Thank you NLH for filling me in on the minor details!
I guess they were headed for a Crownex (remember those?) pre-George when the place was wall-to-wall and the talk was of wine, women, fast cars and the latest wavetop struggle with Ivan! Afterwards to the Kimberly when the Tikka was less than a fiver.
Happy days, indeed - was very proud to have shared some of them with Whitto.