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Fatigue Cap II

Remember this thing? Nothing wrong with it per se. There is plenty of evidence for floppy elf caps. Eighteenth century soldiers wore these  to preserve their expensive cocked hats when it was time for manual labor. For instance, there are these hearty chaps toiling away on the defense of Boston in 1775: Lieutenant General Archibald […]

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Happy Birthday to ME! My girlfriend’s parents were kind to me this year. Must be VERY careful with the new and improved Paunch II sewing form. I broke the previous one with much hard yanking and spinning. All in all, it was an excellent holiday. I spent the last day of 2013 helping a local […]

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