There it was, my Dad's name and old office phone number, written in his own distinctive hand on a copy request slip dated in 1998.
Each has its own character, its own special appeal, and is so distinctive are they that returning guests request the same room year after year.
I left his distinctive syntax intact, and at his request, his responses are in all caps.
Each request for advice is unique, reflecting a distinctive combination of circumstances, personalities, and events.
As distinctive as ever, he doesn't escape without shy requests for selfies and signatures.
Listeners used the request and dedication lines to shape a regionally distinctive playlist out of B-sides, album cuts and obscurities.
Neither Distinctive Assets nor a lawyer representing the company immediately responded to a request for comment early on Wednesday.
"Coffee represents one of the distinctive elements of Italian culture," said a spokeswoman for the agency, who requested anonymity under her agency's rules for employees.
At one point, after they had started turning down requests to use their songs in ads, they found their distinctive sound copied by a soundalike in a TV spot for a family car.
Identix, whose systems are used to control access to areas or equipment, and the makers of other biometric identification systems, which measure distinctive attributes like facial features, retina patterns and voice inflections, were inundated with requests for information.
The RSPCA said: "We are working with other agencies to monitor the situation and ready to provide appropriate assistance if requested". They range from 13ft (3.9m) to 20ft (6.1m) in length and have distinctive rounded foreheads.
