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Re: Buffalo OT
By:Geo. Cushing
Date: 7/16/2001, 4:51 pm
In Response To: Buffalo HydroFest Details (Ron Drynan)

Ron,
Your post brought to mind someting that occurred to me while cleaning up some of my late father's hand tools. No where do you tell us where Buffalo is. I was wire brushing some of dad's wrenches which were quite rusty. I was suprised to see how well the steel cleaned up. A few of them bore the inscription "Boughton Buffalo USA." It made me realize how much has been lost in the name of globalization. Buffalo, once such a great industrial city, that the maker didn't feel it necessary to mention the state it was located in. Just Buffalo USA. The pile of rusty wrenches read like a sad history of the rust belt . . . Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Well, they're all nice and shiney again and I will hold them in greater esteem for the past and quality they represent.

Messages In This Thread

Buffalo HydroFest Details
Ron Drynan -- 7/14/2001, 12:41 pm
Re: Buffalo OT
Geo. Cushing -- 7/16/2001, 4:51 pm
Hey Look who's back!! :) :) :)
!RUSS -- 7/16/2001, 6:23 pm
Re: Hey Look who's back!! :) :) :)
Geo. Cushing -- 7/17/2001, 10:54 am
Talk about contempt of court!!!! :D
!RUSS -- 7/17/2001, 2:38 pm