http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/donegal-island-at-an-82-discount-1.1916501
The hell with the castle in France...
How about our own island?
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How's the weather? That looks like it's kinda cold.
But Toonces should be happy - looks like decent waves to surf.
I dont think its big enough for his watch.
I dunno. The island's nice, and it's hard to argue with being in the Med, but I still love the castle. Plus, didn't the castle have a vault
for our boardgaming sessions where we could store our beer? ;)
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 05, 2014, 02:57:40 PM
I dont think its big enough for his watch.
Neither is Oahu. (I've been assuming he's had it in storage somewhere this whole time.) :P
We need an orbital command.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on September 06, 2014, 11:10:04 PM
We need an orbital command.
I have one, but the view is too good to share.
How's the food up there? Rumor has it something as simple as boiling a kettle of water for a drink is a challenge.
We also need a small caliber anti-matter gun. Pointed down for CAS of NATO troops.
Come to think of it, it would be good for disabling enemy ICBM silos too. Lets put a rush order on that.
Talk to Bart. Hes our energy weapon specialist.
Quote from: Martok on September 06, 2014, 12:24:33 PM
I dunno. The island's nice, and it's hard to argue with being in the Med, but I still love the castle. Plus, didn't the castle have a vault for our boardgaming sessions where we could store our beer? ;)
Couldn't we just build a castle on the island?
Biggs and I are not doing all the frikin grunt work on building a castle! :knuppel2:
pick one:
https://www.moulin.nl/castles-for-sale.html
Im sure they need some work but some of those prices are fucking CHEAP!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 19, 2014, 11:30:11 PM
pick one:
https://www.moulin.nl/castles-for-sale.html
Most of those aren't castles. Most are in France. Sorta explains itself.
But if that's all ya got, I like these three:
https://www.moulin.nl/en/realestate/moated-castle-for-sale-pas-de-calais-france_122588/
https://www.moulin.nl/en/realestate/medieval-chateau-for-sale-with-500-acres-limousin-france_105079/
https://www.moulin.nl/en/realestate/castle-hotel-for-sale-in-provence-france_110554/
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 19, 2014, 11:37:23 PM
Im sure they need some work but some of those prices are fucking CHEAP!
Agreed.
I thought we wanted a Grog Fortress, not a Frog Fortress. :))
The one in Gelderland looks nice with the pond in front. I wonder if 7 bathrooms will be enough since they'll be constantly occupied by Star and Mirth's dates taking lots of selfies.
The one in Croatia is only eight hundred K Euros. Leaves more funds for building the surrounding layered defences.
the nice thing about the island off Ireland is that it's got defensible borders if we ever decide to declare an independent Groglandia.
Lets have some holiday ideas. Beer day comes to mind then is immediately shot down for the civil war that would follow every weekend not being beer day.
Dice day. Roll 1D20 every month.
Return to 10 months of the year, Julius and Augustus can stuff it.
Model Day. All models are invited. Tassels optional.
Moon day. The next day. Female bikini bottoms are thongs.
Bacon day. All meals have some bacon flavor
What else?
Pun month.
Quote from: Staggerwing on September 20, 2014, 06:47:08 AM
I thought we wanted a Grog Fortress, not a Frog Fortress. :))
Ha!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 20, 2014, 08:47:44 AM
the nice thing about the island off Ireland is that it's got defensible borders if we ever decide to declare an independent Groglandia.
It would be a lot of effort to field our own self-defense force. Personally, I'd let whoever's country we're in shoulder the cost.
However, we would need special dispensation to carry our own arms on our property. We'd be more like a satrapy than independent nation.
Can't remember off which coast of Ireland that island is, but if its in the Irish sea, then you can expect some pretty rough weather. Hope it has a protected harbour, or better still, a submarine pen.
If its not too far, then a Guinness pipeline would solve some supply needs.
if were getting an island we're doing it in my region not some North Sea dick shrinking water.
Wait, the title of this thread is "Our Next Grog Fortress". Where's the current one?
^You mean, all this time, and no one told you?
No, I always seem to miss out on the secret forums/fortress stuff.
We're in between fortresses. The last one was destroyed when one of Star's exes drove a tank through the wall.
Third fort in a row, too. I really liked that bathroom in this last one, man. Such a waste. :'(
Quote from: mirth on September 20, 2014, 05:22:34 PM
We're in between fortresses. The last one was destroyed when one of Star's exes drove a tank through the wall.
LMAO
Talk about shooting the tank...
it was Smucks job to SMAW that bitch. dont blame me.
dont forget the armor pool!
http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/
As a quasi independent satrapy we will be inundated by bikini-clad Smucks bending over for us to buy their warez.
We won't need to go shopping. They'll come to us.
bikini clad smucks.......
may I die in the first strike.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 21, 2014, 10:21:52 PM
dont forget the armor pool!
http://www.exarmyvehicles.com/
A T-72 would be a good commuting vehicle.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 22, 2014, 02:46:42 AM
bikini clad smucks.......
may I die in the first strike.
