Did you ever use an army coat as a blanket?
Submitted by admin on December 28, 2008 – 7:31 am26 Comments
Enigmatic J In her tree asked:
Necrid…. We`ll take that as a no! thank you
Prabhakar was that an attempt at being rude to me? I am not impressed.
It is a simple question which gives you the choice whether or not to answer. I am well acquainted with many good people as i was a support worker for many many years. Salute!
No
What a stupid question
Often, overcoats of all descriptions have served the purpose.
Wearing one now.
when young we used duffle coats with our legs down the arms as blankets, christ we were poor…….
Wow,l tell you what.
Yes l have…..How heavy must these army coats have been to wear.
They do make good blankets. !!!
My grandads army coat is my best suit. It’s all I have to cover my skinny body
Army coats are great for extremely cold weather, and serve mighty fine as blankets, too.
My husband has done this in the past, but I won’t allow it now because it’s too ugly and smelly.
Memories if the past ,my old granny had one on her bed in winter I think it was from the 1st world war
we 20 years of military i would have to say yes!!!
no, but I’ve used an army blanket..dang that thing scratches!
ionce took a carpet as ablanket
hasn’t everyone of a certain age
I’ve used a big German army parka.
when i was little in the 50s four kids to a1 bed mum and sister in one single bed big sister joyce [died aged 30yo]had her own room ,four kids had two itchy woolen blankets and two overcoats mum just had two blankets ,mum used to buy lino in the summer and burn it to keep warm in winter on an old range we all huddled round it to keep warm never had much to eat either we were poor
I did until it became riddled with bullet holes.
It’s too draughty now so the dog uses it.
If an army Poncho counts as a coat then yes, I once used it as a blanket while mountain climbing since I forgot to pack my blanket into my backpack in my hurry to catch the bus to the rendezvous point.
Not an army coat but as a child coats to supplement blankets when there was no central heating was the norm!!
Idid not appreciate the precise implication of the question. As all the answers show it is more or less an accepted practice. I do not know how could you have any misgiving that perhaps somebody may not have done it. In fact, you question suggests that perhaps nobody does so. It really shows that your acquaintance with people leaves much tobe desired.
In fact, had you asked ‘whether you ever take sugar;’ above 50 percent of the answers would have been negative.
Yes, in Germany 1956, in the field at 20 below zero
Sure did! My dad was US Army and my mom kept all his old army coats…they were super heavy, super warm!
We also had Army blankets, one of which I have to this day!
it was a RAF coat
comedian Tom O’Connor used to take about having one in his act I could identifie with everything he said
I was the eldest of three sisters and we all shared
a double bed. We didn’t have blankets we had army
overcoats from the rag and bone yard.
It was the end of WW2 and money was scarce.
When we get together we all laugh at the memory now.
Army coat – no, Navy Pea coat – Many times
When my sister married a soldier and lived in the army housing, I sometimes stayed with her at the week-end and an army coat
was put over my blankets.
Yes, perhaps that is why they were called Great-coats