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A comment on T.S. Eliot's day job at Lloyd's Bank.

Re:T.S. Eliot's day job at Lloyd's Bank by rtperson on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @03:19PM (#3568261)
> we know Wallace Stevens sold insurance

No he did not. He was a corporate vice president of two large insurance companies. The man was no Ned Ryerson.

The writer of this article needs to call the roller of big cigars, the muscular one.

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Re:T.S. Eliot's day job at Lloyd's Bank by pinchyfingers on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @11:03PM (#3569756)
And bid him whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
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Re:T.S. Eliot's day job at Lloyd's Bank by gwern on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @03:35PM (#3568348)
Did he start as a vice president?
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Re:T.S. Eliot's day job at Lloyd's Bank by cobralibre on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @04:31PM (#3568588)
He started as a lawyer to an insurance company. To say that he "sold insurance" is a bit of poetic license.
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