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Started by Monsterlover, April 24, 2012, 06:51:33 AM

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Monsterlover

April 24, 2012, 06:51:33 AM
I notice today that Google celebrates the inventor of the zipper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Sundback

which leads to the Talon Co in my hometown - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_Zipper

which caused tons of tool and die shops to spring up here in Meadville and a training center to open (just the one back in the day, more now) which I found my way into after being fired from my line cook job at Applebee's

[laugh]

So I guess I owe it all to the zipper.

Funny how things go.
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ducpainter

#1
April 24, 2012, 06:55:53 AM
You got fired from Applebee's?  [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
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zooom

#2
April 24, 2012, 06:57:23 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 24, 2012, 06:51:33 AM
So I guess I owe it all to the zipper.

Funny how things go.


so I guess you are winning one for the Zipper! (loosely paraphrased of course-thank you Leslie Neilson and Zucker bros.)
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lethe

#3
April 24, 2012, 06:58:04 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on April 24, 2012, 06:55:53 AM
You got fired from Applebee's?  [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
probably had to do with the zipper too [cheeky]
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Monsterlover

#4
April 24, 2012, 07:46:27 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on April 24, 2012, 06:55:53 AM
You got fired from Applebee's?  [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

The GM wasn't quite right in the head.  I never did find out the reason.  I was out back with the smokers.  I suspect it was because i wasn't actually smoking but I was there.

Who knows.

I later became friends with a guy who turned out to be related to Mr Nutty and he confirmed the nutty-ness.

I'm cooler than him anyhow

8)
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ZLTFUL

#5
April 24, 2012, 08:38:28 AM
For some reason, I picture ML as the Dane Cook character in "Waiting..."

I wonder why that is... ???
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Monsterlover

#6
April 24, 2012, 09:18:35 AM
Don't mess with people who handle your food.

That is all.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#7
April 24, 2012, 09:24:20 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 24, 2012, 09:18:35 AM
Don't mess with people who handle your food.

That is all.

Don't mess with people that food your handle.

That is extra.
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fastwin

#8
April 24, 2012, 10:04:57 AM
Yes. Don't EVER mess with people who handle your food! One of the top 5 rules of life! [thumbsup] ;)
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r00tchick

#9
April 24, 2012, 11:20:20 AM
Yay zippers!

;D

ZLTFUL

#10
April 24, 2012, 11:26:24 AM
ML invented zippers??!?


;D
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lethe

#11
April 24, 2012, 11:27:38 AM
Quote from: ZLTFUL on April 24, 2012, 11:26:24 AM
ML invented zippers??!?


;D
no, but he will invent one that explodes and sends objects 50 feet into the air
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ducpainter

#12
April 24, 2012, 11:30:32 AM
Quote from: r00tchick on April 24, 2012, 11:20:20 AM
Yay zippers!

;D
I bet he was cute in his chef's hat.  ;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent.”


Monsterlover

#13
April 24, 2012, 11:39:37 AM
8)

You ever see a 10 egg cheese omelette or a 2 pound bacon cheeseburger?

I have.

On my plate :D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

KnightofNi

#14
April 24, 2012, 12:42:32 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 24, 2012, 11:39:37 AM
8)

You ever see a 10 egg cheese omelette or a 2 pound bacon cheeseburger?

I have.

On my plate :D

what? was the whole dozen eggs just too gluttonous?
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