Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc: Go on any Canadian or US ship and they will sell you a baseball cap at their mess or Canteen. I would assume it is all for PR purposes, not profit. Incidentaly, on a Canadian ship you can buy beer or alcohol at the mess very cheap. I belive the American ships are dry. Regards, Robert At 06:47 PM 9/17/99 +0100, you wrote: >This could almost be Bill Bryson writing! >Jem > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marc James Small [SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] > >This gets frustrating. Even the British Army is now selling military >clothing -- I suspect as a recruiting tool, to make it seem "cool" to be >togged out in the latest military garb, but one cannot help seeing this as >a fund-raising tool under a parsiminous Labour government. In any event, >they -- the BRITISH Army, mind you, not the Yanks or the Canadians or even >those fellows who walk around on the heads in the Antipodes -- are selling >BASEBALL CAPS: > >http://www.army.mod.uk/army/index2.htm > >and follow the links. > >I am humiliated. Brollies, maybe, or even a discretely marked bowler. Or >underwear. Yes -- I could see them selling British Army underwear for the >likes of Ted and his ilk. But BASEBALL CAPS? Why not be authentic and >sell cricket caps? > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > >