Until Properly Relieved

[pecunium]

Until Properly Relieved, originally uploaded by pecunium.

This was, "backstage" at Ft. George, which is both an historical monument (built after the Battle of Culloden, to keep the French from being able to support a future rising of the clans), and a working installation.

He was just coming off a trick on guard duty, in the public eye. I believe he's fishing for a cigarette

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[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I think (from descriptions, the stamp is adopted from the Royal Marines; who were famoush for the, "Stomp, and clash of muskets" when piping someone aboard, so the implication was they beat the butt, and the foot.

I know that, no matter how I tried to pick it up when I was drilling with the Territorial Army, it was so simple that (like the jitterbug) it plum evaded me. The Canadians, however, did adopt it; making me the only one in ranks who didn't do it.