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- From: Brian.Milner@brunel.ac.uk (Brian D Milner)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: ring-pulls/ cats-eyes
- Message-ID: <BzMAsB.n3y@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:21:46 GMT
- References: <5019.434.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com>
- Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK
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- Whoo! Whoo!, I got one, I got one.
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- One day a guy came up with an idea for a simple mechanism to make car's
- windscreen wipers wipe intermittantly, rather than constantly - very
- useful for drizzle / spitting / light rain.
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- He showed it to Ford, who said 'Naah, It'll never catch on.'
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- Next year's Fords all had the 'intermittant wiper' device. As the years
- went by, Ford licenced the idea to all the other car manufacturers.
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- After ~ 20 years (quite recently) the original guy managed to prove in
- court that Ford had ripped him off. I heard he got a S*itload of cash
- for it.
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- Brian 'I didn't vote for them' Milner
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