Very, very funny! Abe On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Steven Medved <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Impressive to say the least. > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:14:44 -0600 > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison and anti-semitism > > > > Every once in a while, a little bit of historical trivia comes to light. > > > > Did you know???? The Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the Automobile > Air > > Conditioner. Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to > dazzle > > your friends. > > > > The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell, invented > and > > developed the first automobile air-conditioner. > > > > On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. The four > > brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his > > secretary into telling him that four 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, which was about 130 degrees, > > turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately. The > old > > man got very excited and invited them back to the 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 in which it was installed. Now old man Ford was > > more than just a little anti - Semitic, and there was no way he was > going to > > put the Goldberg's 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 -- Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max -- on the > controls. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
