tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79812675094755867662023-11-15T05:48:33.150-08:00I was Norman Rockwell's helper in another lifeFiction from truthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202939796455783362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981267509475586766.post-71368429027637600712015-08-09T16:00:00.000-07:002015-08-09T16:00:00.300-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Down Vaughn Rd to St Claire West ,then to Bathhurst down the hill and left on Davenport to Bedford St and if you look South on Bedford you get a perfect view of the C.N. Tower . From there I ended up on Bloor St and once past the science museum the high end retailers are on both sides of the Street . I cup my hands around my eyes and press against the glass at Prada and see hand bags back lit in glass shelved cubby holes. I imagine the fashonistas entering to worship at the hand bag alter or even a modern day Wordsworth composing an ode to a bag .As I leave I notice I have slobbered on the glass and a touch of spit dribbles down from the Prada sign on the door .</div>
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<a href="http://drywall-gallia.blogspot.ca/2015/07/we-make-love-to-flowers-in-spring-time.html">Charles Phillips and his blog ?spell check??? </a> Nancy. hi are you confused ?, well chaos reigns , ha ha. This is where you should click on the link to find out more and then sign up as a follower . perhaps when you are ............</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202939796455783362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981267509475586766.post-8936278535486497092015-07-18T16:45:00.000-07:002015-07-18T16:48:36.015-07:00John Buchan pounds shillings and pence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Whilst walking along Vaughn Road in Toronto I came upon several boxes of books on the sidewalk and obviously free for the taking . I sorted through them and picked several that interested me .There was an old Penguin book by John Buchan titled "The Island of Sheep" in perfect condition . It had been reprinted in 1960 and first published in 1936 but what caught my eye was was the price on the cover 2/6 .Only those who had grown up in England at that time would understand that 2/6 meant two shillings and six pence or 30 English pennies , 1/8th of a pound ,and also known as half a crown , a crown being 5 shillings or more commonly known as five bob (a shilling in slang is a bob and Bob times 20 is a qwid which properly named is a pound.you would think that would be all we need to know about British currency but there is more.A penny is 1/12th of a shilling plus a halfpenny coin is 1/2 a penny and a farthing is 1/4 of a penny which gives enough information to calculate 240 pennies in a pound .One more thing there is also the guinea which is 21 shillings but not common in my time .<br />
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John Buchan was among many other things famous as a novelist his best known work being "The 39 steps" which was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock .He was also Governor General of Canada from 1936 to 1940 .Check him out on Wikipedia a serious over achiever . He was a contemporary of Norman Rockwell though they never crossed paths but another serious over achiever thanks to my help in another life .</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202939796455783362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981267509475586766.post-68979254231463046522011-08-20T10:23:00.000-07:002011-08-20T10:23:32.319-07:00where am I ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">How did I get here .</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202939796455783362noreply@blogger.com0