[DMCForum] Re: Henry Ford (Farrar)

["Flavia" <frvianna@xxxxxxxxx>]

LIke Farrar, I don't have much time to read much right now... I don't 
know much about cars (actually nothing compared to the experts in 
this list), but I really admire Henry Ford, as a businessman.
I can't remember quotes at the top of my head, but after a quick 
search, I found one of my favorites: "A business that makes nothing 
but money is a poor business." and this: "The Customer Can Have Any 
Color He Wants So Long As It's Black" LOL
Now it's not the same, he has relatives running the company, but 
nothing like him. I'll definitely read his biography someday, when I 
get rid of textbooks!
well, I think he was a great personality.


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Farrar Russell Carroll Hudkins" 
<fhudkins@xxxx> wrote:
> Unfortunately, I don't have that much time for recreational reading 
at
> the moment. I still have a few more borrowed books to get through
> after I finish Oscar Peterson's autobiography, including Quincy 
Jones'
> autobiography and a history book called "Albion's Seed" which is not
> quite as long as the latest Harry Potter book but has far more
> content. However I should thank you ... for you have saved me the 
time
> of looking up anything about Henry Ford, not that I cared much to 
read
> about him anyway. From what I heard he was a pretty two-dimensional
> character. :)
>  
> --Farrar
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx]
> Sent: Thu 7/29/2004 11:34 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Henry Ford (Farrar)
> 
> 
> 
> Actually Henry Ford was something of an asshole (was openly
> anti-semetic too). By the late 1920's his pig headedness nearly 
ruined
> his industrial colossus. Company didn't catch back up to General
> Motors until the 1980's.
> 
> If you want to read a REAL automotive success story, check out what
> George Romney accomplished in Kenosha Wisconsin.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
> >
> > You know I was being sarcastic -- I can't knock Ford. Even my
> el-cheapo
> > Ranger is going strong. I haven't even bothered to give it a tune-
up
> and
> > at 97,000+ miles it kicks ass ... It starts in less than a second.
> It
> > gets decent mileage for a truck. It handles great for a truck. It
> turns
> > tighter than my co-worker's Mazda 929. And the terrible roads I
> drive on
> > have never managed to knock it out of alignment more than 0.02% in
> > almost four years. A friend of mine has a 1989 Ranger, 3.0L V6
> 5-speed,
> > over 250,000 miles and going strong. Hey, I'm impressed.
> >
> > Interestingly enough, I had some trivia on the air today ... Henry
> Ford
> > drove his first automobile in 1896. It was called a Quadricycle.
> Four
> > horsepower, max speed 20mph. Two-cylinder engine with -leather- 
belt
> and
> > chain! What a long way we have come! :D
> >
> > --Farrar
> >
> > content22207 wrote:
> > > Extra credit for thinking outside the box (but you turned right
> around
> > > and lost it demeaning an American icon).
> > >
> > > What's all this "are you old enough to remember" crap? (Tuna 
fish)
> > > Really does sound like a 40 year old man trapped in a 20 year 
old
> > > body. Don't do that to yourself. With the proper attitude you'll
> still
> > > be riding a curl at 80.
> > >
> > > (Personally, I'm not planning to get old until the day I die).
> > >
> > > Bill Robertson
> > > #5939
> 
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