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Offline cheng

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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2011, 07:06:29 »
thanks all!  :)
I'm not into civilians and definitely cant afford 5 Gondelliers  ;D

yes...now that you mention it...looks like a mime too  :P

but why cant he look like him? is something wrong with my eyes today  8} ?
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2011, 10:01:35 »
Quote from: playmogal on September 10, 2011, 12:38:04
Baron, I definitely agree....Venetian gondoliers.
Remove the cannon and replace with long oars and gondola....woooops....is there a PM gondola?  Passengers should be drinking fine wine or champagne, too! Cheers, Pgal :wave:

Someone, maybe Macgayver, made a custom gondola.
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2011, 10:04:17 »
Quote from: Luis on September 11, 2011, 03:44:00
that speedo dad seems to be very versatile! :love:
they look very french because of the moustache and stripped shirt stereotype

they do look like venetian gondoliers as well - i made a similar custom a few years ago for a photo contest:



my photo techniques sucked at the time though :-[
and my custom was simpler

Ah, it was you, Luis.  Sorry!   :-[
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2011, 10:06:43 »
I can see all three - gondoliers (the striped shirts, hats and long ribbons), French sailors (the moustaches and striped shirts) and mimes (the black and white striped shirt), and also two British sailors (but I think they would get teased by their shipmates about that ribbon round their hats!).
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2011, 12:57:51 »
Yeah, I agree. It could be any of the above. I think maybe we're all just more familiar with gondoliers so that's what comes to mind first.
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2011, 13:53:30 »
thanks everyone!

and playmofire-Gordon, so their ribbons are too long for serious navy duties...I cant bear to cut them...maybe i might just switch them with the other top hat knotted ribbons  ;) ..the hats are supposed to be tarred straw hats right? but if British navy wore blue striped shirts, did the French also wore blue stripes or is red stripes also used on both sides (strange that both side wore about the same uniforms 8})
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2011, 15:21:01 »
Luis,
Love your gondolier!!!! That is fantastic and so romantic, which probably is why the women love it the most! It would be so cool if PM did a gondolier special! Pgal :wave:
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2011, 15:26:58 »
Thanks, Pgal :D glad you like it!

Cheng, I've been reading about it - i think you're customs are accurante, it's just that pop culture leads people to associate that outfit to a Gondolier than to a British or French navy uniforms
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2011, 16:01:48 »
It is certain that "common sailors" in English, French or other navies, did not wear uniforms, at least not untill in the 19th century.
I think uniforms for common sailors were introduced at the earliest around 1800 (probably later). Perhaps in the beginning just the gunners got a uniform... (?)
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Re: speedo dad in an ancient navy
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2011, 01:36:53 »
oh thanks Luis & Hadoque!
mine are supposed to be around 1815, the Battle of Waterloo period maybe these striped shirts are uniforms ;)
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