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Bill wrote:
>> Dark colored shirts should not be worn on a hot day when doing marathon
>> observations. <G>

Red replied:
> Only the hoi-polloi wear dark colors in between Memorial Day and Labor Day. If
> you're in uniform it will be Dress Whites and if you're a civilian...well,
> surely you know to wear white in the summer?! One must set a proper example to
> the servants.<G>

Red

I have met some of the hoi-polloi tribe.  They can be very pleasant chaps in
social situations, yet ruthless on a hunt for the coin of the realm.

As to dress codes, the dark knit shirt goes well with my sharkskin shorts,
and doesn't draw undo attention to my Salvatore-Ferragamo-Studio black
wing-tip slip ons (with tassel).

When tennis whites allowed splashes of color to be introduced, then colored
garments, I was aghast. Then magenta and multicolored  balls.  The game has
been off limits me me since.

But that is off-topic.  What's the deal with foul-weather gear?  Instead of
traditional yellow we see red and dark blue.  Does a brown-hair sailor in a
dark blue inflatable life vest and dark-blue jacket really believe someone
will see him or her in an MOB situation (especially night)?  And what's up
with this robins-egg blue and white match-mate his-and-hers foul-weather
gear?  You want to make a fashion statement, fly a chute.

Guillaume



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