Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hp-pcd!nathanm From: nathanm@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Escort Radar Detector history Message-ID: <7300006@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-May-84 19:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.7300006 Posted: Mon May 21 19:28:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 31-May-84 19:35:37 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #N:hpcvre:7300006:000:373 Nf-From: hpcvre!nathanm May 21 15:28:00 1984 Here is a brief history of the Escort Radar Detector company, as presented by its president at the annual meeting and reported in the Wall Street Journal: "In the beginning there were dinosaurs. Then they died and became oil. In 1973 the Arabs cut off the oil, the speed limit dropped to 55 and Escort was born. Any questions?" ---------- Nathan Meyers hp-pcd!nathanm