On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:55:39 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:
What
will be left to differentiate us "sailors" from the farmers?

Get one of those Capt'n hats. Even works in Iowa.
Add a rubber parrot on the shoulder so there's no mistaking you.
When you buy feed the parrot will alert the clerk to your real
identity every time, in case he thinks the hat is just a strange
bandana.
I was surprised to read on the first link that steaming Navy vessels
carried sails as a backup for 32 years after the intro of steam.

--Vic