Fear not. They'll be well-shaven.
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/ (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/)
Now we just need to buy one of the cheap french Castles and have it shipped Down to our Island. Jeez do I have to do everyting Guys ;)
Quote from: jejo68 on September 25, 2014, 02:30:17 AM
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/ (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/)
Now we just need to buy one of the cheap french Castles and have it shipped Down to our Island. Jeez do I have to do everyting Guys ;)
Since you just volunteered... yes, yes you do ;)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 25, 2014, 05:24:46 AM
Quote from: jejo68 on September 25, 2014, 02:30:17 AM
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/ (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/)
Now we just need to buy one of the cheap french Castles and have it shipped Down to our Island. Jeez do I have to do everyting Guys ;)
Since you just volunteered... yes, yes you do ;)
Right im on it. actually looked at a nice Little Island about 300km SE of Bangkok in Thailand. only $2.5mill which is a steal if you ask me. got enough room for a nice Castle with a big pool and all
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/ko-man-nai (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/ko-man-nai)
How about this little baby?
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http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/kings-island
Good, but it needs a few silkworm batteries to keep any nosey cruise ships at bay.
Pretty sweet. How many do you think it'll hold?
^
QuoteDuring recent years the fortress has primarily served as a hotel, seminar and conference venue. Many companies have made use of the fort's facilities, such as its well-equipped rooms and halls, a modern restaurant, nightclub, bar and billiard lounge, etc.
The nightclub must play Men Without Hats and other cheesy 80s hits during certain hours. Metallica should be hired to play the opening day festivities.
QuoteThe Hotel section includes 88 excellent beds in 24 rooms
We can give Mirth one of the rooms and 28 of the beds. He'll need it for his harem.
Quoteand a furnished commander's dwelling with living quarters in a beautiful maritime style.
Should be fun watching the management team fight over that one.
QuoteAdditionally, the fact that the island is easily reachable by yacht or helicopter also makes it an unsurpassed residence for private individuals as well.
Oh, well, as long as yacht and helicopter is listed there. I have more of those than I can count.
QuoteThe fortress features a total of 200 rooms with 4km of hallways. 2.5 million tons of solid granite were used to create this masterpiece.
Seems plenty of room for debauchery, permanent board games, LAN lounges, etc. And if we wanted to turn it into a fortress, that would work too. And even lots of room for a paintball course up on that hill it looks like. I'm in, but I'm about ten million Euros short (as well as short by a yacht and helicopter, unfortunately).
Quote from: LongBlade on September 25, 2014, 08:49:56 PM
How about this little baby?
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http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/kings-island
meh... looks good but its in the Baltic. Fuck that!
A little spoiled there sub tropics boy?
that water would shrink Mirths dick into a bellybutton.
So you're more worried about what you are going to get out of this? ;)
That's a pretty defensible looking position. We could probably be starved out, but, it would be hellacious trying to dig us out of there.
Quote from: MetalDog on September 25, 2014, 09:36:35 PM
So you're more worried about what you are going to get out of this? ;)
LOL
I need a wizard's tower.
Who doesn't?
A Wizard who is already in his tower!
Heh.
Just as an aside, do you realize, that between the two of them, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee are a combined 167 years old? And born two days apart. McKellen on May 25 and Lee on May 27.
Quote from: MetalDog on September 25, 2014, 11:38:30 PM
Just as an aside, do you realize, that between the two of them, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee are a combined 167 years old? And born two days apart. McKellen on May 25 and Lee on May 27.
Ah. I understand.
You just bought one of these properties as a surprise Christmas gift for the forums.
I thank you in advance.
If purchasing an island fortress is what you inferred from giving out Gandalf and Saruman's combined age, then I would please like to take some of what you are on ;)
Quote from: LongBlade on September 25, 2014, 08:49:56 PM
How about this little baby?
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http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/kings-island
Thats in Denmark right NeXT to Copenhagen. Do you know how terrible the weather is half the time ? And the taxes man, here you have to pay property taxes so those alone would be in the neighbourhood of $400,000 a year.
$400k is a lot of tricks for Gus to turn....
he would have to change his name to Chunnel.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 26, 2014, 12:13:48 AM
$400k is a lot of tricks for Gus to turn....
he would have to change his name to Chunnel.
:)
Quote from: jejo68 on September 26, 2014, 12:03:22 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 25, 2014, 08:49:56 PM
How about this little baby?
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http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands/kings-island
Thats in Denmark right NeXT to Copenhagen. Do you know how terrible the weather is half the time ? And the taxes man, here you have to pay property taxes so those alone would be in the neighbourhood of $400,000 a year.
It could make a nice summer fortress. But we'd still need a winter fortress, and a yacht (crewed by hotties to carry us back and forth).
This is what I'm talking about:
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and this would be the yacht:
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and the crew:
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Well, that island in Denmark is mostly underground so weather isn't really a concern.
