AUTHOR COMMENT: Happy Halloween! Someone in a monster costume seems to have got himself a… A Treat? A Trick?
Oh, and here’s the full background without all the pesky dialogue:
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AUTHOR COMMENT: Happy Halloween! Someone in a monster costume seems to have got himself a… A Treat? A Trick?
Oh, and here’s the full background without all the pesky dialogue:
Well, now we know what happened to HER after she stormed off. 🙂
You know, the usually don’t bother to carve the back of the impressive entrance. I’m even more impressed.
Aww! Poor O-3 Eaton. Although, that would likely not have worked out either. I take it that Alice is like one of my mom’s great aunts who didn’t want to get married just to have some man tell her what to do all day, only not getting married hasn’t struck her as an option yet.
Wait. 0-3? As in Zero out of Three?
Probably O-3 as in Officer level 3 in the military, although according to Wikipedia, an OF-3 in the British army is a Major, Captain would be OF-2. But I don’t know if that was the same in the 1800’s. Whereas if poor Captain Eaton were Royal Navy, a Captain would mean he was an OF-5 today.
I feel like I kinda sorta learned something today… maybe.
Relevant to the issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO#Comparison_to_other_systems
OF and O are different
The American system is O and the NATO system is OF.
In the NATO system, what is O-1 and O-2 are collapsed into OF-1, thus the code for each rank above that has a number componant thatone less than the American system.
I’ve tried to find out why they did that but haven’t done very well and thus have failed.
Basically, I’m saying he’s an Army Captain, not Navel by using a system that’s not only wildly anachronistic, but also focused on the wrong military.
A naval Captain is the equivalent of an army Colonel — that’s British OR U.S. — probably Canadian Forces too.
U.S. officer ranks:
O-1 = Second Lieutenant (Army or Marines) = Ensign (Navy or Coast Guard.
O-2 = First Lieutenant (land forces) = Lieutenant J.G. (nautical forces).
O-3 = Captain (land) = Lieutenant (nautical).
O-4 = Major (land) = Lieutenant Commander (nautical)
…and so on.
Well, now I definitely learned something!
Are we sure Captain Eaton didn’t get eaten by Ms Alice?
Good point.
We’ll have to see what happens to Dult.
Be careful what you wish for, Alice.
Exactly! Then again, I wrote that line with uncanny 20/20 hindsight.
Well one thing is clear. Alice didn’t make her escape, YET.
You seem quite sure she’s going to escape. Do you know something I don’t?
Com’on. It’s Alice we’re talking about here. Okay, maybe with a little help?
By the way, great image of Alice struggling.
Alice is always struggling with the World NOT meeting her expectations.
It’s not usually so physical.