Why you should have a garage

Discussion in 'Station Wagon Lounge' started by Stormin' Norman, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. Stormin' Norman

    Stormin' Norman Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately, I don't have one... YET!

    When we look at all the talent we've got here in our members, and all the ingenuity, we can see why our countries have stayed ahead in so many fields, from vehicles, to communications.

    Well, I cruise the news sites, after my morning 'constitutional' and especially the Finance/Money pages and the Technology pages. By reading the UK BBC Business page, I know what happened in the Asian markets 12 hours before, that's gonna hit the North American markets today or this week.

    By reading the Technology pages, I found one of the best stories of an American success, from a tiny little 1938 garage, with pictures. You gotta read these two articles.

    The garage is probably just big enough to park a Model A or Model T, if you don't close the garage door. When you find out that it was the Birthplace of HP, in 1938, it puts a new spin on what can be done! :bowdown:

    Riding the Recession the HP Way
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7943300.stm

    The garage where it all began
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7341983.stm

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    How many of us have heard that line about sitting on a fortune. Who'd a thunk that a monster Corp started like that? I wonder if Henry Ford was their hero?
     
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    CapriceEstate Yacht Captain

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    This kind of Reminds me of Harley-Davidson, they started out in a little shed in the backyard of a house in Milwaukee, and look at them today!
     

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