Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.news2me.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!a6ed8b2e!not-for-mail From: rw User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.fishing,alt.flyfishing,japan.fishing.fly,rec.outdoors.fishing.fly,rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying Subject: Re: OLD Fly Tying Fishing Kit Vise & BOX FULL of Lures BaitS References: <11rtghk3jkk98cc@corp.supernews.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 24 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:43:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.245.39.139 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net 1136612582 66.245.39.139 (Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:43:02 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:43:02 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.fishing.fly:79 rw wrote: > BABE WINKLEMAN wrote: > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-Fly-Tying-Fishing-Kit-Vise-BOX-FULL-of-Lures-Bait_W0QQitemZ7209817527 >> >> >> CLICK ABOVE TO SEE IT, OR ENTER IN ITEM NUMBER 7209817527 ON EBAY > > > The most interesting things in the photo, to my eye, are the letters > clipped under the lid. Have you looked at them? Is there a story in them > about whoever owned this outfit, or are they just old Herter's bills? :-) OK, I just noticed the photo of the "letters." They're just tying materials. Duh! The old fisherman probably worked for National Cash Register, which changed its name to NCR Corporation in 1974 (which I remember happening because they were a competitor of the company I worked for). He was evidently in the habit of stealing postage-paid envelopes from his employer. :-) -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address.