Re: Re: who ever happens to be on line at the moment...nowp-coat...

Mine's 25 years old and going strong. Missing a few buttons, but
otherwise sound. L.L. Bean man - good stuff. Had some of their
turtlenecks for 20 years and they're still serviceable if a tad snug....


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Theresa
Sent: 10/28/2004 9:05:38 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] who ever happens to be on line at the moment...nowp-coat...

Kitty  you are a font of knowledge.  I had a pea coat years ago- wore it 
until it disintegrated.  I loved that coat- mine was wool too!

Theresa

kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

>Pea Coat
>The heavy topcoat worn in cold, miserable weather by seafaring men was
>once tailored from pilot cloth  a heavy, course, stout kind of twilled
>blue cloth with the nap on one side. The cloth was sometimes called
>P-cloth for the initial letter of "pilot" and the garment made from it
>was called a p-jacket  later, a pea coat. The term has been used since
>1723 to denote coats made from that cloth.
>
>
>Mine was made of wool, though.
>Kitty
>
>-------------- Original message -------------- 
>
>  
>
>>Pea coat? You gotta pea coat? 'Smokes, I had one in high school 
>>[army-navy store] when they were part of the required teen uniform, and 
>>then a new one when I went off to protect lighthouses and such from 
>>North Korean terrorists. Great double-breasted winter coat. Got any 
>>idea why it's "pea" coat? 
>>
>>On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 12:34 PM, "" 
>>wrote: 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>You got that right. Gotta remember to put my pea coat in the car 
>>>tonight 
>>>for my trip to OK tomorrow afternoon. Trying to smuggle stuff out to 
>>>the 
>>>car w/out Sugar seeing me is tough. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Pam Evans 
>>>Kemp, TX 
>>>zone 8A 
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: EvaTEsq@aol.com 
>>>Sent: 10/27/2004 10:17:31 PM 
>>>To: gardenchat@hort.net 
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] who ever happens to be on line at the moment...... 
>>>
>>>In a message dated 10/27/2004 11:11:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>>>justme@prairieinet.net writes: 
>>>Hum.. nice here tonight.. no jacket required...although Pam would 
>>>probably need her longjohns. 
>>>
>>>Donna 
>>>Heh, heh. It's 53 degrees here. Pam would be positively FROZEN! ; ) 
>>>
>>>Eva 
>>>Long Island, NY 
>>>Zone 6/7 
>>>
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>>Island Jim 
>>Southwest Florida 
>>27.0 N, 82.4 W 
>>Zone 10a 
>>Minimum 30 F [-1 C] 
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