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Questions from the kids in Camptown: Do you have a computer?  How do you plug it in? I have two computers and an iPhone.  The iPhone can take pictures and send emails over the phone so if I am near land where there is cell phones, I can send emails to the teacher or update the blog.  When we are at land, I can take the computers in to the library or a coffee shop and send emails.  I have a thing that allows me to plug the computers and the iphone into the boat to get electricity or I can charge them up when I am on land at somebody's place. How do you e-mail us? I use an iPhone, usually.  Or when I am at land I go to a library or coffee shop. What do mussels taste like? Mussels taste a lot like clams, but they are smaller.  I love them.  Angel Jen thinks they are stinky. How do you get new clothes? I took them from home before we left.  When we are on land, we go to stores.  I was going to say we took them when we captured ships but Angel Jen says, 'Don't LIE!' How do you get the sails up in the air? The sails have ropes and pulleys that allow me to pull them up.  The ropes that pull sails up are called 'halyards' and the ones that control the sails when I'm sailing are called 'sheets'.  Pulling up the sails is hard work.  Angel Jen LOVES to do it. Do you have a phone? I have an iPhone which is a cell phone from Apple.  It can do email, has maps and a lot of stuff in it.  A lot of time when we are far from land it doesn't work.  You have to be near land for the phone to work. Does the sea have sharks? Yes.  Big, mean sharks with rows and rows of teeth.  And little ones, too. Are you two married? Yes.  We got married in Camptown in 2001. How is Angel Jen doing? She seems to be bearing up well.  Of course, it's a lot of fun to  sail with me.  I am a jolly pirate, not the usual mean, criminal type pirate. Is priate John being good for Angel Jen? Depends on the day, kid.  And the time of the day.  Short answer, not always but pretty much.  How about you?  You being good for the teacher? It looks like Jen does the hard work.  Was she really scared going up those masts? Angel Jen wasn't strong enough to pull big old Pirate John to the top of the mast.  And hard work is good for her.  It makes her sleep well at night.  She said she was scared before she went up but afterward she said it was ok.