George,

As you know, my father and grandfather were in the men's clothing business and operated a retail store in Syracuse, New York for over 40 years. I worked in the store in high school and in college.

My grandfather was also a politician, having served on the Onondaga County Board of Supervisors before I was born. So I understand a little about entrepreneurship and clothing.

At one time, given my experience, I could even guess the clothing sizes of men just by looking at them (it provided great cocktail entertainment and increased my chances of joining the circus to guess weights if my legal career faultered).

By the way, are you a 42?

David Toscano (March 4, 2002)