And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Test Question: Who founded REO, and what other famous company did that person create?
Do not know who, and I could look it up on the www. But, that's cheating, so I will guess that the REO founder also had something to do with Diamond T trucks. Do I win anything?
The band is named after the truck. REO called thier trucks "Speedwagons", like Dodge called thier trucks power wagons. Speedwagon is the Grand Daddy of todays pick up truck.
Ah, the days when oil companies had their own fleets, and were prod of it. I'll bet that "GULF" log on the side of the tanker lights up at night. That would be really cool to see.
Do not know who, and I could look it up on the www. But, that's cheating, so I will guess that the REO founder also had something to do with Diamond T trucks. Do I win anything?
ReplyDeleteRansom Eli Olds, founder of REO and Oldsmobile.
ReplyDeleteMan you got me by a minute!
DeleteIt's Ransom E Old,hence REO
ReplyDeleteand of course the Olsmobile automobile
WOW! The S*** most don't know!(Incl. me!) Amazing!
ReplyDeleteKevin Cronin and Gary Richrath
ReplyDeleteGood one ghost. Sure some peeps here don’t know who they are.
DeleteCIII
HELL YA!!
DeleteFor the record, I knew that answer instantly. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteRecord.
DeleteI see what just happened here.
They had spread tandems on semi-trailers back then? Who knew???
ReplyDeleteThey morphed into REO Speedwagon!?!?
ReplyDelete😄 Good one.
DeleteThe band is named after the truck.
ReplyDeleteREO called thier trucks "Speedwagons", like Dodge called thier trucks power wagons.
Speedwagon is the Grand Daddy of todays pick up truck.
Some 50 years ago, Gulf credit cards worked at Holiday Inns, and there was a Gulf station next to almost every Holiday Inn.
ReplyDeletePS. The old Holiday Inn in Scranton on I-81 seened to be a Mafia hangout.
you say that like it is a bad thing ........................
DeleteAh, the days when oil companies had their own fleets, and were prod of it. I'll bet that "GULF" log on the side of the tanker lights up at night. That would be really cool to see.
ReplyDeleteSorry, GULF logo. Not log.
DeleteRansom E. Olds.
ReplyDelete...mobile