Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:05:14 -0400, HK wrote:


My uncle, my father's brother, was a distributor of men's outdoor
sporting gear in New England during the 1950s and 1960s. He sold stuff
similar to a lot of what you'd find at L.L. Bean, not the modern, trendy
stuff, but the real deal gear for campers, hunters, fishermen of his day
- clothes, tents, sleeping bags, that sort of stuff. I know he went to
Canada several times a year to visit the manufacturers of some of the
lines he handled. He always had a really great big car, typically (from
what I remember) a Chrysler 300. I remember at least one that had
pushbutton transmission selection buttons.

Saw those in Imperials and Fury's, circa 1957.
Maybe in a Rambler or AMC thing too.
Guy in a barbershop sold me some clothes once.
Three pure polyester shirts, and a wide white belt.
Wore one of the shirts once, but got warned away from the belt.
I think everybody got suckered at least once.
That was my time.

--Vic


I bought a bottle of witch hazel in a barbershop once. Never considered
buying shirts there, though. :)

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?

I wish we could have the same sentiments up here. Not much left of the 'rag
business' in Montreal.
That reminds me, I'll have to ask our 'skipper' where his suits and shirts
come from now. He is a distributor of mens & womens clothing and part of his
territory takes in the tri-state area around Washington DC.
He usually stays with one of his customers/friends when on his sales trips
that way...in the Bethesda MD area.



Too dumb to see a forgery...

Sad.

Go get Dummy Jr. another beer.

HK wrote:
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?

I just realized that someone is spoofing Harry. It seemed so real.

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:49:18 -0400, J i m
wrote:

HK wrote:
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?

I just realized that someone is spoofing Harry. It seemed so real.

I know.

It's almost as if - well, let's just say Sybil comes to mind.

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:49:18 -0400, J i m
wrote:

HK wrote:
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?
I just realized that someone is spoofing Harry. It seemed so real.

I know.

It's almost as if - well, let's just say Sybil comes to mind.


Morons.

On Jul 12, 11:09*am, HK wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:49:18 -0400, J i m
wrote:

HK wrote:
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?
I just realized that someone is spoofing Harry. It seemed so real.

I know.

It's almost as if - well, let's just say Sybil comes to mind.

Morons.

Harry, the fact that you are so easy to spoof should make you think a
bit, and, it was funny.

Frogwatch wrote:
On Jul 12, 11:09 am, HK wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:49:18 -0400, J i m
wrote:
HK wrote:
Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.
Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.
We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!
So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!
CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?
I just realized that someone is spoofing Harry. It seemed so real.
I know.
It's almost as if - well, let's just say Sybil comes to mind.
Morons.

Harry, the fact that you are so easy to spoof should make you think a
bit, and, it was funny.


Any regular poster here is easy to spoof. Have you heard about my
invention for powder coating liquids and thus saving on containers?

"HK" wrote in message
...

Look for the union label when you are buying
that coat, dress or blouse.

I do, I prefer non-union.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing, our
wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

As is my money. The more I have left, the better my family does. Want
charity, see Obama.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

Some day that will come back with a real bite. I can't wait to hear them
squeal.

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

Most people in the US are non-union and don't get bailouts.

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!?

^yours.

Gene wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:39:57 -0600, "Canuck57"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...


As is my money. The more I have left, the better my family does. Want
charity, see Obama.


Most people in the US are non-union and don't get bailouts.

Thanks for supporting the Chinese and others. Your price point
attitude helped tank the (non-union) knitting, sewing, and apparel
economy in my state.

Protectionist legislation is a small price you'll have to pay for your
philosophy.

If fuel goes sky high again, you won't be able to buy your foreign
price point goods. When that happens and jobs come back onshore, and I
think it is inevitable, the local folks that despised unions and were
good company men won't see things like they did before. They'll
remember how expendable they were and the resurgence of unions,
especially in places were they were previously shunned, will be huge.

Again, thanks.


A "good company man" is a worker who has been laid off and thinks it is
his fault.

There used to be a sort of social contract between workers and their
employers in this country, but that was pretty much destroyed during the
Reagan years when greed became the most important credo of corporations.