Comments on: Wine and the Wine Trade (1921): A Sign http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html/comment-page-1#comment-13095 Sheila Ryan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:56:36 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=6817#comment-13095 The Fox and the Grapes. Simon's <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/winethewinetrade00simorich" rel="nofollow">Wine and the Wine Trade</a>, by the way, is a delightful little work, and the link takes you to directly to digital versions and a text transcription. And it is but one title in a series, <i>Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries</i>, published in the UK by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. The series featured publications treating of tea and coffee and all manner of products – and industries; here are a few choice titles: <blockquote><i>Cordage and Cordage Hemp</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>Telegraphy, Telephony, and Wireless</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>The Electric Lamp Industry</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>Cold Storage and Ice Making</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>Drugs and Commerce</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>The Film Industry</i></blockquote> <blockquote><i>Player Piano</i></blockquote> “Those with a taste for this sort of thing will enjoy this thing.” The Fox and the Grapes.

Simon’s Wine and the Wine Trade, by the way, is a delightful little work, and the link takes you to directly to digital versions and a text transcription. And it is but one title in a series, Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries, published in the UK by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. The series featured publications treating of tea and coffee and all manner of products – and industries; here are a few choice titles:

Cordage and Cordage Hemp

Telegraphy, Telephony, and Wireless

The Electric Lamp Industry

Cold Storage and Ice Making

Drugs and Commerce

The Film Industry

Player Piano

“Those with a taste for this sort of thing will enjoy this thing.”

]]> By: Cindy Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html/comment-page-1#comment-13094 Cindy Scroggins Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:22:15 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=6817#comment-13094 L = Like a Fox. L = Like a Fox.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html/comment-page-1#comment-13093 Sheila Ryan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:55:53 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=6817#comment-13093 <i>Have you ever seen them in the same room?</i> Andrew's better-looking than Andre, who died in 1970 at the age of 93. Now <i>he's</i> kind of creepy. The "L." is for Louis. Andre Louis Simon. Have you ever seen them in the same room?

Andrew’s better-looking than Andre, who died in 1970 at the age of 93. Now he’s kind of creepy.

The “L.” is for Louis. Andre Louis Simon.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html/comment-page-1#comment-13092 Andrew Simone Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:06:12 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=6817#comment-13092 The question is what does the "L." stand for? The question is what does the “L.” stand for?

]]> By: Erin http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/09/wine-and-the-wine-trade-1921-a-sign.html/comment-page-1#comment-13091 Erin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:35:03 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=6817#comment-13091 Have you ever seen them in the same room? That's actually pretty creepy. Have you ever seen them in the same room?

That’s actually pretty creepy.

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