In article <ka4am5Fcoj7U1@mid.individual.net>, Adrian Caspersz
<email@here.invalid> on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 08:27:01 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Hot brand name tip, get in quick*!
>
>If ye wanna sell knock off items on fleaBay with "Genuine" in the title,
>simply register "Genuine" in the name of your trading company.
>
>A quick check of Companies House register reveals that this strategy works?
>
>
>
>
>* sorry, me broken all the rules of sheddy lethargy.
>Just blink, and this will go away...
>
>
'Office', as in London Mint Office appears to be another example of this
(I think they call them 'weasel words').

I have not fallen for the commemorative 'coin' offer having fallen back
into my slumbers.
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Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
Brian

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"Adrian Caspersz" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hot brand name tip, get in quick*!
>
> If ye wanna sell knock off items on fleaBay with "Genuine" in the title,
> simply register "Genuine" in the name of your trading company.
>
> A quick check of Companies House register reveals that this strategy
> works?
>
>
>
>
> * sorry, me broken all the rules of sheddy lethargy.
> Just blink, and this will go away...
>
>
> --
> Adrian C

I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
Still at least you did get some precious metal!

Brian

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"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in message
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> In article <ka4am5Fcoj7U1@mid.individual.net>, Adrian Caspersz
> <email@here.invalid> on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 08:27:01 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>Hot brand name tip, get in quick*!
>>
>>If ye wanna sell knock off items on fleaBay with "Genuine" in the title,
>>simply register "Genuine" in the name of your trading company.
>>
>>A quick check of Companies House register reveals that this strategy
>>works?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>* sorry, me broken all the rules of sheddy lethargy.
>>Just blink, and this will go away...
>>
>>
> 'Office', as in London Mint Office appears to be another example of this
> (I think they call them 'weasel words').
>
> I have not fallen for the commemorative 'coin' offer having fallen back
> into my slumbers.
> --
> 0sterc@tcher -
>
> "O� sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
> Brian
>
One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
sight when I went in.

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On 2023-04-17, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
> lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
> precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
> Still at least you did get some precious metal!
>
> Brian
>

Aluminium (sp?) was once a precious metal. I heard the story of someone
who bought gold in Dubai (or somewhere in the Middle East) which rusted
when it got wet, and there was a story that Western Australia is using
more base metal in their `Gold'. Did you mention something about the
wedding of Charles I?.

Maria Theresa thalers, popular in parts of Africa, and made in the UK in
recent years are fairly genuine

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Bob Henson said:
> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>> Brian
>>>
>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>> sight when I went in.
>>
>
> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
> they claim, I rather doubt it.

"Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
storage room for a single hill.

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On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:27:43 -0000 (UTC)
Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> Bob Henson said:
> > On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
> >> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
> >>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
> >>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
> >>> Brian
> >>>
> >> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
> >> sight when I went in.
> >>
> >
> > The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
> > anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
> > they claim, I rather doubt it.
>
> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
> storage room for a single hill.
>
>
Ah; Farm Shops and Family Butchers.

I've only once see a house move. (it was a Tudor? market house in the
"wrong" place in a High street - it was jacked up and a BFO tractor used to
pull it at about 1 yard per hour).
Lot's of people are lying when they say they've moved house.

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On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>> Brian
>>
> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
> sight when I went in.
>

The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
they claim, I rather doubt it.

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Bob

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On 17/04/2023 09:13, Brian Gaff wrote:
> I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
> lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
> precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
> Still at least you did get some precious metal!
>
> Brian
>

The line I like in these adverts for commemorative coins is:
"Legal tender in Gurnsey"

Doesn't that say a lot?

A bit like the colourful stamps issued by small Caribbean countries just
for collectors.

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On 2023-04-17, Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:27:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bob Henson said:
>> > On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>> >> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> >>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>> >>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>> >>> Brian
>> >>>
>> >> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>> >> sight when I went in.
>> >>
>> >
>> > The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>> > anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
>> > they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>
>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>> storage room for a single hill.
>>
>>
> Ah; Farm Shops and Family Butchers.
>
> I've only once see a house move. (it was a Tudor? market house in the
> "wrong" place in a High street - it was jacked up and a BFO tractor used to
> pull it at about 1 yard per hour).
> Lot's of people are lying when they say they've moved house.
>

fairly common in the US,

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On 2023-04-17, Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
> On 17/04/2023 09:13, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
>> lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
>> precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
>> Still at least you did get some precious metal!
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
> The line I like in these adverts for commemorative coins is:
> "Legal tender in Gurnsey"
>
> Doesn't that say a lot?
>
> A bit like the colourful stamps issued by small Caribbean countries just
> for collectors.
>
>
Those were hungarian when I was young. Havent see any for years,
(Magyar***something)

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Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

[...]

