I don't know, I think that necklace is kinda cool.

I like that necklace, John.
Now ... is it too much to lose ... ;)

Bru, we can start a bidding war on it, LOL!!

but then one of us will have to pay megabucks!
LOL

John said it was 5 quid. How much is that? 5 pounds?

yes, 5 pounds, at the moment.

Bru, am I correct in thinking that "quid" is slang for "pounds" - similar to how we use "bucks" to mean "dollars"?

A recently posted auction gives UK fans a rare chance to acquire the excellent Canadian 3-CD box set that includes all 5
United Artist albums:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem
or
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GORDON-LIGHTFO...QQcmdZViewItem
http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/24/d8/0c_1_b.JPG
http://i10.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/27/26/33_1.JPG
I don't think I have ever seen it on ebay.co.uk before, and doubt that it was ever on sale In the UK.
My own copy was bought in 1994 in Montreal by an English friend visiting Canada who was armed with a comprehensive list of
all albums (vinyl and CD) that I at that time owned, in addition to this box set she also found to my delight the 1993-issued Waiting For You CD which in those primitive pre-internet days I had never even heard of.
Fortunately by 1998 I had internet access and heard of APPT in time to grab the solitary copy on sale in the HMV store on
Oxford Steet London on June 21st
John Fowles
in reply to Janice's query about the slang term "quid"
I found this site:-
http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm
which states amongst other theories that
"The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600's England, derived from Latin (quid meaning
'what', as in 'quid pro quo' - 'something for something else'). "
I have previously written about the pound sign itself (£) on the Newsgroup see:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.m...b53798b?hl=en&
Noow regarding the US slang term "buck" two entertaining theories are on:-
http://entspire.com/newsletters/orig...ord%202-03.htm

And now one for the underpriviledged hooligan wannabee concert goers down under on auction from Brisbane is this at:-
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem

http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/24/50/15_1_b.JPG
this bill is billed according to the seller as
"1975 ORIGINAL STREET POSTER"
but September 19th was on a Thursday in 1974
when Gord did indeed play in Sydney and obviously survived!!
John Fowles
I found this topical picture
http://www.majicat.com/photos/Photo_image2/1ozcozrt.JPG
caption:-
Cats' first Austalian concert was at the Hordern Pavilion

today's crop incudes an interesting old 1967 poster
http://cgi.ebay.com/VERY-RARE-GORDON...QQcmdZViewItem
http://i15.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/34/ec/94_1_b.JPG
I cannot read all the text on it but fortunately the seller says it is
"Poster text is: Gordon Lightfoot 8:30 till 11 P.M. Thursday September 14 University Hall Wolfville 1.50 advanced tickets student building rear"

And yesterday a Warner Bros attempt to muscle in on the United Artists regurgitation antics with their own compilation
note Made in 1981 i.e. released after GG and GG2 and this example attributed to Germany but I recall seeing this on sale in the UK in both vinyl and cassette versions
http://cgi.ebay.com/GORDON-LIGHTFOOT...QQcmdZViewItem

http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/33/d3/de_1_b.JPG

Track listing
early morning rain
the wreck of edmund fitzgerald
carefree highway
minstrel of the dawn
rainy day people
sundown
summer side of life
cold on the shoulder
endless wire
if you could read my mind
canadian railroad trilogy
if there`s a reason
cotton jenny
song for a winter`s night
daylight katy
old dan`s record
me and bobby mcgee
the circle is small

This topic was getting far too long and taking excesively long to download all these pictures for dial-ups so I have started a new topic at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c&f=1&t=003881
respectfully yours
John Fowles