tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post374091532411502888..comments2024-01-24T17:05:05.234-05:00Comments on The Naked Ape Gets Dressed: Beau Brummell's Bank AccountNJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029310454977877828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-47317606133908808592011-10-13T11:14:14.495-04:002011-10-13T11:14:14.495-04:00Wining - now you're talking!Wining - now you're talking!Charles Bazalgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239017087608533710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-81644227797620124362011-10-13T09:02:41.702-04:002011-10-13T09:02:41.702-04:00I think I'll stick to wining! Charles - you ce...I think I'll stick to wining! Charles - you certainly have a point there - re-inventing the wheel the hard way!<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-33867999516583987802011-10-12T15:06:39.815-04:002011-10-12T15:06:39.815-04:00Not whining exactly - just reinforcing the importa...Not whining exactly - just reinforcing the importance of taking these sorts of tasks on to yourself. Very satisfying when done, unless you discover that you are duplicating something that has already been done!Charles Bazalgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239017087608533710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-83796978727424893992011-10-12T13:08:14.766-04:002011-10-12T13:08:14.766-04:00Great, we are all whining!Great, we are all whining!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-26692732311778081972011-10-12T12:43:37.444-04:002011-10-12T12:43:37.444-04:00Charles - Yes, this type of work is both mechanica...Charles - Yes, this type of work is both mechanical and tedious to carry out and very worthwhile when it is done; even exhilerating when one is lucky enough to strike a rich seam.<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-2736126620906812572011-10-12T12:35:06.008-04:002011-10-12T12:35:06.008-04:00There is no substitute for the real back-breaking ...There is no substitute for the real back-breaking research, and if you do this, Nicholas, you will have something new, just because you bothered when others did not. I photographed 40 years of original ledgers in the archives of Coutts' Bank (another RBS branch), which were fortunately NOT consigned to the war effort. Then used a magnifying glass to read the writing in the 5x7 prints. I also transcribed pages of tailoring accounts as you know. This tedious work makes all the difference if you do it!Charles Bazalgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239017087608533710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-80317579298176872482011-10-12T12:25:27.671-04:002011-10-12T12:25:27.671-04:00Sorry - "worse"!
NJSSorry - "worse"!<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-75653233826968793772011-10-12T12:15:49.953-04:002011-10-12T12:15:49.953-04:00B&P - Transcribing from microfiche is the wors...B&P - Transcribing from microfiche is the worst of all. The handwriting on old documents is often difficult enough to construe but rendered into microfiche, it is even worst. Moreover, microfiche can't (apparently) be copied and so you have to go to the archives and sit there staring through a viewer.<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-52936310161885156612011-10-12T12:09:46.655-04:002011-10-12T12:09:46.655-04:00I've heard of Drummond's but only vaguely,...I've heard of Drummond's but only vaguely, I love looking back at old accounts and ledgers. <br />I'm transcribing just now, just an interview, Lordy, I can't think of anything I despise more, is there not a more modern way of doing this yet? A few words, stop, type - ad infinitum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com