LaVerne
I guess my railroad background has scarred me. I still
use those phrases in my business letters, yet. Come to
think of it, I use a lot of railroad business
practices, daily. The depot was a pretty good training
school for an impressionable youth.
John
--- LaVerne Andreessen <LWAndreessen@f...>
wrote:
>
>
> John D. Mitchell, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Leo
> > Let me try it again. I hit the wrong button,
> before
> > editing. The spelling of "employes", stayed around
> on
> > the railroads, until the 1970's!
> > John
> > --- q
>
>
>
> How about "Enclosed herewith please find . . . " as
> the first
> sentence of many railroad letters?
>
> Also the ending of "Please be governed accordingly."
>
> As someone who filed a timeslip or two while posing
> as a brakeman,
> I enjoy reading these BRT claims. Please continue
> to publish them.
>
> LWA
>
>
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