-=> Quoting ART TAIT to NANCY BACKUS on 27 Jan 09  13:23:00 <=-

 -=> Quoting Nancy Backus to Jean Parrot <=-
 
 NB>> (And, at least according to the tagline, they were probably English...
 NB>> spelling their name a wee bit different...  )

 AT> Grandfather was english and not only was he a pool shark rumor
 AT> has it that he was known to bend an elbow from time to time.
 AT> I remembe my dad telling that when they were in need of a few
 AT> coins for bread, the old man would pick up his cue and head
 AT> for the billard hall.

A useful skill, that... :)   (And I'm sure he didn't need a compass to
find his way to the hall, either... )

 AT> I have never heard anything about compass making tho(G)

None in my Scots TAIT ancestry either.    One was a bookseller in
Haddington, though.

ttyl        neb

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