TIDBITS 01/25/04

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The Bejeweled Mellopsittacus Undulatus

.... a Latin name which translates into: "Song of a Parrot that is
wavelike." It is the most common of all pet birds. Its name finds
its origins from the English derivation of the Australian aboriginal
term: Betcherrygah ... which became "budgerigar and then segued
into Budgy ... our nickname for the common parakeet. And that's
our daily dose of "where it came from and what it is now" for today
folks. Shall we proceed?

Hirsch Kutchinsky ... Polish born ... began making fine jewelry
with his son Morris in London's East End in 1893. Their workmanship
was outstanding ... and the family jewels--you should pardon the
expression--gained renown. 37 years after the onset of the enterprise
--in 1930--Morris' sons took over the family business ...which became
so huge a success that they opened a store in London's Knightsbridge
section where it remains--to the best of my knowledge--today after
having been purchased by London Hilton Jewelers.

Parakeet ... the novelty bird of the 19th century. Turquoise ... Blue
.... Chartreuse ... White ... they were originally netted by the
millions (that's 1,000,000 in multiples folks) in Australia and were
first exhibited to the public in England in 1840. And so the love
affair began ... with no members of the trendy-chic being willing to
forgo the presence of a little Budgy in their living rooms.

There is extraordinarily little information available on Hirsch
Kutchinsky ... however ... if a picture is worth a thousand words ...
then the image of his little Budgy is worth many thousands of
syllables more. 9 centimeters high ... our little Betcherrygah is made
of gold (karat unknown) ... its head pave set with diamonds with a
ruby eye and rubies on it's breast. He was created sometime in the
early 1950's and has an estimated worth of two to three thousand
pounds sterling. (Anyone care to Americanize that into dollars for
me?)

I have heard it said that the shortest sentence in the world is: "Adam
had'em." and while in no way do I intend to compete with such pureness
of brevity ... I would like to believe that this issue of Tidbits
should rank in the forefront of brief e-zines in these modern times
when movie scenes rarely last more than ten seconds--try timing one on
the telly folks--and attention spans might well be measured in
nano-seconds. That said ... anyone care to view a Betcherrygah?


For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll
down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits
Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Betcherrygah ...
where you'll see an image of the yellow gold Parakeet paveed with
diamonds and set with rubies.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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