On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > What were you doing 35 years ago about this time.?? <snip>
Hmmm... At this time in 1976 I would have been working in accounts receivable for (the now long since closed down) Kaufman Footwear in Kitchener, Ontario. It was my year off between high school and university; by the next year I had embarked on a rather longish post-secondary career (long, not due to lots of degrees, but due to lots of - errrr - "diversions"). Among other things, Kaufman made Sorel winter boots - at that time they were very unfashionable snowmobile and work boots for subzero temps. I bet Dave wore them whilst surveying up north! When Kaufman went under, someone bought the rights to that line. Right now they're the hottest winter boot fashion around, to be seen adorning the feet of all sorts of young hotties and hipsters. Of course they're made in China now, and they don't say "Sorels by Kaufman" like they used to, they're just "Sorels". Actually, now that I think of it, I worked in the Kaufman factory as a summer job when I was at university and was on the Sorel assembly line. Worst job I ever did, grinding down the soles so they'd be flush with the upper. Got rubber bits all over me and in my clothing. Yuck! But that was later. 35 years ago it was in the office, for my year after high school. Pretty much didn't take any pix to speak of, except a few forays to Mosport Raceway for CanAms and F1 races with my trusty Praktica SLR. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
