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"it appears to start off with shirts; first a couple of night shirts, then what appears to be two "neck shirts" including a "new fine plain" one. He packed two Ruffles plus "One fine Holland Ditto" as well as three pairs of silk stockings. One piece of gauze, three pairs worsted (stockings, presumably) went into the case along with a couple of night caps made of "linnen".
"W. shoes" may have referred to walking shoes but I cannot be sure and I have been unable to decipher the following line apart from seeing that it involved "one Blue Ditto and One Silk"
He needed a cloth coat and waistcoat (he called it "cloath") as well as a silk waistcoat and a white dining waistcoat. Silk breeches and five stocks were packed as well as "muffatees". Sadly I have no record showing what these were made from - they were fingerless gloves or wrist bands, often knitted but sometimes made of elasticated strips of leather, or even fancy ones made of peacock feathers.
"The actual cost of travel was considerable. Richard shows a coach journey from Bourton to Evesham of 41 miles costing over one pound eleven shillings."

"dinner at four shillings and ten pence (equivalent to a buying power of perhaps $22 today); the waiter at sixpence (a couple of dollars); the horsler i.e. ostler a shilling (four dollars); and turnpikes one shilling and sixpence (six dollars). The actual coach fare came to a guinea (getting on for a hundred dollars nowadays)"

The history ones were great - took me back to all those historical novels I've read. LOL. Ostlers & turnpikes etc etc.

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http://youtu.be/aAhPaiajwDY

Well, there is Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome which is not supposed to air but the DVD is coming out next year as the article said. They have a teaser and episode 1 & 2 on youtube.
http://www.digitalspy.ca/ustv/s50/bat...

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So I keep seeing this book cover flashing around on goods reads. Maybe it's just me.....but doesn't this guy look like a stoner in white wifebeater?
I often by books just because of the sex god on the cover. This is.....well like the guy should be on the freeway off ramp with a card board sign stating "Will pose with wings for food."
What do you guys think?

He just looks really wrong. White singlets went out with Archie Bunker in the 70's!!!
And they do look like fake wings (obviously!!!) but you shouldn't be thinking they look like fake wings.