AH he's confused the British regulars for the Canadian Army, well the local and Provincial regiments were in aqua green tail coats and single bandoler, except Quebec, they were in a bright Blue not to be mistaken for the dark blue of the US "Blue" coats.
--- Tom Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, no, Mounties wear bright red frock coats. Army > wears bright red tail > coats with crossed white bandolers. Look I have seen > them in the movies, so > you can't tell me otherwise. > > Ciao, > graywolf > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: MI6 use Pentax > > > > On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 09:51 PM, Tom > Rittenhouse wrote: > > > > > Heck, and I thought you blokes wore bright red > tail coats. > > > > Tom, Tom, Tom...those are Mounties! The Royal > Canadian Mounted Police > > would probably not appreciate being confused with > the Canadian Armed > > Forces, much like your FBI would not appreciate > being confused with the > > Marines. > > > > Do the FBI have horses? > > > > -Aaron > > > > trying to picture the Mounties' musical ride with > black sedans and men > > in black shades > > - > > ______________________________________________________________________ Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .