Heh, mildred will find it hilarious that my passive memory is, while good, not nearly as useful as hers is because my passive memory doesn't cross-reference well! That is to say, once she used the keyword "redcoats" I was like "oh yeah, of course" (because we also did the American Revolution every year) but if you'd asked me "what colors did the Brits wear in the 18th century?" I would have flailed for at least a bit.
Only after lunch, once he was left in his rooms on his own, he wanted to live there as he pleased. Thus, he usually had his hair styled according to the then current fashion
Okay, I find it hilarious that he had different hairstyles for morning and afternoon! (I get the overall point, though.)
Quantz finally was freed from his tight corner once the King had left; but he was extremely careful during his subsequent visits to Berlin; he especially took care never to wear a red coat again, but only a grey or a blue one.
What I find hilarious is that "redcoats" was a keyword for you too! Ah, American education.
my passive memory is, while good, not nearly as useful as hers is because my passive memory doesn't cross-reference well!
To be fair, even as a kid/teenager, I had more points than just the American Revolution to cross-reference on this. Namely the French and Indian War (=the Seven Years' War in North America!), in which I learned repeatedly that the Native Americans waged successful guerrilla warfare while the Brits wandered around the forest in in bright red coats like idiotic walking targets until they finally were forced to adapt their tactics (no idea whether this is true, but it's what I learned in school), and also a Simon and Garfunkel song that I loved, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," which has the line "blazing in scarlet battalions," which I always took to mean the British.
Speaking of the bluecoats though, Prussian blue is a thing to this day, and the possibly better known prussic acid derived from it. Note that the former was named in 1709.
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Re: The FW-Fritz-Quantz-Katte tale (Nicolai version)
Date: 2021-02-27 06:22 pm (UTC)Only after lunch, once he was left in his rooms on his own, he wanted to live there as he pleased. Thus, he usually had his hair styled according to the then current fashion
Okay, I find it hilarious that he had different hairstyles for morning and afternoon! (I get the overall point, though.)
Quantz finally was freed from his tight corner once the King had left; but he was extremely careful during his subsequent visits to Berlin; he especially took care never to wear a red coat again, but only a grey or a blue one.
Heh, that is an excellent punchline. Poor Quantz.
Re: The FW-Fritz-Quantz-Katte tale (Nicolai version)
Date: 2021-02-28 01:16 pm (UTC)my passive memory is, while good, not nearly as useful as hers is because my passive memory doesn't cross-reference well!
To be fair, even as a kid/teenager, I had more points than just the American Revolution to cross-reference on this. Namely the French and Indian War (=the Seven Years' War in North America!), in which I learned repeatedly that the Native Americans waged successful guerrilla warfare while the Brits wandered around the forest in in bright red coats like idiotic walking targets until they finally were forced to adapt their tactics (no idea whether this is true, but it's what I learned in school), and also a Simon and Garfunkel song that I loved, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle," which has the line "blazing in scarlet battalions," which I always took to mean the British.
Speaking of the bluecoats though, Prussian blue is a thing to this day, and the possibly better known prussic acid derived from it. Note that the former was named in 1709.