........ the rest of the story .........

Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle your friends.

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.

Many thanks to James out in Oklahoma for this one ......

Lottery Winner

A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!'


The husband said, 'Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?'

 'Doesn't matter,' she said. 'Just get out.'

Baby Jessica turns 25, gains access to trust fund

The toddler who tumbled down an abandoned water well and got trapped more than two decades ago turns 25 on Saturday, a milestone that gives her access to a trust fund of up to $800,000 donated by thousands of sympathetic strangers who spent 2 1/2 days glued to the television until she was free.

Jessica McClure Morales is now a contented stay-at-home mother of two, and her youngest is 18 months old -- the same age she was when her accident drew the eyes of the world to this oil-patch city. She lives less than two miles from the site of the 1987 rescue.

"That's all Jessica has ever wanted was to be a mom and have a family," said her father, Lewis "Chip" McClure. "She's a good mom and keeps her eyes on her kids. She's certainly a doting mother."

McClure Morales has no memory of being wedged in the pipe or of the 15 operations that followed her ordeal, according to her father. A scar from her hairline to the bridge of her nose is still visible where her head rubbed against the wall of the well. She also lost a toe to gangrene because one leg was pinned above her head in the underground shaft.

An Oklahoma KID in Marines

(NOW AT San Diego MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING)

Dear Ma and Pa,

     I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. But I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, or fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water.
     Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc, but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food, plus yours, holds you until noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on 'route marches,' which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A 'route march' is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.
     This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges They come in boxes.
     Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake. I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6' and 130 pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter,
Alice

RESPONSE from The Mad Is On In Oklahoma

In the many lies told by Obama,Reid and Pelosi, America was duped to believe that the Democrats were out to get the "rich" and take their money to give to the poor. The class war has been a mainstay of the Democratic party since FDR.

You should first realize that the reason the money is not in the Social Security account is because the politicians have raided it for years, spending the money on things other than the Security of the elderly.

Next, the outright lies to the people. While we thought that we were going to be taken care of, the Democrats,behind closed doors, under the table and with a wink of the eye have put the poor out of work, ruined savings and are now after the weakest of our Society, the aged who actually built the nation we live in.

Remember when Pelosi and Reid told their Party that they should vote for Bills that the Public opposed, even if it caused them to lose their jobs. Often they were encouraged to pass them without reading what was written so that they would not know what Obama, Reid and Pelosi were up to, Some had to be bribed, to be sure, but they fell into lock-step and allowed the Bills to be passed into law.

Look back now. What was done -what IS being done - to affect the "rich"? Not a thing. Everything that has been done is an attack on the less fortunate, the sick, the old and the uneducated..

The Rich, including most politicians, can afford two dollars for a loaf of bread. The rich can afford to put fifty dollars into their gas tank, The rich have health care, retirement, insurance and access to decent education.

But, we should be happy. We have given a lot of money to the Unions. Not the workers of the Unions, but to the Unions so they can fight in the courts to promote mediocre work, failed teachers and , of course Government workers.

You would have to admit, the money is being used much more effectively than just "giving" it to the people that it belongs to - the elderly, the hurt and the weak.