It wasn't just cats dogs that Edison electrocuted to line his pockets (I read that he paid the local children pocket change to deliver neighborhood pets for his demonstrations). As time went on he escalated the size of his victims up to farm animals and finally, as he became more and more desperate to convince the public as to the worth of his type of electricity, he executed a live elephant by electrocution. I suppose he thought larger animals thrashing and smoking and screaming on the stage would make more of an impression on his audience.
Yes, he and Ford (whose shotgun toting security thugs murdered several of Ford's striking auto workers) were buddies. Their summer homes were (are) across the street from each other in Ft Myers Florida. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Mark AA8TC <[email protected]> > To: Liveaboard List <[email protected]> > Date: 3/13/2009 8:17:20 AM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Edison and cats - no real useful content > > > Speaking of Edison and cats ... > > Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were good friends, and he was a frequent > visitor at the Henry Ford Estate in Dearborn, Michigan. He had a permanent > guest room there, and as a joke at the expense of his old friend, Ford had > it decorated in a cat motif, with cabinet handles and drawer pulls made to > look like cats, among other things. It remains that way to this day. The > tour guide who took us through the room recently said Edison had a > "pathological hatred of cats." > > Now back to the electrical discussion ... > > Mark Mowery > Gazelle > On the hard - Lake Huron > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
