It's still Esso in Europe!!
Safety Fast !!!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer MA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
To: Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
Cc: miker15@juno.com <miker15@juno.com>; jpquinn@cyberramp.net
<jpquinn@cyberramp.net>; mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: What's in a name.....
>FYI -- Esso was an 'abreviation' for Standard Oil (SO). This OF remembers
>when they were divvying up the Standard Oil system. Exxon came in later,
>to get farther away from the Standard Oil name.
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>Bud Krueger
>OF w/52TD
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>Gregory Kirk wrote:
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>> miker15@juno.com wrote:
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>> > On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:29:29 -0600 Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
>> > writes:
>> > >At 10:01 PM 12/15/97 -0500, Steve Byers wrote:
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>> > >That reminds me of the old tale, whether it's true or not, and
>> > >that is: "Esso" meant Stop in some language. Then they changed it
>> > to
>> > >Exxon.
>> >
>> > I thought it was "the sign of the double-cross!"
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