fire them off carelessly, 
nor do we fire them off without permission. We have certain proceedures that 
are followedwhen doing a "cannon firing demonstration, and we have the 
proper safety equipment handy in case something goes wrong (I haven't had a 
single accident in 10 years of dealing with Pyrodex).

Here are the facts about my Cannons:

1. They fire a black-powder substitute, Pyrodex, which is safer to handle 
and doesn't require a permit to use... That being said, I am fully legal.

2. They do NOT fire a projectile of any kind. They are strictly signal 
cannons, to fire a blank load ONLY. They do fire a piece of tissue-paper 
wadding about 6-10 feet, which is closely watched to make sure it doesn't 
catch the grass on fire. Once again, I haven't had a single accident in my 
10 years of experience.

3. We keep the proper fire-safety equipment within reasonable reach in case 
a spark tries to start a fire, although it has never happened.

4. Only myself and my Master Gunner (who are both over 21) are allowed to 
load or fire these cannons, and they are not loaded until we are ready to 
fire. If you see us carrying a cannon around, you can be assured that it's 
unloaded. We do not let the general public fire these cannons under any 
circumstances.

5. In addition to this, there are strict loading and firing proceedures that 
we follow to the letter. I have around 10 years of experience with black 
powder and black powder substitute-firing weapons.

6. When doing a Cannon Firing Demonstration, I treat it almost like an 
Archery function. There's a "firing line" that the cannons are arranged on, 
and a "public" line, 15-20 feet back, that the general public is not allowed 
to cross. They are fired downrange at the archery range or near it, since 
that is the safest logical place. We are camping on the backside of the 
wagon circle, which is right next to the archery range. If we ever fire them 
"in camp", we have a portable range setup that we use. they aren't fired 
carelessly.



Also, our services as Cannoneers are available to signal other things as 
well if so wished, such as the start of the Tourneys and such... or to start 
court off with a bang (yes, I know... terrible pun there...) Most people 
this has been suggested to so far in the past have thought it was a neat 
Idea. I would be willing to signal whatever the barony wishes us to, or 
not... either way on that. However, I would request permission from you, 
that if I attain the proper permission from the other people I have to, that 
me and my crew can do a cannon firing demonstration at the archery field 
after the archers are finished with it, and be allowed to fire our smaller 
cannons at our camp range for our crew meeting (the smaller cannons I'm 
referring to are less loud than a standard black cat firecracker, while the 
biggest one we have is .50 caliber and very loud.) Once again, we're camping 
on the backside of the wagons, so we're right near the archery range already 
as well. If allowed, I will work it out on the schedule to whenever you will 
allow, and I have my own heralds who are willing to announce it when it's 
time, so that we don't pull from the Baronial workforce.

I would greatly appreciate your permission on this, and will be similarly 
emailing the other people I have to attain permission from.

Thanks for your time,
In Service,
Lord Duncan MacNamara
Captain of the Iron Lotus
"

Hmmm I was asked by the head of our household to find a cannon 2 months ago 
lol Just been kinda not wanting to.

Chass of Rundel of Ansteorra aka of the SCA aka
Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable Chariot
Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark (Have you seen my Belaying 
Pin??)
Maison Du Corsaire Rouge
Muddeler of Mead, Ailment of Ale, Whiner of wine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthias the Brewer" <matthiasthebrewer at cox.net>
To: "William Herron" <fitzbubba at gmail.com>; "Barony of Namron" 
<namron at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Namron] Protectorate and booze


> Bub-ster,
>
> I got the same email.  And I think I even saw one of those cannons.  But I
> don't have any idea what it was about either.  Let me know if you get some
> of the story.
>
> Matthias