Terry;

Here are three links about Whiteley's Department Store:

http://85.1911encyclopedia.org/W/WH/WHITELEY_WILLIAM.htm

http://www.g-h.co.uk/area.php?page=31

http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/W/WH/WHITELOCKE_SIR_J_.htm


When I was three and my brother was one, we became customers of the three Ford brothers shoe store in San Francisco, California. They were from London, and would recite the following poem when they saw my brother:

William Whiteley of Westbourne Grove
Fell down stairs and broke his nose

It still makes me laugh to think of that little poem! :)

By the way I use the UT as my way of stress relief. Sometimes it gets stressful being around here! :)

Tom


>Tom
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>Oh, it's a factory - I know that employment is far more "Dickensian" in nature, in terms of hire-em-fire-em, hours worked, lack of vacation, in the US than here, and I assumed they were your OFFICE hours!
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>"Each minute of downtime costs $36,000"! - how much has your message just cost then!!! :-)
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>After all you said, on second thoughts, I'd rather stay here. But there's a wee hardware store within spitting distance of my office - I can put in a good word for you :-)
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>I live on the South coast c. 57 miles from London, and just 1 hr away on the train. Must admit to never hearing of the Whitely Dept Store.
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>Take care of your ticker now
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>Terry
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>>>Wanna trade places for a spell? :-)
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>>>Terry
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>>Terry;
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>>Sure! A change can be good to allow you to realize your "blessings"! :)
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>>I start at 0630. Sometimes they let us go home! :)
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>>We make cars and trucks for Toyota and General Motors. They just launched a new Tacoma truck (Toyota) last Monday and they are still finding employees bodies on the floor. :) Heart attacks are not unusual in this environment. Some mornings I come to work and see the Paramedics taking out a body - not a nice sight!
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>>The stress is unreal. Management likes to remind us, "Each minute of downtime costs $36,000"! We write the applications to run this 5.3 million square food manufacturing plant.
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>>I am looking for a nice job selling nails at a hardware store in a small town - anywhere! :)
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>>Our daughter just got back from London and LOVED IT! She just had to go see the Whiteley Department store and took pictures. By the way my brother is named William, like the creator of the original store. :)
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>>Tom