I wear a lot of surplus cammo clothing. I'm a redneck, it's what we do
I cut any insignia off though. I've got an aversion to wearing military insignia that borders on a phobia.
Back before I smashed my legs up I did a lot of fitness training - rucksack loaded with bricks, 12 mile tab through the woods, navex, that sort of thing. Once when I was walking home an old guy waiting for a bus thought I was a soldier coming back on leave and thanked me for my service, he offered to buy me a pint. I wanted the ground to open up beneath my feet and swallow me, I haven't served my country.
I was wearing a Korean war era US combat jacket and German flecktarn trousers, only my bergen ( rucksack ) was UK issue, I didn't think that I would be mistaken for a squaddy, but I was and I didn't like it at all.
Recently I have made two exceptions. The first is a Mossad sweatshirt I ordered from an Israeli surplus store recommended by 308Mike, the second is my dads Royal Artillery cap badge, which I wear on my stockmans hat ( like a cowboy hat ). The badge is so old it should be obvious it didn't belong to me. I hope....
I'd wear a 'Support the Troops' t-shirt with pride, but I wouldn't wear one that could lead anyone to think I was current or ex-military.
Wearing Military Apparel
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All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
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How about these guys ? - http://www.chivalricorders.org/orders/s ... ontesa.htmCByrneIV wrote:Hmmm... thats an interesting one. Perhaps we should recreate the knightly order of Santiago de Compostela.
I've been living a couple of miles away from the ruins of their castle for the last 5 months
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
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Highspeed, you shop at Zahal?
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Yep. We found them to be nice folks to deal with.Jered wrote:Highspeed, you shop at Zahal?
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
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I've bought some stuff from them too.Highspeed wrote:Yep. We found them to be nice folks to deal with.Jered wrote:Highspeed, you shop at Zahal?
I'm going to buy some more.
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