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[sid] => 185072
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => The Good Old USA!
[time] => 2018-04-26 18:59:29
[hometext] => A bit of history on where companies originated and where they ended up!
[bodytext] => Ferruccio’s Ferrari had to have a better clutch. He called the manufacturer but they didn’t do much. So he built his own race car and took it to the track; Ferruccio Lamborghini showed Ferrari what it lacked! The WWI peace treaty put a ban on building planes. So this German manufacturer had to make some changes! They switched to making motorcycles; happily they found; That Bavarian Motor Works made more profit on the ground! French Wine Cola was invented to relieve the symptoms; John Pemberton experienced from field morphine addiction. But prohibition said his drink could not use alcohol. He renamed it Coca-Cola (with cocaine if you recall). James Casey was just 19 when he borrowed a friends bike; Plus a hundred dollars to start his service overnight. He was a one man company, Chair and president; And UPS took anything , anywhere it went. Edward Cox sold cooking pots in 1917; He threw in soap and steel wool to keep them shiny clean. The cleaners soon outsold the pots; his wife gave them a name: Save our Saucepans, SOS, brought the Cox’s fame. In 1812 a butcher named Sam Wilson made a deal; To sell meat by the barrel for our troops out in the field. The barrels stamped U.S. outside made him one famous man; The soldiers fondly nicknamed him good old Uncle Sam. Harry Truman’s parents couldnt pick a middle name; Yet all presidents have had three letters just the same. They took a guess, gave him an “S” because they liked the ring. So Harry had no middle name; just an “S”, poor thing. Ten members sit the board that rules Walt Disneys dignitaries; One is Sheryl Sanberg, Chairwoman of Blackberry. Jack Dorsey, Chairman, Twitter, is on the board also; As well as Orin Smith, Starbucks former CEO. You think theyd be competitors, but Disney knows enough; The ones that lead they have decreed, had better know their stuff! A waste product from drilling oil heals burns and babys bums; Robert Chesebrough (Chesebrough-Ponds) took this sticky gum; He redeemed it; first he cleaned it; then he made it green; Who knew a rash would earn such cash? He named it Vaseline. Vaseline, like lots of brands isn’t US owned. Many products had their brands bought out or overthrown. Unilever owns it now; Hellmans, Lipton too; Good Humor and Popsicle are Netherlands owned too. Lucky Strike the British own; and Belgium bought Budweiser; The Swiss bought Nestles and Purina; but don’t advertise there. Speaking of commercials, consumers sure have clout: Costco doesn’t advertise; they count on word of mouth! One last institution, thats left the old US; Japan owns 7-11; now that I wouldnt have guessed. Off to do some more research; in hopes it entertains. One thing we can be sure of folks; nothing stays the same! [comments] => 4 [counter] => 164 [topic] => 44 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Nostalgic )
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