> The line I like in these adverts for commemorative coins is:
> "Legal tender in Gurnsey"
>
> Doesn't that say a lot?
>
> A bit like the colourful stamps issued by small Caribbean countries
> just for collectors.
>

The Republic of the South Moluccas was a favourite back
in the days of sixpenny assortment bags from Woollies.

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says...
>
> In message <slrnu3q7oe.q25.maus@dmany.org>, maus <maus@dmany.org> writes
> >On 2023-04-17, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
> >> lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
> >> precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
> >> Still at least you did get some precious metal!
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >
> >
> >Aluminium (sp?) was once a precious metal. I heard the story of someone
> >who bought gold in Dubai (or somewhere in the Middle East) which rusted
> >when it got wet, and there was a story that Western Australia is using
> >more base metal in their `Gold'. Did you mention something about the
> >wedding of Charles I?.
> >
> >Maria Theresa thalers, popular in parts of Africa, and made in the UK in
> >recent years are fairly genuine
> >
>
> I obhtug a pack of Chinese stainless steel screws that rusted after 2
> weeks.
>
> Brian

I'm told that real stainless steel is not magnetic. In which case I've
never seen any.

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On 17/04/2023 18:26, Jim the Geordie wrote:

> I'm told that real stainless steel is not magnetic. In which case I've
> never seen any.
>
There are five different families of stainless steel, only one of which,
Austenitic, is non-magnetic. (Series 200 and 300, when you want to buy
it). It is also much more expensive than the other types...

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On 17-Apr-23 13:10, brian wrote:
> In message <u1j6uv$30f7p$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> writes
>> Bob Henson said:
>>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product
>>>>> company.
>>>>>  Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>>>  Brian
>>>>>
>>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a
>>>> factory in
>>>> sight when I went in.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
>>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>
>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>> storage room for a single hill.
>>
>>
> They're sold as flat packs.

And how, exactly, would you get a mountain into a flat?

'Specially one on the third floor.

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On 17/04/2023 11:36, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:27:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bob Henson said:
>>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>>>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>>>> sight when I went in.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
>>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>
>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>> storage room for a single hill.
>>
>>
> Ah; Farm Shops and Family Butchers.
>
> I've only once see a house move. (it was a Tudor? market house in the
> "wrong" place in a High street - it was jacked up and a BFO tractor used to
> pull it at about 1 yard per hour).
> Lot's of people are lying when they say they've moved house.
>

Ironmongers used to get me. I've never even seen a monged iron!

Tone

snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) writes:

> Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> The line I like in these adverts for commemorative coins is:
>> "Legal tender in Gurnsey"
>>
>> Doesn't that say a lot?
>>
>> A bit like the colourful stamps issued by small Caribbean countries
>> just for collectors.
>>
>
> The Republic of the South Moluccas was a favourite back
> in the days of sixpenny assortment bags from Woollies.

Don't forget the Tanu Tuva triangulars. Nothing more heard of Tanu
Tuva until Richard Feynman published Tuva or Bust.

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On 2023-04-17, Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <$WYbUydMbTPkFwEk@b-howie.co.uk>, nospam@b-howie.co.uk
> says...
>>
>> In message <slrnu3q7oe.q25.maus@dmany.org>, maus <maus@dmany.org> writes
>> >On 2023-04-17, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I'm not sure if even the real coin for commemorating anything are worth a
>> >> lot. A friend looked at my Marriage of Charles one and suggested the
>> >> precious metal was only very shallow, probably over some cheap base metal.
>> >> Still at least you did get some precious metal!
>> >>
>> >> Brian
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >Aluminium (sp?) was once a precious metal. I heard the story of someone
>> >who bought gold in Dubai (or somewhere in the Middle East) which rusted
>> >when it got wet, and there was a story that Western Australia is using
>> >more base metal in their `Gold'. Did you mention something about the
>> >wedding of Charles I?.
>> >
>> >Maria Theresa thalers, popular in parts of Africa, and made in the UK in
>> >recent years are fairly genuine
>> >
>>
>> I obhtug a pack of Chinese stainless steel screws that rusted after 2
>> weeks.
>>
>> Brian
>
> I'm told that real stainless steel is not magnetic. In which case I've
> never seen any.
>

I remember a story of a man going into a metal providers, and asked what
sort of stainless steel they had. Someone brought out a thick book,
``This is a list of some of them.''

