tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post9002637559304831185..comments2024-03-26T18:51:58.904-07:00Comments on Western Whiskey Gazette (WWG): Extra, Extra - Read all about it!Kentucky Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16201818884914482275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-79981849898558426572010-03-06T19:06:31.566-08:002010-03-06T19:06:31.566-08:00OC
I disagree, if no one points out the errors in ...OC<br />I disagree, if no one points out the errors in books, we will pass on incorrect info from generation to generation. I dont fault Toulouse's undertaking and effort, considering the amount of legwork it must have taken him back in the day, but I will point out an error when I see one. He got the ball rolling, now it's up to us to fine-tune it.<br />We can't have everyone still believing in the Tooth-fairy at this stage of bottle collecting<br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-25829392400639366132010-03-04T11:28:10.450-08:002010-03-04T11:28:10.450-08:00Hi all, just some quick input before I get back to...Hi all, just some quick input before I get back to our newest article. <br /><br />Both Tom and Mike have valid points. One on hand Dr. Toulouse (and Bill Wilson for that matter), made more than their fair share of mistakes. And yet, they made do with what little they had to work with "way back" in 1971. Research into bottles and the companies that made them was all but non-existent. Archives were often located hundreds or even thousands of miles away from where these authors sat at their desks, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle back together. The internet was decades off and what research being done at that time was often accomplished via phone or US mail and often relied on librarians who may or may not have transcribed the available facts to the letter. <br /><br />That being said, both authors did the best they could with what tools that they had available at the time, and yes mistakes were made. But without their efforts, odds are, we wouldn't be sitting here today, having a cup of coffee some forty some years later, trying to reassemble the pieces of the puzzle that they left for us.Kentucky Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201818884914482275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-89529716121224613782010-03-04T11:14:45.839-08:002010-03-04T11:14:45.839-08:00Back in bottle collecting's "pre-teen&quo...Back in bottle collecting's "pre-teen" years it was perfectly acceptable to use the SWAG method when dating glasshouses and/or bottles themselves. The "information highway" was many years from construction and not a lot of information on the subject(s) was printed. Dr Toulouse did a yeoman's job of making this information available. To fault his errors, especially considering the internet and the research available today, is not only unfair, but unwarranted.Mike Dolcinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100009168892063834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-75169703950394311262010-03-03T11:35:30.206-08:002010-03-03T11:35:30.206-08:00The Toulhouse book has many errors. He even got th...The Toulhouse book has many errors. He even got the dates wrong on the C & I bottles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-9536952434983147382010-02-26T18:14:40.916-08:002010-02-26T18:14:40.916-08:00It appears you were relying on what an outdated bo...It appears you were relying on what an outdated book read, even though the so called book I hear is a must have for bottle collectors. I really hope more information surfaces in time, cause I am hooked! Good job on your recent findings through hard work and a lot of time spent!NorCalBottleHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12106306712273217238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680737387946274612.post-88045808911549192432010-02-26T18:12:18.775-08:002010-02-26T18:12:18.775-08:00I am not so convinced, but will dig deeper into th...I am not so convinced, but will dig deeper into this subject before calling it another "Old Figment".Mike Dolcinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100009168892063834noreply@blogger.com