Star, Gus, and Mirth will be the Social Committee so we won't have to worry much.
And we'll have minions whom we can dispatch to fetch more liquor and beer.
I'm not seeing much of a problem with it.
I do like 40's suggestion of a winter palace just for a change of scenery but I'd prefer to have some castle walls or a mote to keep the zombies out.
400K in property taxes is still less than my ridiculous NY property tax , which just went up again.
Found another candidate:
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/cave-houses/#!bQhbmJ
we should hold out for one of those auctioned ICBM silos.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 26, 2014, 10:33:52 PM
we should hold out for one of those auctioned ICBM silos.
Yeah, those are cool. But I don't think they'd fit us all.
we have whole fields of them. >:D
I think Longblade was referring to multiple members of the group not fitting into the silo itself on an individual basis ::)
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That walrus looks pretty loose.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on September 27, 2014, 10:08:20 AM
That walrus looks pretty loose.
- Famous Quotes from Mirth's new book, "Bars, Babes, and Bedlam: My Life On the Whore Circuit." (C) 2014, all rights reserved.
You are on a roll, sir! LOL
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 27, 2014, 07:13:16 AM
I think Longblade was referring to multiple members of the group not fitting into the silo itself on an individual basis ::)
Bingo.
Though I suppose if we gave our minions shovels we could interconnect a field of them.
we also have to keep the womenz happy.
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Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 18, 2014, 12:43:47 AM
we also have to keep the womenz happy.
I thought that was what the Throbbing Python of Love was for.
hows about the Dry Tortugas?
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8377/8477236850_b174d8bc72_z.jpg)
As long my quarters are such that they remain cool and dark when the sun is out, I'm all good. O:-)
A Star Fortress with a damn moat?
Jackpot!
Yeah but that land connection has got to go.....
Quote from: Barthheart on October 21, 2014, 01:42:38 PM
Yeah but that land connection has got to go.....
Explosives can solve many problems. Plus it would be some good fireworks to kick off the first house party.
your in charge of the dungeon.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 21, 2014, 02:43:14 PM
your in charge of the dungeon.
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I found a new contender for the GH fortress - a 510,000 acre ranch in Texas.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3087774/America-s-biggest-ranch-larger-LONDON-goes-sale-713million-Texas.html
No thanks. I've no interest in living in Hell.
Quote from: Martok on May 20, 2015, 02:35:29 PM
No thanks. I've no interest in living in Hell.
Hell? That would be paradise. All the game you could want to hunt. All the land you could want to hike. Sounds awesome to me.
I can't be out in the sun, and I melt when the thermometer hits 85 degrees (there are days when moving to Alaska is really tempting)...
Quote from: Martok on May 20, 2015, 03:00:16 PM
I can't be out in the sun
That's why we have minions:
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Quoteand I melt when the thermometer hits 85 degrees (there are days when moving to Alaska is really tempting)...
That's why we have AC:
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Quote from: Martok on May 20, 2015, 03:00:16 PM
I can't be out in the sun, and I melt when the thermometer hits 85 degrees (there are days when moving to Alaska is really tempting)...
im with Martok - can we not find an ice palace somewhere, or a really kick ass igloo?
Is that ranch near Waco, by chance?
think of all the spiders on that land Martok. :2funny:
Black Widows (under air conditioner, once in toilet), Scorpions (usually under shoes, occasionally inside, once in tub), 2 things I don't miss about Texas. Fire ants are everywhere. That would hold a lot of ants.
Quote from: Gusington on May 20, 2015, 08:19:22 PM
Is that ranch near Waco, by chance?
It could get
real hot there if the ATF ever found out about the fortress.
Martok may not be the only one melting.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 20, 2015, 08:21:16 PM
think of all the spiders on that land Martok. :2funny:
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on May 20, 2015, 09:34:32 PM
Black Widows (under air conditioner, once in toilet), Scorpions (usually under shoes, occasionally inside, once in tub), 2 things I don't miss about Texas. Fire ants are everywhere. That would hold a lot of ants.
Shit, there's just more nasty spiders south of the Mason-Dixon in general. One more reason I'm never retiring down there. :buck2:
Quote from: undercovergeek on May 20, 2015, 04:23:33 PM
Quote from: Martok on May 20, 2015, 03:00:16 PM
I can't be out in the sun, and I melt when the thermometer hits 85 degrees (there are days when moving to Alaska is really tempting)...
im with Martok - can we not find an ice palace somewhere, or a really kick ass igloo?
I'm also for a cold weather location for the Grog Fortress. Maybe some place in Sweden. The Swedish Bikini Team could bring us hot toddies.
The bottom line is that 2 are needed, like a winter and summer palace.
Quote from: Centurion40 on May 22, 2015, 11:15:44 AM
The bottom line is that 2 are needed, like a winter and summer palace.
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!!!
A Solomnic compromise if I ever saw one
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 22, 2015, 11:30:33 AM
A Solomnic compromise if I ever saw one
Solomonic even :P
that too O:-)