Sports: Re: [DucatiST] Pialla: British Army Mug

Hey Jan, thanks for the response, I've been looking around myself and found a repo
version of the Brown Mug issued then. Also found a fellow that has one on ebay, a white one, seems the change from white to brown took place from 41 to 45. Anyway, no where have I found it called a pialla. But, pialla is what those boys in Burma called it. I'm basing this on the book written by a 'good Scotsman; George McDonald Fraser. Name of the book is "Quartered Safe Out Here".
I'm hoping to hear back from that other Englisht....er British Gent.

BTW, should you ever tour this way again be sure to give a shout. I'll show you a bit of the
real Blue Ridge Mountains.

Robert McNabb
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
ST4 1999 RED

--- On Sun, 12/5/10, Jan Wysocki <st@tarasowka.org> wrote:

From: Jan Wysocki <st@tarasowka.org>
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Pialla: British Army Mug
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 8:00 PM

Robert McNabb, on Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 04:16:31PM -0800 you wrote:
>
> I've a friend whose Dad was RAF ww2 and he recently loaned me a book on
> the British Army fight with the Japs in Burma.In the book I found a
> note he left on the Pialla, an enameled mug used by the British Army.
> Well Christmas is coming up and I thought I'd surprise him with a
> trinket.
> any or you englishters ever seen or heard of such?
> Robert McNabb
> Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
> ST4 1999 RED

Hmm, not sure I like being called an englischter, but this British
biker will speculate. I (and Google) have never heard* of a Pialla mug.
But I'm 99.9% sure that what the British Army had in Burma would have
been a good old 'tin mug'. (See the first image that comes up for 'tin
mug' on Google Images or http://tinyurl.com/2foduzd.) What's popularly
called a tin mug is actually a glass enamelled steel mug. I have several
in my camping box. They're a tad heavier than a plastic mug but much
more satisfying to drink out of, even though they burn your lips!

What else?
Pialla is Italian for smoothing plane, which doesn't help!
There doesn't appear to be anywhere called Pialla that might have a mug
connection.

*I've been around since 1945, so I've heard a fair bit:)

I've only seen the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance, from Skyline Drive, but still a great sight.
--
Jan
On the road:'03 ST4s ABS (since April), '99 M900 (since new)
Languishing: 2 'Guzzis & a flying brick
Norwich, UK