Vernon's Drill Co; (was Dursley's bribed?, charmed? or afraid?)

[ggershman77 <ggershman77@yahoo.com>]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>" 
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> 
> Tanya wrote:
> Dagnabbits! I just might have to respectfully agree 
> with you here, because I've just come across this 
> passage (PoA/2) that reads: 
> "...Uncle Vernon bored them all with a long talk 
> about Grunnings, his drill-making company..."
> *respectful grumbling* I concede.
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I think the point of him owning or working for a drill company is to 
show his association with modern technology, and its symbols of 
power.  Uncle Vernon is an industrialist business man.  His son 
Dudley is a technophile.  This is in contradistinction to the 
Wizarding World, which does not know of modern technology.

Greg
http://hpprogs.blogspot.com/