That’s funny, John! Nice morning giggle! good one! Cheers, Christine
> On Jan 6, 2016, at 3:48 AM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > You've all quite forgotten the correct etiquette. When you wish to make > acquaintance, you must > have one of your servants (footman is acceptable) call at the premises where > the wished-for > acquaintance resides, and leave your calling card with the butler (who may > not be the person who > opens the door to him, as that is the job of a lower ranked servant) - you > must not, of course, > deliver the card yourself. The card will then be taken to the person > nominated, usually on a silver > tray, who will decide whether the relationship is to be pursued. If so, > he/she will have a message > delivered to your household, informing you of the time and date when you may > present yourself for > the first meeting. This will normally be in the morning, but not for lunch, > as this is only > attended by invited guests of good character and some acquaintance. > Colonial persons should be advised that it is most unlikely that they will be > received into society > at the first instance. > > > John in Brisbane > (Who once was invited to dine with a colonial governor, but never got a > repeat invitation!) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W-PDML > Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 18:01 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Warning to the UKians (and possibly other Europeons) > > On 6 Jan 2016, at 05:45, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> LOL! >>> >>> That's not the way I've phrased it... >>> "Yo! Cotty, Bob! I'll be there in five hours. Are you available for a >>> pint? I'll buy!" >>> >>> Seems to work pretty well. :-) >> >> I was thinking more along the lines of letting me know if they'd be off on >> holiday during a > particular timeframe. > > Tell us when you're coming, then we can tell you when we'll be on holiday... > :0) > > I normally take my summer holiday two or three weeks either side of > midsummer. Other than that > there's the occasional 2-3 days here and there. > > B > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
