Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --=====================_30754848==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 07:38 23-04-01 -0700, you wrote: > > There are/were no working photographers or writers in my > > family. Neither > > are/were we in real-estate, encyclopaedias or magazine > > publishing. I am a > > combination of farming and mercantile interests out of Ireland. Some > > maintain the merger was a great success; others speculate > > things might have > > gone better. > > > > John Collier > > Here in the UK there used to be a chain of tailors called 'John Collier' who used the TV jingle 'John Collier, John Collier, the window to watch'. They were also known as 'the fifty bob tailors' - a bob being a shilling or 5p in todays deceimal coinage, and thus fifty bob being 2.50UKP which was the price of their mens suits! Gerry - --=====================_30754848==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <font size=3>At 07:38 23-04-01 -0700, you wrote:<br> <br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>> There are/were no working photographers or writers in my <br> > family. Neither<br> > are/were we in real-estate, encyclopaedias or magazine <br> > publishing. I am a<br> > combination of farming and mercantile interests out of Ireland. Some<br> > maintain the merger was a great success; others speculate <br> > things might have<br> > gone better.<br> > <br> > John Collier<br> > </blockquote><br> Here in the UK there used to be a chain of tailors called 'John Collier' who used the TV jingle 'John Collier, John Collier, the window to watch'. They were also known as 'the fifty bob tailors' - a bob being a shilling or 5p in todays deceimal coinage, and thus fifty bob being 2.50UKP which was the price of their mens suits!<br> <br> Gerry</font></html> - --=====================_30754848==_.ALT--