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<blockquote data-quote="Dioltach" data-source="post: 8269210" data-attributes="member: 21843">&quot;[A]nd at their head, all in snowy white from breeches to head-kerchief, big as a house-side and nimble as a cat, Calico Jack Rackham, none other, cautiously edging his brutally handsome, square-chinned face round a corner [...] First among equals was Calico Jack, by reason of being literate and smart and able to navigate and do all things shipshape and Bristol fashion, look'ee, as his admiring associates often agreed. Also he was strong enough to break a penny between his fingers, which helps, and having served a turn in the Navy, he was reckoned dependable. In our day he would have been a paratroop sergeant, or a shop steward, or a moderate Labour M.P. He was a pirate because it offered a profitable field for his talents, and he was saving for his old age.[...]&quot;Rackham, methodical as always, had parcelled up his calicoes for the dry-cleaners, checked the share prices, paid his subscription to [the Nautical Union of Piratical Employees], and forwarded his piece of the Madagascar crown by registered post to his faithful paramour, Anne Bonney, on their shark-infested island retreat, with instructions to hold on to it carefully until he had made up his mind between the Mosquito Coast Building Society and the Harvest o' the Seas Investment Trust (Cayman Islands) Ltd.&quot;George MacDonald Fraser, The Pyrates</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dioltach, post: 8269210, member: 21843"] "[A]nd at their head, all in snowy white from breeches to head-kerchief, big as a house-side and nimble as a cat, Calico Jack Rackham, none other, cautiously edging his brutally handsome, square-chinned face round a corner [...] First among equals was Calico Jack, by reason of being literate and smart and able to navigate and do all things shipshape and Bristol fashion, look'ee, as his admiring associates often agreed. Also he was strong enough to break a penny between his fingers, which helps, and having served a turn in the Navy, he was reckoned dependable. In our day he would have been a paratroop sergeant, or a shop steward, or a moderate Labour M.P. He was a pirate because it offered a profitable field for his talents, and he was saving for his old age. [...] "Rackham, methodical as always, had parcelled up his calicoes for the dry-cleaners, checked the share prices, paid his subscription to [the Nautical Union of Piratical Employees], and forwarded his piece of the Madagascar crown by registered post to his faithful paramour, Anne Bonney, on their shark-infested island retreat, with instructions to hold on to it carefully until he had made up his mind between the Mosquito Coast Building Society and the Harvest o' the Seas Investment Trust (Cayman Islands) Ltd." George MacDonald Fraser, [I]The Pyrates[/I] [/QUOTE]

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