I've heard of people being offered money in Russia for the clothes they arrived in the airport in. In the old days, of course. | A Polish friend of mine used to visit his mother who lived near | lvov every year and she loved him to take her a suit case full of Oxo cubes. | He also took another case full of blue jeans which paid for his holiday. | Jim Sharpe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> | To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 2:32 PM | Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Re: We were robbed | | | > Funny the things you get asked to take with you when you visit foreign | parts. | > | > My friend in Vancouver wants Thornton's chocolates, Bisto Gravy Granules, | and | > the Pink Tablets out of Migraleve. | > | > | > Marj | > | > | | > | I always ask visitors to bring me some cheese n onion crisps over, which | > | last all of 30 seconds in this house. | > | | > | | > | > | > --- | > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 | > | > | > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | > Visit the lists Pulse Page here, | > http://212.19.69.91/north/ | > | > | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region. | |