I have... a BROWN COAT!
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:23
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*Squeal*
I drove by my local thrift store today and decided to wander in because I had some extra time on my hands, and right there in the second row of clothes I walked down there was a long, brown leather coat! It fit me so I snatched it and have been cuddling it. I have to do something about the cigarette smell; it's starting to get to me. But I have a browncoat! And somewhere on the lapel, I will find a way to put "You can't take the sky from me" and I will come up with an insignia patch for the sleeve and somehow figure out how to sew it on, and then I can wear it about and I am so excited!
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One summer.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
Starting June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Ooo, I am envious!
Enjoy that sweet thing!
"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal
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Oh I will, I will.
Just found a site with browncoat patches; gonna order a Serenity patch and a Browncoat insignia patch. They've got it upside-down on the site, but it's easy to sew it on right (yes, I am compulsive to detail, I did freeze the scene of tearing the patch off the luitenant, the point of the triangle does go down... Sorry)
Anyone interested in patches, here's the link I found: http://mysite.verizon.net/resp06h7/
The feedback seems to be good. I'll let y'all know if I have any issues.
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One summer.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
Starting June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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THANKYOU, now I'm not the only one. I've been saying those things are upside down since I saw them but no-one believed me, I too watched the ep frame by frame :)
Glad you found a coat you like, good luck with it, I wear mine all the time
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Originally posted by Rube:
THANK YOU, now I'm not the only one. I've been saying those things are upside down since I saw them but no-one believed me, I too watched the ep frame by frame :)
lol, for those who don't believe us, it is exactly 55 seconds into the pilot, by my counter, that Mal tears the patch off; the officer is lying prone, so you have to look at it sideways after you freeze it.
Heeheehee is this gonna turn a few things upside-down or what?
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One summer.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
Starting June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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The ciggy smell should air out with a few days in the fresh breeze (keep it out of direct sunlight). If it is really, really stubborn, here are some more drastic measures you can take:
1. The Newspaper Method. Take several sections of newspaper and separate the sheets. Crumple them loosely. Pack them loosely inside the sleeves of the jacket, inside the body of the jacket (button it so they sort of stay in there), then put the jacket in a large plastic garbage bag and loosely pack still more crumpled newspaper around the jacket so that it's completely surrounded by newspapers. (It's best if the leather doesn't actually touch the plastic bag anywhere, but not a huge deal anyway.) Seal the bag with a twist-tie. Put it away somewhere for about a week. Get it out, take all the newspapers out (they will stink horribly by this point) and recycle them, then shake out your jacket and see if it has improved. It may take a couple of treatments to get it completely de-stunk. (Use fresh newspapers each time.)
2. The Kitty Litter Method. And no, I'm not kidding. But this method uses a lot of kitty litter and is messy, so only use it as an absolute last resort. Put the jacket in a big 5-gallon plastic bucket and dump a lot of (unused) kitty litter in there with it. Mix things around so that there is kitty litter everywhere around and inside the jacket. Seal it up for a week or two. Take out the jacket and shake it out, then wipe it with a damp cloth to take all the dust off. Shake it a few more times. Dust it again. (It's really messy.) See how it smells.
If it still stinks after this, then your best bet is to take up smoking. 
Whatever you do, no spraying it with Febreeze, okay? That stuff is nasty.
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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!
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lol, thank you much for the suggestions! I do not like febreeze either, so I wasn't going to use that. I did put a few dabs of cedar oil on the lining (which is the part that stinks) and hung it in my open garage. It already smells better! If that doesn't overcome the stinkage, I will try the newspapers (wouldn't have thought of that). Don't think I'll have to resort to kitty litter. Or smoking. 
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One summer.
One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.
Starting June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Oh, and one more thing, re. the patches:
My husband has an A2 jacket from the Air Force. He loves to switch out his patches, so he had Velcro sewed onto the jacket where the patches go, with the fuzzy side on the jacket and the hooky side on the patches. If you think you'll want to switch them out, that's a good way to do it. You can do it yourself or you can take it to a tailor but they'll do basically the same thing, only probably with a better sewing machine. Whatever you do, you'll be changing the coat permanently, but hey, you're a Browncoat, right? Browncoats are forever.
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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!
Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.
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My Browncoat smelled of moth balls, and Mr. Grizwald claims to be allergic to them (not sure if that is possible, anyway he hates the smell). I cleaned it with saddle soap and then oiled it with mink oil (it was kind of stiff from storage and needed it anyway). So now it smells like a mink that's been sleeping on a bed of moth balls. Oh well.
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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!
Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.
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