Business names

[JoeSpareBedroom]

They still exist.

[Han]

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in news:HY9Sl.132901 $ [e-mail]:

Owned by the Dutch grocery giant Ahold (Albert Heyn), as several other big US chains.

[Mark Lloyd]

I bought my washer and dryer at Western Auto. I saw a lot of different stuff in that store. No Automobiles.

[Harry L]

All those tools are supposed to be used on boats ONLY :-)

[Mark Lloyd]

So is Shaft Motor Company and Stuck Adhesives, Which I've seen in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

BTW, you can see my new keyboard accessory at

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

I As I forgot to add, there's one of those businesses right here, Strong - Hurt Pharmacy.

[snip]

[aemeijers]

Don't know if it has anything to do with reality, but the name is supposed to imply one of those warehouse companies that deals in damaged, lost and strayed freight from a shipping port. Sorta like Big Lots used to deal in industrial surplus and returns from failed stores (which they actually did), versus the purpose-manufactured crap that is

95% of their stock in recent years. It is the mostly the same 'outlet store' scam, just for hard goods instead of clothes, and with less-than-name brands.

-- aem sends...

[clare]

FREIGHTER boats only

[clare]

And try to buy a "canadian" built tire at Canadian tire today. When looking for tires for my daughters acr, only 2 available lines were manufactured in North America - one in Canada, the other in the southern USA. EVERYTHING else was chinese or Korean (1 line IIRC)

[clare]

Official name (unles it has recently changed) "Western Tire and Auto Supply"

[willshak]

on 5/23/2009 9:54 AM (ET) EXT wrote the following:

Turkey Hill. They make ice cream.

[Oren]

JC Whitney sells auto parts.

[willshak]

on 5/24/2009 3:46 PM (ET) Oren wrote the following:

That doesn't qualify. JC Whitney is the founder's name.

[The Daring Dufas]

Do Canadian tyres perform better in cold weather?

TDD

[clare]

My experience is they last longer than the Chinese, and they gave employment to a lot of my neighbors here in what WAS "rubbertown" We had BFG, Goodyear, and UniRoyal plants here in Kitchener along with Greb, Bauer and Kauffman shoe - all in the rubber business in one way or another. All gone now - along with all the jobs (along with Yhyssen Krupp (formerly Budd Canada and lately Kitchener frame) over half the jobs at Lear Seating, and most of the tool and die, metal stamping, and other "manufacturing" jobs in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Just went from the lowest unemployment of any region in Canada to one of the top 4 - virtually overnight.

[clare]

ANd I'll bet the IceCream company was originally located at a place known as "turkey hill" - just like "pine valley cheese"

[The Daring Dufas]

Just for the heck of it, I checked to see if the Goodyear plant is still open in Gadsden, AL which is in the North Eastern corner of the state. When I was in college, that was the place everyone wanted to work besides the steel mill. At the time, the starting wage was in excess of $3.00 an hour. Of course gasoline was 22 cents a gallon too. *snicker*

TDD

[gfretwell]

Also there probably has not been an "American" telephone made since the Carter administration.

[The Daring Dufas]

Not so, there is a company in Florida that is manufacturing the old standard 2500 profile touch tone phones. The electronic components are probably sourced from around the world but the rest of it is American. The phones are in great demand for hotel/motel and institutional use. I think there is another manufacturer in Mississippi that also makes 2500 series phones.

TDD

[clare]

Is it? I think that was the plant supplying the ONE American built tire to Canadian Tire.