[78-L] Toe Each His Own [FWD]^

[Mike Harkin]

You're right about it being a brand for socks; used to buy them when I still lived on the W side of the pond.  Never saw GT undies back then....

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Fri, 12/17/10, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Toe Each His Own
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 5:57 AM
> Hope there's no scam lurking
> about.  I lucked out when in 1984 I'd ordered a
> box of parts from a company called Stereo Cost Cutters, who
> used the
> abbreviation 'SCC Inc' on their packaging; there had been a
> series of ads on
> CNN for el cheapo bogus jewellery from a company calling
> itself 'Santo Gold'
> who abbreviated their company name SGC.
> 
> One day, while waiting for the parts to arrive, UPS showed
> up with a
> package.  That time, my mother answered the door; she
> thought it might have
> been the package I was waiting for.   She
> asked me if I was expecting a
> package from SGC in Florida.   As I'd seen
> that abbreviation on the telly
> ads I knew it wasn't the package; I told her not to sign
> for it--the one I
> ordered was from SCC of Dublin, Ohio.
> 
> Had I not been there she'd have accidentally signed for a
> bogus package that
> hadn't been ordered and stuck with a bill for useless
> junk.  Even cheekier,
> someone who said they were from Santo Gold Company a few
> days later rang my
> mother up asking her why she'd refused the package!
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Gold Toe underwear?  That sure is an odd brand
> name...sounds like it would
> > be for socks.  After all,   you
> find toes in socks,  and something else in
> > men's underwear.
> >
> > Taylor
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:26 PM
> > Subject: [78-L] The weirdest thing I've had sent..
> >
> >
> > > Okay, I don't mind if people use my mailing
> address in Lewiston on
> > > occasion,
> > > but did anybody within the sound of my e-voice
> order a sample of Gold Toe
> > > underwear? Yep, there was a package which had
> somehow lost its mailing
> > > address
> > > but which the PO had marked with my box number,
> shipped in November from
> > > PRO
> > > Business Systems in Albemarle NC and with a
> printed letter inside (and no
> > > "Dear
> > > so and so" and no contact info on it)
> accompanying a pair of men's
> > briefs.
> > > The
> > > Post Office refused to take it back or return it.
> Very weird. (Nice
> > > underwear,
> > > too..I may keep it..)
> > >
> > > dl
> > >
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