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The Scotch venture was a complete
failure and another brother left to take
holy orders (Old Store). The remaining
two brothers turned their hand to
making rum but that coincided with a
big drop in the number of people
drinking rum. They even tried opening
their own bar to promote it but the
venture was a failure and they too
eventually gave up and joined the
church (Niccolo & Certosini).

The monastery put my brother’s expertise
to good use – making wine of course
(Desconosido & Todisco). Unfortunately
they got to like the produce too much.
The last photo is of the five of them
(Abolengo). The church is like the civil
service: Can’t do the job? Then let’s
promote them. Three became bishops,
one a cardinal and one…... (Old Store).

I have a number of uncles, one of who did very well for himself.
No I don’t mean Uncle Sam (Bols and Cyrus Noble), he did OK
but the uncle who really made it big, and in the traditional
business of our family, the liquor trade, was Uncle Jack. We
don’t talk about Uncle Dudley, or Uncle Tappy, our ‘funny’ uncle.

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