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In article <u1k7f2$35ik4$2@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 20:42:25 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 17/04/2023 11:36, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:27:43 -0000 (UTC)
>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Henson said:
>>>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>>>>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>>>>> sight when I went in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>>>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
>>>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>>
>>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>>> storage room for a single hill.
>>>
>>>
>> Ah; Farm Shops and Family Butchers.
>>
>> I've only once see a house move. (it was a Tudor? market house in the
>> "wrong" place in a High street - it was jacked up and a BFO tractor used to
>> pull it at about 1 yard per hour).
>> Lot's of people are lying when they say they've moved house.
>>
>
>Ironmongers used to get me. I've never even seen a monged iron!
>
A monger is a seller, so iron seller.

Costermonger is more interesting; believe a coster was a type of
medieval apple, but I could be wrong.
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"John Williamson" <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product company.
>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>> Brian
>>
> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
> sight when I went in.
>
> --
> Tciao for Now!
>
> John.

Yes well, I have a friend who went to Ecuador and there was at one place a
gift shop of locally produced products. Now I do not doubt that some of them
were, but a lot were not.
For example a beaker and butter dish in glass both turned out to be made in
France, and the snowglobe proudly giving the local mountains name was made
in China.

She said they did have locally produced leather goods, and some hand made
pottery, but little else.
Brian

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"Bob Henson" <fake@obfuscation.net> wrote in message
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> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product
>>> company.
>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>> Brian
>>>
>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>> sight when I went in.
>>
>
> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
> Inside every old man is a young man wondering what the hell happened.
>

That reminds me of a goon show. I don't recall it all, but it seems they
wanted a mountain for the tourists. I don't think poking fun at tourism is a
new idea. Look at the Canary Isles. All the new developments import sand
from Algeria to make the beaches look golden, as most of the local sand is
volcanic and a dirty grey colour.
Brian

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> Bob Henson said:
>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product
>>>> company.
>>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory in
>>> sight when I went in.
>>>
>>
>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell what
>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>
> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
> storage room for a single hill.
>
>
> --
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> "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
>
> My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Yes what is a monger? You get them that do it to fish as well.

It must be an old word for seller or something.

When you think back to all the terms we never use any more.
Such as Haberdasheries, and what you mentioned, it does make you realise
the passage of time and its effect on the culture.
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> On 17/04/2023 11:36, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:27:43 -0000 (UTC)
>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Henson said:
>>>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product
>>>>>> company.
>>>>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory
>>>>> in
>>>>> sight when I went in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>>>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell
>>>> what
>>>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>>
>>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>>> storage room for a single hill.
>>>
>>>
>> Ah; Farm Shops and Family Butchers.
>>
>> I've only once see a house move. (it was a Tudor? market house in the
>> "wrong" place in a High street - it was jacked up and a BFO tractor used
>> to
>> pull it at about 1 yard per hour).
>> Lot's of people are lying when they say they've moved house.
>>
>
> Ironmongers used to get me. I've never even seen a monged iron!
>
> Tone

Through the door, exactly like you got the Elephant in.
This set me thinking about brand names.
Back a very very long time ago, when hi fis had no headphone sockets and
use valves not Transistors, people needed a headphone socket, so a company
which made stuff all over the world made and sold these sockets complete
with hi power resistors etc inside.
For reasons not entirely clear the name they chose to use was Brasennoze.
They were everywhere, mainly due to them being very well made, but who did
come up with that name one wonders.
Brian

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> On 17-Apr-23 13:10, brian wrote:
>> In message <u1j6uv$30f7p$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
>> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> writes
>>> Bob Henson said:
>>>> On 17/4/23 9:52 am, John Williamson wrote:
>>>>> On 17/04/2023 09:09, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>>>> Or as somebody did some time ago, call yourself the real product
>>>>>> company.
>>>>>> Real offers genuine copies of Rotary watches.
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>> One that disappointed me was The Original Factory Shop. Not a factory
>>>>> in
>>>>> sight when I went in.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Zoological Stores in Nottingham was just the same - not a zoo
>>>> anywhere. Don't know if it's still there, but since they don't sell
>>>> what
>>>> they claim, I rather doubt it.
>>>
>>> "Mountain Warehouse" seems to get away with it, in spite of not having
>>> storage room for a single hill.
>>>
>>>
>> They're sold as flat packs.
>
> And how, exactly, would you get a mountain into a flat?
>
> 'Specially one on the third floor.
>
> --
> Sam Plusnet
>

On 2023-04-18, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Through the door, exactly like you got the Elephant in.
> This set me thinking about brand names.
> Back a very very long time ago, when hi fis had no headphone sockets and
> use valves not Transistors, people needed a headphone socket, so a company
> which made stuff all over the world made and sold these sockets complete
> with hi power resistors etc inside.
> For reasons not entirely clear the name they chose to use was Brasennoze.

I have a dim memory of a collage in one of the English Universities
called something like `Brazenaze'

> They were everywhere, mainly due to them being very well made, but who did
> come up with that name one wonders.
> Brian
>

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