But I am pro-union despite all that. Dad was late once to work in 41.5 (or so) years. It was on account of being delayed---having gone to attend an union meeting. This stuff happened during the Emergency. Guess someone had the "evil eye" (eevulei, murre) for him. ++ vjp
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Venantius J Pinto < [email protected]> wrote: > You stylish blokes are in another league--Harrods! I had a pair of > cufflinks once--which my Dad labelled "nankatai" cufflink, He was proud of > his-- to my eye equally "nankatai" links with a large "B" chased (/engraved, > aka chasing) in the metal in Copperplate script. Our "boy" was happy (and we > revelled in his hapiness) with what little he could afford, and was also > very stylish. he retired before the pay commissions, and I believe only once > did he get a salary which was a few rupees more than 1,000! In the end it > was the union that sold him out, AFTER 41.5 YEARS > ++++++++++++ > venantius j pinto > > > >> From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Disth? >> >> RESPONSE: I have a pair of beatiful 'Egyptian Eye' cuff links - believe it >> or not, bought from Harrods! >> -- >> DEV BOREM KORUM >> >> Gabe Menezes. >> >> * * * How were the 1950s, East African Goans and British Overseas Citizenship linked? Which Kenyan-Goan was one of the world fastest sprinters in the 1960s? What did the 1878 London-Lisbon treaty mean to Goa? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
