The wife chewed out her husband at the company picnic awhile back.
“Doesn’t it embarrass you that people have seen you go up to the buffet table five times?”
“Not a bit,” the husband replied. “I just tell them I’m filling up the plate for you!”
Ford's first new factoryIn 1904, Henry Ford was age 39 when construction of the first purpose-built Ford factorywas authorized by the stockholders, just 10 months after Ford Motor Company was founded on 16 Jun 1903.Barely 18 months after the first Model A Ford car was sold (23 Jul 1903) from the original Mack Avenue plant, production began in Dec 1904 at the new Piquette Avenue Plant..It was a long, narrow, mill-style brick building with many large windows to light the interior and provide ventilation. After four years making a succession of Models B, C, F, K, N, R, S, retooling began in late 1908 to produce the Model T. The first one rolled off the production line on 27 Sep 1908. The Piquette Avenue Plant became the birthplace of one of the world's most famous automobiles. Ford was already building a larger factory.« |
