tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post3259941884025127090..comments2023-10-30T12:20:56.384+00:00Comments on The Newspaceman: Harris TweedNewspacemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208154995715405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-91824391628282320082014-07-07T17:25:55.009+00:002014-07-07T17:25:55.009+00:00Thanks Moon, appreciated. I have not read any Dan ...Thanks Moon, appreciated. I have not read any Dan Brown, maybe one day...<br /><br />You know the CIA used to use Harris Tweed as a cold war "uniform". Allegedly:<br /><br />http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/harris-tweed-was-cold-war-uniform-for-cia-1-2887289<br /><br />cheersNewspacemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208154995715405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-12829580873470854192014-07-05T09:04:32.229+00:002014-07-05T09:04:32.229+00:00Here's the part:
" He folded back the li...Here's the part:<br /><br />" He folded back the lining and showed Sienna the label bearing his favourite symbol in the fashion world - Harris Tweed's iconic orb adorned with thirteen buttonlike jewels and topped by a Maltese cross.<br /><br />Leave it to the Scots to invoke the Christian warriors on a piece of twill. "<br /><br />Unbeknown to langdon there was a secret pocket sewn into his tweed. In it wasa capsule containing a miniature projector which showed an altered version of Botticelli's Map of Hell [ based on dante's Inferno].<br /><br />There you go , now you don't have to read the book :)<br /><br />cheersaferrismoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323962086698914361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-91112075579708784272014-07-05T07:57:33.178+00:002014-07-05T07:57:33.178+00:00I found it on a google image search moon, but chee...I found it on a google image search moon, but cheers, most apt.<br /><br />It was the 13 dots that got me.<br /><br />cheersNewspacemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208154995715405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-25937838181822176842014-07-05T06:47:55.125+00:002014-07-05T06:47:55.125+00:00Someone gave em a copy of Dan Brown's Inferno....Someone gave em a copy of Dan Brown's Inferno. In it Robert Langdon, the professor-hero, muses over the Harris Tweed symbol on his made-to-measure tweed.<br />I read that bit yesterday.<br /><br />cheersaferrismoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323962086698914361noreply@blogger.com