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You may be asked to walk the plank before you stroll in downtown Saline Thursday night.
The Queen's Revenge is the featured artist for the Salty Sounds of Summer concert on North Ann Arbor Street.
The free concert, presented by Saline Main Street and the Ann Arbor-Saline Music Center, begins at 7 p.m.
The Queen's Revenge isn't some Freddie Mercury cover band. These blokes are dressed like actual pirates and sing songs about service to the Queen, disturbing the captain and other things on the minds of pirates.

At times, their guitars are heavy, harkening to the days of 80s glam rock (those rockers did look a bit like pirates, didn't they?) or even thrash metal. At other times, their songs tilt toward sing-songy fisherman's drinking songs, though they rarely lose their metal edge.
Mermaid Beam also performs.
Some of the downtown shops and restaurants are planning activities, specials and sales for the occasion.
Rock Paper Scissors Junior, on South Ann Arbor Street, is planning a Rainbow Loom Bracelet-making event. Rock Paper Scissors (senior?) right around the corner will invite kids to decorate eye patches.
Partly Cloudy , with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees. Sunny for the morning, overcast in the afternoon and evening, clear overnight.
I have to commend the Saline City manager and engineer for keeping their cool and for their professionalism during the three hour Mill Pond Dam town hall meeting.
I think what's insulting is that the city is bloating the numbers to bolster their case.
Logically, the dam has no practical use. Of course, it's going to cost more. Of course, there's a level of risk there. Of course, over some period of time, it's going to cost more to maintain than a stream.
Life cycle cost analysis is certainly appropriate when considering new assets, but it may not be as appropriate when evaluating existing assets.