On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:00 PM, Jeff Kell wrote:

> > That's 'cause I'm not too well up on heraldry.  A friend who
> > was, suggested that my family coat of arms should be blank on the right
hand
> > side and have lots of bars on the left hand side.  I thought that was a
> > great idea until I realised that he meant bars and not bars!  :-)))

> Or did he mean "bar none" ? :-)

G'Day, Jeff!  I think he meant, "bar-steward" - but calling on wot little I
do know of these things, (my very first job after being kicked out of school
was as a research assistant in the "Intelligence Department" of the Times
newspaper, that was right next door to the College of Heralds)  - I'm almost
certain that a person who's a bar-steward is designated by a baton on the
coat-of-arms! :-)))

If that is the case, then I'd have batons poking out of my ears!  :-)))

Strike