Another "That built America" series starts tonight on History

[F4Gary]

"Machines that built America" for those like me that like these type shows.

 

[JMGNole]

Thanks!

 

[goldmom]

I'm a secret nerd and I do watch those shows.
I watch PBS, History, and Discovery a lot. I'm a fan of The Incredible Dr. Pol on AK too.

 

[timbo37059]

I missed it. Worth a watch?

 

[MagNoleA]

I'm a secret nerd and I do watch those shows.
I watch PBS, History, and Discovery a lot. I'm a fan of The Incredible Dr. Pol on AK too.

That's very interesting.

 

[goldmom]

That's very interesting.

I'm an interested kinda person. 😎🤓

 

[F4Gary]

I watched the invention of the telephone episode last night.
I didn't know Alexander Graham Bell was such a scum bag.

 

[goldmom]

I watched the invention of the telephone episode last night.
I didn't know Alexander Graham Bell was such a scum bag.

A lot of those guys from back in the day weren't Boy Scouts. Henry Ford was a hard core Anti-Semite. His camping buddy Edison was a grouch because he became so hard of hearing he yelled at everyone, they thought he was angry all the time, they reacted back badly and it spiraled into full time grouchiness.
Andrew Carnegie treated his underlings badly. But he did build a library or two so he's revered.

America has messiness in its history. But so does every country.

 

[MagNoleA]

A lot of those guys from back in the day weren't Boy Scouts. Henry Ford was a hard core Anti-Semite. His camping buddy Edison was a grouch because he became so hard of hearing he yelled at everyone, they thought he was angry all the time, they reacted back badly and it spiraled into full time grouchiness.
Andrew Carnegie treated his underlings badly. But he did build a library or two so he's revered.

America has messiness in its history. But so does every country.

Do you have any information on Howard Taft? Asking for a friend.

 

[goldmom]

Do you have any information on Howard Taft? Asking for a friend.

He never met a buffet he didn’t love?

 

[F4Gary]

A lot of those guys from back in the day weren't Boy Scouts. Henry Ford was a hard core Anti-Semite. His camping buddy Edison was a grouch because he became so hard of hearing he yelled at everyone, they thought he was angry all the time, they reacted back badly and it spiraled into full time grouchiness.
Andrew Carnegie treated his underlings badly. But he did build a library or two so he's revered.

America has messiness in its history. But so does every country.

Bell, his lawyer, and an alcoholic patent office staffer stole Gray's patent for the telephone.
Never had heard that before. Interesting episode.

 

[MagNoleA]

He never met a buffet he didn’t love?

Once you meet and talk to Jimmy, he'll come around. He's just a bit shy after so many trips to Margaritaville. He does love his bushwhackers.

 

[goldmom]

Once you meet and talk to Jimmy, he'll come around. He's just a bit shy after so many trips to Margaritaville. He does love his bushwhackers.

So, Taft loved buffets AND Jimmy Buffett?

 

[MagNoleA]

So, Taft loved buffets AND Jimmy Buffett?

You continue to make progress. I am well pleased.