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Offline Clive

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Bit of History?
« on: January 06, 2009, 12:28 »
The three Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Max,
invented and developed the first automobile air conditioner.

On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The three brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office
and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that three
gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in
the auto industry since the electric starter.

Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They
refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking
lot to their car.

They persuaded him to get into the car, in which it was
about 130 degrees. They then turned on the air conditioner
and cooled the car off immediately. The old man got very
excited and invited them back to his office, where he
offered them $3 million for the patent.

The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2
million, but they wanted the recognition by having a label,
"The Goldberg Air-Conditioner," on the dashboard of each car
that it was installed in.

Now, old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Semitic,
and there was no way he was going to put the Goldbergs' name
on two million Fords.

They haggled back and forth for about two hours and finally
agreed on $4 million, and that just their first names would
be shown.

And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show Norm, Hi,
and Max on the dashboard.


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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 12:31 »
:groan:

 ;D
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 20:59 »
Brilliant!   :)x
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 13:52 »
 :aarrgh:

Mine doesn't have that, it has an led display of the temp which goes up or down by half a degree at a time.
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2009, 14:45 »
lol, there had to be someone with a posh one. Mine is called the wind.. as I only have a push bike...  :bawl: :bawl:
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2009, 15:39 »
:aarrgh:

Mine doesn't have that, it has an led display of the temp which goes up or down by half a degree at a time.

Ah!  That's seriously posh.   :D

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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2009, 15:46 »
Ah!  That's seriously posh.   :D

says the man who drives a Jag...
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 16:03 »
Some of us have to keep the Indian economy buoyant!  ;D

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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 16:10 »
Some of us have to keep the Indian economy buoyant!  ;D

and some of use just use their facilities...... empire, who needs it!
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2009, 08:40 »
Ah!  That's seriously posh.   :D

I didn't like it at first, as I was used to knobs (no smirking please) but I'm now used to it and quite like it. But the screen is difficult to read depending on the light, so I just keep pressing buttons until the air comes out where I want it. Better than taking your eyes off the road long enough to read it.
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2009, 09:43 »
I didn't like it at first, as I was used to knobs (no smirking please)

Something you've not told us MB?  :)x
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2009, 09:49 »
 At least you didn't smirk.  ::)

Would I keep anything from you, Simon. (And the rest of the world)  :o:
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2009, 10:01 »
smirk.
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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2009, 10:16 »
smirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk  ;D

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Re: Bit of History?
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2009, 10:26 »
 :-X


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