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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Oct 2000.
Re: Warning!

Re: Warning!

Faux_Pseudo wrote:
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> >                 By 1919, the Phillips screwdriver had become so ubiquitous
> 
> did i read this wrong?
> 
> if the screw didnt become popular untill WWII and the patant died in 1919
> how did he make his money off the licancing?
> and how did it get popular befor 1919 if it did not catch on till WWII?
> 
> my head is spining

It gets worse. Here's part of what you snipped out:

<unsnip> >                  He died in 1988 at age 68.

which would make him *how old* in 1919?   8-)


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