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- David L. Jones
May 7, 2007, 11:24 am
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I caught the end of some doco on ABC tonight about Tricky Dick Smith.
They were filming him working in his office and he was showing how he
didn't need nor use a computer, and dictated all his stuff to the
secretary. He demonstrated this by reading a memo into the dictation
machine something along the lines of "To Gary Johnston. I am not happy
with a 30% margin and am looking for 40%" or something to that effect.
Could be some other Gary Johnston of course, or he could have just
made it up on the spot, but I thought it was a pretty co-incidental
name.
Anyone know?
BTW, he mentioned that DSE now a billion dollars turnover, and that he
would love to see DSE be around long after he's gone.
Dave.
Re: Dick Smith doing business with Jaycar's Gary Johnston?
Gary Johnston = Philanthropist ??
http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2006/apr/water_chair.html
Shame, its all a wet dream .....
http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/guide/opinions/opindex.html
Maybe Gary should try towing " icebergs " into Sydney harbour next ?
Dick can show him how to do that, too.
...... Phil
Re: Dick Smith doing business with Jaycar's Gary Johnston?
"Mike Paull"
** In fact "Jaycar " already existed - as the trading name of John Carr
& Co.
A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the back
of Haymarket in Sydney.
Remember the ETI 8 channel "Master Mixer" and the ETI 100 watt " brick "
power amp ??
I was a regular customer of that " Jaycar " back in the early/ mid 1970s.
Well, GJ bought the business and closed up the Haymarket shop.
Set up HIS first *cheap and cheerful* components shop in Clarence Street in
Sydney.
Stocked with mostly surplus parts.
Euphemism for junk.
Set a trend - that did.
....... Phil
Re: Dick Smith doing business with Jaycar's Gary Johnston?
"Andy Wood"
"Phil Allison"
** Replacing the MISSING context and MISSING parts of quotes:
" ** In fact "Jaycar " already existed - as the trading name of John
Carr
& Co.
A small components and audio kit with a shop in a secluded lane in the back
of Haymarket in Sydney.
Remember the ETI 8 channel "Master Mixer" and the ETI 100 watt " brick "
power amp ??
I was a regular customer of that " Jaycar " back in the early/ mid 1970s. "
** So no conflict with my story, which relates to the " early / mid 70s.
"
....... Phil
Re: Dick Smith doing business with Jaycar's Gary Johnston?
True, no conflict with your original story. However your subsequent
claim that they were only in Sussex street later with GJ as owner is
false (unless the date of 1981 given by Wikipedia for the takeover is
wrong).
Andy Wood
snipped-for-privacy@trap.ozemail.com.au
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