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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: Lane3 who wrote (4537)2/17/2003 6:12:18 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
<<"circling the drain," as he puts it, >>

That's a neat phrase. At the coffee shop "selling his boat" means terminal cancer because when guys get the news that is what they do.

I remember talking to a guy who went to Scotland and bought a sport coat made out of Shetland Wool. He asked how long it would last and the salesman said "It will see you out".

I was in the men's clothing business for 20 years and remember one old guy. He wanted a 2 pants suit, a coat and 2 pants used to be an option, because the last one lasted 35 years. He was 92. Now that's optimism. BTW, I used to collect and candle eggs with him when I was a kid.
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