gun and knife show

[charlie cleveland]

being held at oxford thats in mississippi not england today....sorrt about short notice only new about it last night....i will attend if old 72 ford pickup gets us there.. charlie

[david ross]

Hi Charlie
I wish it was in OXFORD ENGLAND then i could go only 3/4 off an hour from my home.

Thanks Dave.

[Harry Collins]

Charlie,

Did you make it to the show? Anything worth bringing home?

David,

I lived in Denham, Bucks in the mid 70's and would ricochet to Oxford on the A40 in my 58 MGA. Most of the time I would end up at "The Trout" for a pint or two.

Harry

[david ross]

Harry



Harry
Do you miss the beer

Thanks Dave




o you miss the beer ?

[Harry Collins]

David,

When I lived on your side of the pond there was a campeign on for real ale. Most beers were pressurized to the tap and brewers were going back to "pulling" a pint from the "wood". Anyway the taste of beer would change weekly. I was fond of milds and bitters, but stuck with Guinness stout for the most part which by the way was 18p for a pint in 1974. When I went back to broke bloodstock insurance at LLoyds and surrounding markets in 1985 a pint in the City was 1 pound 10p. I would be affraid to guess the cost today. In the old days I would appoligize it I handed the "governor" a 5 pound note. I enjoied living in England very much as I was not squandering my youth on education and family, but living as care free as Kenneth Grahame's Toad.

Harry

[david ross]

Hi Harry
You would require a morguage to buy a pint these days 4 pounds + a pint

Thanks Dave

[Harry Collins]

Dave,

That's about what a pint of Guinness cost in our Gin Mills as well. We can purchase a four pack of Pub Draft Guinness in the tin at the grocery for about the same ($6.50).

Harry

[calvin humburg]

Ok Harry, who and what in the sam hill is Kenneth Grahame's Toad? ch

[Harry Collins]

Calvin,

We all remember The Wind in the Willows. It's author is hard to come up with at times just like Winnie-the-Poo. Who wrote that? Grahame wrote Wind in the Willows. As you remember Toad of Toad Hall, Ratty and Mole and their adventures on and around the river. Toad was a little self centered and would take up one persuit and drop another as quick as, well, me.

Harry