Bushape

Thanks Johnny. Your story sounds pretty cool too. You landed not to far from New Richmond. I am glad somebody read it. The story about the postmaster was pretty cool, but I couldn't find it. He really fought off a lot of shit, bears, moose, blizzards. I gave a copy to my brother and I will have to get it back so I can copy it. I know the story was pretty long, some people probably got bored with it. But what the hell. You know where we came from really doesn't matter much in todays world, but it is still interesting.

I am having the exact same problem. I tried to put COD5 into the second computer and PB kicks my grandson every time. I have tried every damn thing I could think of. Updated and upgraded everything. Checked the firewall, to make sure pb-b was on the ok list. Uninstalled it and reinstalled, updated it. I don't know what to do. Please HELP!!! Do me a Fireurza get pain in the ass medals? or Fuck PB Medals.

I just wanted all you good people in Canada to know about my Canadian roots. Here is a story about one of my early Grandfathers adventures. Bear with me, it is actually a quite informative. I have spent a lot of time on my family tree and I am mainly English and Scottish Descent, with a few inbreeds thrown in from the early days, when Kings would have arranged marriages between their children in order to control more land. The Story of Two Loyal Brothers - Duncan and Hugh Robertson These brothers lived during one of the most difficult periods of American history. Duncan was born about 1755. His birth and parents are unknown. Some believe he was born in Scotland, others believe he was born in the colonies of America, but so far no records can be found. This reflects the bitterness of the period which turned neighbor against neighbor, and since Duncan was on the losing side the American colonists wished to forget these Loyalists rather than remember this bitter conflict. The British Colonies were just recovering from another bitter conflict of the French and Indian War. The British Government needed to replenish her treasury after the great expense the war had drained from it. Britain imposed high taxes on her colonies. The American colonists thought they were being asked to pay an unfair portion of these losses. Their brethren in the homeland were not asked to bare the same burden. They had no representation in parliament who could voice their concerns. They felt they were being treated as second class citizens. To quell this distention the government dispatched troops to the colonies and declared Marshall law. The colonists rebelled and the government took even harsher action. Finally the leaders of the opposition felt they had taken enough and on the 4th of July 1776, declared their independence from their former homeland. Not all of the colonists agreed with their position. Some were in areas not affected by the taxation or military rule. Others had served in the former war and did not wish to participate in another. Some did not feel it was right to fight against ones country no matter how unfair the government was. These citizens who remained loyal to the crown were Royalists or Loyalists by those who agreed with them and Tories by those that opposed the government, after the political party blamed for the high taxation and punitive military action. Those loyalists faced harsh treatment from their neighbors in the days following the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They were labelled Tory spies, their homes were burned, their property confiscated. Some were forced to flee for their lives, others remained behind were imprisoned without trial. Duncan Robertson was one of these loyalists. he stated in two depositions that he had come from Scotland (or was of Scottish ancestry) and resided in the colonies and that he was imprisoned for his loyalty in Albany, NY. He escaped from prison and went to Canada where on August 7, 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Hugh Munrow's Co., of Loyal American Volunteers. This company joined the forces of General Burgoyne in an ambitious plan to split the warring colonies in two by driving his forces down the Hudson Valley to link up with General Gage driving his forces up from New York City. Once divided the colonists would have been easily conquered. Gen. Burgoyne's Army met heavy opposition near Saratoga, NY, their supply lines were cut behind them. After a disastrous battle at Saratoga, word came that Gen. Gage had never left New York City. With no expected relief nor anyway to retreat their only option was to surrender. On October 14th 1777 Duncan was made Sgt, under the command of Capt. Peter Drummond's company of Loyal Rangers, following the death of Capt. Hugh Munrow. On the morning of the 17th, just three days later, Gen. Burgoyne surrendered his forces in front of Old Fort Hardy near Fishkill, NY. Duncan was imprisoned again. Under the terms of surrender "All Canadians & persons belonging to the Canadian establishments...are to be permitted to return there; they are to be bound under condition of not serving during the present contest in North America". We can assume that this was the way that Duncan returned to Quebec. Duncan became Sgt.