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- From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
- Subject: Re: BUTTONEER
- References: <2373.2546.uupcb@factory.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:25:46 GMT
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- In article <2373.2546.uupcb@factory.com> ray.normandeau@factory.com (Ray Normandeau) writes:
- >
- >steck@ccs.northeastern.edu (Paul Steckler) writes:
- >
- >>-Years ago, there was a product called "Buttoneer" which allowed you
- >>-to attach buttons to clothing using little plastic doohickeys, no
- >>-thread required. The button would stay attached better than if
- >>-sewn.
- >
- >Yes that item was made by Dennison. I still have one.
- >I demonstrated the item at A&S Department store in Brooklyn, NY in
- >1968.
- >
- >While working as a demonstrator in the store, I met a customer who I
- >married in 1969. We are still married.
-
- Hmm... So I guess you could say that the Buttoneer attaches spouses
- almost as well as it attaches buttons. ;-)
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