For those that are not yet bored stiff and have wondered how on earth or why I got into the booze business I thought I’d break the momentum / monotony of Shay Gap for a little and throw this at you; I’ve always liked to digress as some may have noticed; just as I like asides, big asides, little asides, and that’s a side of me that gets on many nerves šæ
Well, I said Iād fill in the gaps today, so Iāll try and keep it as short, and sweet as possible, which probably means another three days of useless information, before I get back to Shay Gap.
After spitting the dummy and leaving the Ford dealership, I thought Iād give a GM/Holden dealership a whirl, and went round to James Clay Motors, and they put me on straight away. A lot easier back in the 60ās to get work than it is these days.
They didnāt bother trying to indoctrinate me with their products, they had a fairly new model out at that time, the HK Holden; it was a big improvement on their HR. I got a couple of sales up my sleeve, but wasnāt too happy, I thought the Holden HK was inferior to the Falcon XT, the direct competitor; still the people whoād done the deal withā¦
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āAsidesā are the engines of detail, comic relief, dramatic guidance. Wonderful things that drifted out of fashion when people started to shed old-world embrace of the dignity of time. In Greek drama, action was interrupted by the chorus who chimed in with commentary and predictions. Nowadays, thereās no time to āwaste.ā
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I take it that you like them then, Eric, then I shall press on regardless of what others may say š
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Hello Brian,
If you read my blog today you will know I am days and days behind with reading everyoneās posts.
Iām having a bit of a struggle to catch up and Seeing as Iām now working backwards, some peopleās posts may not make a lot of sense. Perhaps I should skip my backwards idea and start at the very beginning. š
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