Re: OLD Fly Tying Fishing Kit Vise & BOX FULL of Lures BaitS
rw wrote:
> BABE WINKLEMAN wrote:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-Fly-Tying-Fishing-Kit-Vise-BOX-FULL-of-Lures-Bait_W0QQitemZ7209817527
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>> CLICK ABOVE TO SEE IT, OR ENTER IN ITEM NUMBER 7209817527 ON EBAY
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> 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. :-)
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