A bit of obscure History!!!!

The four  Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, 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.

I can hear your groans from here.  Control  yourself !!!

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One of the secrets to happiness is a  sense of humor and a bad memory...