On this day in 1914 -Henry Ford introduces an assembly line for Model T
Prior to the assembly line he needed a tremendous workforce to be able to put out maybe a couple hundred vehicles a week, and the price was in the $800-a-vehicle range. It sounds great now, but when you consider inflation, that was still a lot of money. By the time Henry Ford got this going, he was knocking them out at the rate of one a minute, about as much as they can produce in a factory today. And they were able to cut the price to as little as $220 a vehicle.
Hugh “Lumpy” Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans, Bob Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo, and Cosmo Allegretti inside the Dancing Bear costume. An early color publicity still from Captain Kangaroo (CBS, 1955-84).
"Now some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell. And some they will and some they won't, with some it's just as well." - Supertramp, Goodbye Stranger.
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"Well, I believe in the soul. The cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing AstroTurf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. Goodnight." - Crash Davis, Bull Durham.
