I was hanging a jacket up when I turned and spotted a special event coat, a coat that I could have seen from a mile away because it was a) not an era CW normally deals with and b) a British naval uniform. So I naturally made an idiot out of myself by petting the pretty, pretty gold braid, which prompted an amused co-worker to point out that it needed a button replacing.
I volunteered.
Yay, lapful of awesome!
I was quite proud of myself for correctly identifying it as a 1760's captain's uniform before I was told that it was Captain Cook's coat. Captain Cook, of course, was famous for circumnavigating the globe. Also, being eaten.
So that was fun. But that was nearly eight hours ago and I'm tired. My hands are hurting from overtime and sewing through wool all day. Now I'm going to go home and pack...and possibly prance around in my July 4th costume, which was issued to me today. woo.
2 comments:
Yum! Captain Cook...judged tastiest haole by 9 out of 10 Hawaiians...
I forgot about that little bit of British Naval history out here...
wow. I'm at the internet cafe and I didn't have time to read all of that link, but I'd like to go back and read more about captain cook. I think it'd be really funny if he had a Hawaiian dish named after him.
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