-Conductor at the refugee camp at Yammamichi, just below Three Rivers, PQ. while still under the command of Capt. Peter Drummond's Co. which was part of Major Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers. Conditions at the camp were harsh. Most lived in tents and cooked over open fire. Food had to be rationed. Some didn't even have a tent, just a blanket stretched over a pole. Duncan and most of the other refugees lived at the camp for over five years. The crown Government, in hopes of resettling the thousands of refugees offered undeveloped lands to the Loyalists who had lost their homes in the Colonies. Capt. George Law, superintendent of the Loyalists and Lt. Governor Cox set up a drawing of lots along the coastline of the Bay of Chaleur on the south coast of Gaspe Peninsular. Duncan was given a double size lot of 500 acres in the 1st range and on June 9, 1784, he and a group of settlers sailed on the brig St. Peter arriving on July 28, 1784, after a stormy voyage, at Black Cape. From there they traveled the short distance to their new homesteads between the mouths of the Grand and Little Cascapedia Rivers. The first year of their arrival was a difficult one. The whole venture was poorly organized. They arrived too late to plant crops or start gardens. They asked for provisions from the government but they hardly received enough to see them safely through the winter months. By spring, with the arrival of the first ship, nearly all of the settlers left to find a better homestead. Only Duncan and two others remained but soon they were joined by other settlers so that by the turn of the century the area was a thriving community again. The area rises steeply out of the sea with a narrow beach backed up by 30 to 40 foot cliffs, followed by a ten mile strip of flat habitable plateau backed up by the mountain that forms the spine of the Peninsular. During the years before the turn of the century, the settlers in what was to become the town of New Richmond had a difficult life. Spring was the time for planting crops in the rocky soil. The short summer was a time for lumbering and for fishing. Salmon fishing has always been a major source of revenue for the community and Duncan was deeply involved in it. Duncan signed a petition concerning the areas set aside for fishing by the settlers and the Mic Mac Indians. The lumbering and fishing industries in New Richmond are still the main stay of the area today. The long cold winters were the time the settlers used for hunting and trapping. The women worked at home crafts, which were sold throughout the year, as many still do today. Duncan did not have a family when he first settled in New Richmond, but he was joined by his brother Hugh who had been born about 1775 possibly in New York and had probably grown up on one of the refugee camps. On February 13, 1797 Duncan married in St. Andrew's church in Montreal the widow Anne (_____) Murray of the Parish of Quebec. They were married by Rev. Alexander Sparks, the minister of this Presbyterian Church under license issued by His Excellency Gen. Prescott, Military Governor of Quebec. The parish of Quebec covered a large portion of the Provence so it is not known exactly where Anne was living. The rocky soil of the area produced few crops and the settlers were repeatedly asking for more land to support their families. On August 3, 1784 Duncan obtained a grant for 100 acres consisting of Lot 7 on the Restigouche River and on November 25, 1795 he received an additional grant of 200 acres in the twp. of Hichinbrook near the NY border, consisting of Lot #3 in the First Concession. He then applied for 450 acres on the NE side of the Cascapedia River in 1802. Hugh managed this land grant in Grand Cascapedia. These grants had been given in "free tenure" which means that they could have the land while they lived on it, but if they died or moved away the land would revert to the crown. This was an unsatisfactory arrangement and in 1820 the Gaspe Land Commission came to New Richmond and Hugh & Duncan registered their claims. Hugh married Elizabeth McCormick, the daughter of Laughlin & Jean (Lindsay) McCormick who had come to Bonaventure Co. from Scotland in 1812. Elizabeth gave birth to eight children. Duncan and Anne had no children by this union. When Duncan died June 7, 1826 at the age of 71 his property was divided between the children of his brother Hugh, except Hugh's son Duncan who managed the property in Grand Cascapedia. Hugh died after 1849 in his late 60's or early 70's. Their graves are unknown. The wooden crosses have long since turned to dust, but the memory of their trails haved shaped the lives of their descendants ever since. By: David T. Robertson David is now one of the top historians in Mass. My mothers maiden name was Robertson. So I am a direct descendant of Hugh. I also have direct relatives that served on the American side. Almost like brother againest brother. My cousin is a member of "The Sons of the Revolution", I guess that I could too if I took the initiative to do it. I probably should for my descendants sake. When Johnny Dos put in his story of the Candaian Thanksgiving, that got me thinking. Thanks Johnny. I have another story about Hugh being the first Postmaster in New Richmond. I will save it for another time. But it is quite interesting, being north of Maine, New Ricmond had some pretty severe winters, but he got the mail through, barely. Pretty rough to do 200 years ago. Thanks for putting up with me. I love XI and all of you idiots. Being a member here means a lot. I depend upon you guys every day. Just for moral support if for nothing else.

Good one. LMAO

Good one. LMAO

He just wants to kill me. Maybe we can gang up and shoot him. Thanks Markoff

Blackbird is my grandson, I got him started with XI, and we love being members to such a great organization. XI means a lot to both of us. What a wide variety of people that comes together as one. I just find it exceptional and we wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I am always asking people to join, I don't keep track of them to know if they do, but I try. I wish that I was a better player but what the hell it is all in fun. Do I get a medal for having a pain in the ass grandson? He isn't really. He was our first grandchild so we are a little more attached to him, After all his first word that ever said was "grandpa". He lived with us for the first year and it was kind of cool coming home from work and playing with him. Now he is 14 and kinda lives here again. Now he comes home from school and wants to play one of the COD's, usually COD 4, because we can't seem to get COD5 to work on his computer. We bought a second version and it doesn't want to work very well. He put that on another post. We will keep trying until it's fixed. XI rocks, thanks to everybody for being who you are and having fun with us.

Hell Chile I am with you. I am an old roofer and I could make that jump. Just gotta get my oxygen turned up. (not kidding).

Congrats man. Like everyone else said. "Look at all of that hair". Grandkids are special, you will have more time for them than you did for your own kids. And you will notice the little things that you do for your grandkids that you couldn't do or didn't think of doing for your own kids. They are all fun, you get to spoil the hell out of them and then you can send them home. Dirty diapers, hell that's for the parents. I have 13 grandkids, the only time that I can't do much is birthday's and at Christmas, gets spendy, but I love 'em all. Have fun and enjoy.

Welcome Darren, We played againest each other a few times in the last few days. You asked me about the different servers and our website. I enjoy playing againest a new face, as long as they don't kick my ass too bad. I am glad to see that you found the forums. We are a unique bunch of people, from all over the world. This has got to be one of the best servers, hands down. When I first started playing here I was a member of another clan. I enjoyed the people here so much that I quit the other clan and joined XI. I am not the greatest player at all, but my heart is in it. I have a few health issues and nobody seems to mind. A lot of us will tell you sorry when we kill you. Half the reason I like playing here is because of the fun that people have and listening to them. Once you get to know us it will be kind like family. And if you ever need help, you have hundreds of us that will do anything they can for you. Play a little while and then ask an ADM to let you be a member. It is well worth it. The ADM are quite fair and there is no bullshit. See you on the killing fields. Bushape

That is one huge damn dog. I would be saying more than 'O Shit'. It would take my buffalo gun to put that thing down. Good one DJ.

Thanks Gabriel, I have never heard that one. I am not one for country music, but Johnny had a different tone about him. He wasn't really country. What I remember the most are his ballads. They usually had a lot of meaning, like this one. As I listen to it I was trying to figure out what side he was singing about. You could actually play this for either side of the war. Whether one is for the war or againest it. My thought anyway. He will be missed.

