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Ford & Robertson, that is.
If that pair of gentlemen hadn't been too stiffnecked & stubborn to set up an agreement that would allow Ford to use Robertson-headed fasteners, Ford would not have gone to Phillips-heads instead.
It can be extrapolated that the world-wide use of Phillips-head fasteners that followed Ford's use of them would not have occurred, they'd have used Robertsons instead.
It can be further extrapolated that if that had been so, my carb rack would be held together by re-usable Robertson screws instead of the cratered-out Phillips screws that took me most of yesterday to take out & dispose of and most of this morning to go to Bolt Supply House and buy $10sworth of Allen screws to replace the bastards.
Fred Hill, S'toon.
If that pair of gentlemen hadn't been too stiffnecked & stubborn to set up an agreement that would allow Ford to use Robertson-headed fasteners, Ford would not have gone to Phillips-heads instead.
It can be extrapolated that the world-wide use of Phillips-head fasteners that followed Ford's use of them would not have occurred, they'd have used Robertsons instead.
It can be further extrapolated that if that had been so, my carb rack would be held together by re-usable Robertson screws instead of the cratered-out Phillips screws that took me most of yesterday to take out & dispose of and most of this morning to go to Bolt Supply House and buy $10sworth of Allen screws to replace the bastards.
Fred Hill, S'toon.
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