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Comment on Where does the name ‘Starbuck’ come from? by Jon

Jon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:43 +0000

The problem with our name “Starbuck” coming from the place name “Starbeck” is that our name is much older than the place name.
Lots of Starbucks in the USA (not that I have met any yet) especially around Nantucket and associated with whaling.
Starbuck Island is an uninhabited tiny island in the Pacific, it was mined for guano . IT has had several other names; Volunteer Island, Barren Island, Coral Queen Island, “Hero Island, Low Island and Starve Island. First sighted in 1823 by Valentine Starbuck.
My Dad, Brian Starb uck, proved through DNA testing that our side of the family are not related to the Nantucket Starbucks.

Comment on How to make a shade structure for Burning Man that won’t blow away! by Stewart

Stewart — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:23:29 +0000

Hey this post was really inspiring for my own shade structure! I’m planning on building a very similar one at burning man 2010 except I’m using a plain old tarp instead of alumanet and some aluminum poles instead of wood posts. I hope mine stays up as well as yours :). I’m experienced at building this type of thing because I was in boy scouts all my life so I’m confident it will work.

However, I was planning on using this just for a hang out spot at my camp. I still need to figure out how I’m going to shade my huge 8 person tent. Possibly I’ll just tie some reflective pads or space blankets on it because otherwise i’ll have to build a huge shade structure to cover it, which i don’t have the resources for.

Anyway, thanks and maybe I’ll come around to your camp to say hello. I’m shark! THE MAN BURNS IN 52 DAYS!

Comment on Why is the BBC iPlayer so crap? by Pedr

Pedr — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:05:28 +0000

I live in West Wales, IPlayer used to be great then they introduced iPlayer Desktop. … Now it takes 6 hours to download a TV prog…. WHY?

Comment on Where does the name ‘Starbuck’ come from? by Starbuck (Stephen)

Starbuck (Stephen) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:24:47 +0000

I am a Starbuck who actually lives in Harrogate in North Yorkshire - a mere
stone’s throw away from the (assumed) ancestral homeland of Starbeck and, whereas I admire your cynicism over the origins of our surname,
it all seems perfectly credible and is not especially fanciful or ego-inflating. You had to be called something and, if you weren’t nobility, it was usually what you did or where you came from ! “Stor” (steer) “bok” (beck). There was, historically, a
considerable Viking presence in this part of Yorkshire for hundreds of years.
For what (little) it’s worth I believe that the Starbucks did indeed establish
an early foothold in America (big deal!) ; were almost certainly Quakers and eventually involved themselves in that country’s whaling industry ( ref. Starbuck Island etc.)
My own guess is that part of the family (the thick side?) stayed in England and
eventually drifted from Yorkshire down into Nottinghamshire and the Vale of Belvoir where they became a family of little or no particular consequence*
When the whaling industry began to decline in America many Starbucks returned ‘home’ to Wales (God forbid!) where they set up shop (ships’ chandlers ?!?) in the port of Milford Haven where many are buried in the grounds of the Quaker’s Meeting House. Hope all this helps.

*Traced my lot back to 1749 and a Sarah Starbuck - married to a humble groom if I recall correctly.

Comment on ADE651 - the million-dollar bomb detector scam by Techowiz

Techowiz — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:11:43 +0000

Good news the other UK scammers involved in this type of fraud have had a long overdue visit from the cops, see the story at the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10269170.stm

regards

Comment on Where does the name ‘Starbuck’ come from? by Peter Starbuck

Peter Starbuck — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:37:22 +0000

Hi,
I believe I am related to you somewhere along the line,
My Grandad was Joseph Starbuck with brothers Harry and charlie Harry being the bare knuckle fighter. My dads name is Peter brother Joe and sister Janet. We lived in Bromley and st marys cray around the late 80’s Just thought i would say Hi as I too pondered this question growing up lol.

Comment on More Facebook Scams by Kendra

Kendra — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:23:33 +0000

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Comment on Why is the BBC iPlayer so crap? by josh

josh — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:33:17 +0000

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Comment on Better Butter reduces toast consumption by 10% (and thus saves the world) by Dave

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Comment on Better Butter reduces toast consumption by 10% (and thus saves the world) by L.P.

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