We had dinner and enjoyed each others company and decided to take a walk by the river as a lot of other couples were doing. The lights were shining on...the water and it was romantic. We found a bench and sat down and i put my arm around her resting on the top of the back of the bench. She told me she was enjoying our time together and hoped i was too. I told her i was and she was so easy to be with and i really like our becoming close friends. With her sitting on my right her coat was. ” chilled fingers fanned out in the direction of the flames.“Hmhm.” I agreed “Of course now we`ll have to find another way to lure in our friends, or we’ll have to do all the heavy lifting on our own.”“Heh.” Alex snorted before correcting me in a sly tone ” You know they’ll come anyway. They will just groan and moan a lot more. and remind you all the time what great friends they are, for doing all that menial work without expecting any reward whatsoever.”We spent a few more minutes luxuriating. The redcoats got to know pretty quick that they were welcome as long as they behaved. Our J.R.C. was somewhere to bring our wives and girlfriends, (but not at the same time!), so nobody stepped out of line. We also permitted senior NCOs and officers in for things like this. Hey, the profits went to us.The match had finished and I was on my third pint and fourth game of pool when Jean arrived."I thought I might find you here."I knew from her tone that it was time to get her out; otherwise I. . at least in the minds of those who propound the “accepted” (mainstream) theories.Casting back, I realized my wives were inordinately tall ... even though their shoulders fit nicely under me arm pits. Were we outsiders? Probably not ... the majority of the men were tall ... not as tall as I but much taller than I, as a white man, had been led to believe. Just another Hmmm.So ... after 1823 but before 1840. I saw muskets discarded for lack of percussion caps and heard of men’s wives castigating.