I only live an hour from Portland and have heard about the case several times. So sad the way this country is now days. You can't even walk your dog, let alone have your kid walk down the street. That's pretty fucked up. Portland has had it's share of losers. Like the guy that put his two teenage neighbors in barrels, buried them and poured a concrete slab over them. Right in town. What a bunch of sick bastards. And we supposedly came from the same DNA. Somethings fucked up. I feel sorry for anyone that had known or loved the boy. So damn sad. We have it happen here in Washington all of the time. What about the rest of the US that we don't here about. Nice post Spears. Thank you.

The best hash that I ever had was from a cop. Lebanese blonde hash, nice peppery aroma. They have all of the good shit. Glad you are happy with your medals. Give him a pot smokers medal so he can show that to his chief. lmao Seriously, you have the most dangerous job in the world, with all of the unknown shit that could happen. Just give him a medal for that. So can I have more hash now? lol Chile needs another medal for having the most medals. lol

Congrats to both of you . I know Mikey real well and he'll be a great one. If I say something good do I get a free pass Mikey? Couldn't of happened to a better person.

Hey dino467MarauderCDN or MarauderCDNDino467 or 467MarauderDinCDN. Whatever. Didn't know about the different name. I remember the first game that you played, a little rusty, now you are pretty damn good, and I am still struggling along. Good to see you on the forums. We have had a lot of fun, and there will be plenty more. Hey pm me with your xfire name. Thanks Bushape

Hey congrads man. That is a cute little girl you got there. Just wait someday you will have to get the shotgun out. Have fun with them while you can, they grow up so damn fast and then you wonder where all of the time went. Have fun, that is pretty cool. Bushape

Thanks Markoff, Tell him good luck and all our prayers are with him. We all hope the best for him. Can't wait until he gets back so we can joke with him and call him Sausage Sam again. He is a really nice guy., I played with him a lot. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be in his shoes. Keep us posted. Thanks again

No wonder you can't get it out of your head, kind of a catchy tune, kind of freakish. The guy didn't no the demographics of his trees. I thought it sounded gay and then the guy started dressing in womens clothes, I wish that I had never heard that song. I will never be the same. lol His girlfriend was funnier than he was. I would still rather listen to this than MJ at least this was a satire and not real life.

Hey thanks to all of you. When I tried to run the game from Xfire it said that I had the wrong version. So then I new that the patch didn't get installed even though I downloaded the 1.3 patch from Xfire and it said it was installed. So it went to another source and downloaded the patch, installed it and it works fine. I just have to wait for maps to down load from the downloader. I have done all of this before, it is just when you don't do it very often, well I seem to forget. SO THANK YOU For those of you on COD2 that don't know me, well I make a good target. I am probably about an average player. I just do it for the fun. I have a lot of health issues that came on suddenly, so at 52 I get to sit and play games after busting my ass for 40 years. Belive me it would be better if I was still able to bust my ass. Kill you soon.

I recently bought COD2 and I downloaded the patches up to 1.3. I can't find any XI servers anywhere and there appears no way to put in the IP address, not like COD5 where there is a spot to add favorites. I think I got the macromedia flash player figured out. I want to play but only XI. I know someone knows more than me and can help. Thanks

Hey great server Rugger. I have been playing that more than COD5. T-Mouse kicks ass in there. PN-Bear is pretty good as well. And BEERS looks pretty cool in his new white suit, (not in a gay way) had to throw that in. At least I can kill him in there. I am better at this than I am in COD5. Great maps, good times playing it. Get to know different people and whiners. Hey if you need a new adm for star wars I'd be interested. I have nothing but time on my hands. Thanks

That's a good one. lmao

Damn near made me go blind Dirk. I grew up on a dairy and I don't like cow bags. Shit I thought I was a teenager again and had to go milk the cows. lol

We noticed that you keep posting everything you could. This one only makes mine 50. I got to get busy. I used to grow some good purple, back a few years.