Was that the same one who invented Cats Eyes for roads? Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Thomas <Sethomas@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > It was invented by a Hungarian chap called Biro! > (chap = bloke, guy, fellow) > Sara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Iain Sutherland" <iain_sutherland@totalise.co.uk> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > Sorry this is a brand name for a ball point pen used by many folk to > > describe any ball point > > Iain > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nancy Greig <nancy.brian@sympatico.ca> > > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > > > > Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton > of > > photos > > > marked if I get some spare time??? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> > > > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM > > > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > > > > > > > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, > please don't > > > use > > > > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are > a very > > > soft > > > > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known > to leak > > > > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > > > > > > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and > I hold > > > > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their > precious > > > > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and > > elsewhere > > > > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > > > Jenny MacKay > > > > Geraldton West Australia > > > > > > > > ---------------- > > > > > > > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on > the back > > > of > > > > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > > > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can > only > > > recognise > > > > my > > > > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these > trying to > > guess > > > > who > > > > > is who. > > > > > > > > > > Christine > > > > > Northamptonshire, England > > > > > www.highlandhearts.com > > > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > > > To check out previous messages > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sorry, Iain, I was out of the bar for a few moments when that came up in the pub quiz. > Was that the same one who invented Cats Eyes for roads? > Iain

If he was Ladislo Biro - tho somehow me thinks not !! Maybe Percy Shaw 1934 from Yorkshire no less !! Nancy there is an interesting article on biros to be found on http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa101697.htm It's amazing what comes up if you search - inventor biro pens Regards Pam -----Original Message----- From: Iain Sutherland [mailto:iain_sutherland@totalise.co.uk] Sent: 21 May 2003 09:17 To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs Was that the same one who invented Cats Eyes for roads? Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Thomas <Sethomas@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > It was invented by a Hungarian chap called Biro! > (chap = bloke, guy, fellow) > Sara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Iain Sutherland" <iain_sutherland@totalise.co.uk> > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > Sorry this is a brand name for a ball point pen used by many folk to > > describe any ball point > > Iain > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nancy Greig <nancy.brian@sympatico.ca> > > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > > > > Excuse my ignorance......but what is 'biro'? Hope to get at a ton > of > > photos > > > marked if I get some spare time??? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Nancy Sutherland Greig..... In a finally hot and sunny Ontario! > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jenny MacKay" <jabol@wn.com.au> > > > To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:08 AM > > > Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > > > > > > > > > > If you are going to write on the backs of your photographs, > please don't > > > use > > > > biro. There are special photo labelling pencils to use that are > a very > > > soft > > > > lead and do not indent or harm your photos. Ink has been known > to leak > > > > through and destroy the very faces we have tried to preserve. > > > > > > > > I'm a Creative Memories consultant here in Western Australia and > I hold > > > > classes and workshops on teaching people how to preserve their > precious > > > > memories. I'm sure there are consultants out there in the UK and > > elsewhere > > > > who would be only too willing to teach you too. > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > > > Jenny MacKay > > > > Geraldton West Australia > > > > > > > > ---------------- > > > > > > > > > A lesson here for today! We should all ensure we do write on > the back > > > of > > > > > photographs when sending them to friends and relatives. > > > > > I also have photographs of family weddings etc where I can > only > > > recognise > > > > my > > > > > own immediate family, granny, etc. I often look at these > trying to > > guess > > > > who > > > > > is who. > > > > > > > > > > Christine > > > > > Northamptonshire, England > > > > > www.highlandhearts.com > > > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > > email rhemusaig@tiscali.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > > > To check out previous messages > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== To check out previous messages http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

No, I think the inventor of cat's eyes was a Yorkshireman (it would be!) but I can not remember the name. Donald Massey ----- Original Message ----- > Was that the same one who invented Cats Eyes for roads?

Google came up with Percy Shaw http://www.jenkins-ip.com/mym/spring2000/t_news01.htm Angi -- Angi Lamb Portobello, Edinburgh angigael@blueyonder.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Massey" <donaldmasseyuk@yahoo.com> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [SUT] photographs > No, I think the inventor of cat's eyes was a Yorkshireman (it would be!) but > I can not remember the name. > > Donald Massey > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Was that the same one who invented Cats Eyes for roads? > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >