Foxyscholar Member Username: Foxyscholar
Post Number: 276 Registered: 12-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:51 am: | |
I just watched this movie last night. It's about the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper and how he spent YEARS pursuing a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company for stealing his concept/invention. It was interesting to see attempts at showing Detroit and Ford in the 1950s-'60s but since I wasn't born yet I didn't know how accurate/authentic it was. Good movie, though. Available on DVD. |
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_
Post Number: 1698 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:09 pm: | |
You can read about the Chrysler case here. http://bulk.resource.org/court s.gov/c/F3/32/32.F3d.1541.93-1 470.93-1450.html |
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 146 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:18 pm: | |
i used to wait tables at the midtown cafe in birmingham and his children (middle-aged then)used to come and eat diner there practically every night. they were pretty quirky from what i remember. and the rumor was that they were living on a huge settlement from their father's invention. midtown wasn't cheap, and they were there 5-6 nights a week. who knows... just sort of interesting. |
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 147 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:21 pm: | |
i used to wait tables at the midtown cafe in birmingham and his children (middle-aged then)used to come and eat diner there practically every night. they were pretty quirky from what i remember. and the rumor was that they were living on a huge settlement from their father's invention. midtown wasn't cheap, and they were there 5-6 nights a week. who knows... just sort of interesting. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 9057 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 7:15 pm: | |
Careful, the youngest daughter is a regular around these parts... |
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 1248 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 7:33 pm: | |
Is she quirky? |
Harmonie Member Username: Harmonie
Post Number: 212 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 9:58 pm: | |
She might be a bit quirky (in a good way) but she wouldn't have been in Birmingham |
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj
Post Number: 400 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 1:57 am: | |
Gannon: Careful, the youngest daughter is a regular around these parts... My father was a student of his, I've heard 30 years of stories about this guy-of all the words he used to describe him not one was "quirky", not even a Masters from U of M would make him forget that @#%* Kearns. I had gotten tickets to a preview of "Flash" & invited him to go, he responded with an "F" word but it wasn't "Ford" |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 9058 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 6:23 am: | |
Now THAT story would make her smile...heh. She's not negatively quirky (as Harmonie correctly assesses), but occasionally overcompensates. Ahem. Easily voted the most like the quiet one mom warned you about, unless she called the meeting. Then watch out! Still laughing at that story...I remember how a troublesome professor can affect a degree-seeker. |