> > The other big celebrity death of the day, Mr. Roarke: > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090114.wm > ontalban0114/BNStory/Entertainment/home > > I've read a few other obits and bios. None of them mention my most > enduring memory of the man, shilling Chrysler Cordobas with seats of > "Corinthian Leather". > > I was crushed when, years later, I discovered that there's no such > thing as Corinthian Leather, that it was a plastic fake. My world has > never been the same since... >
it might have been different if he'd been shilling (?) Chrysler Corinthians with Cordoban leather. Cordoban leather is/was the best! In fact, the word 'cordwainer' is derived from Cordoban. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
