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.
Bud Krueger
OF w/52TD
Gregory Kirk wrote:
> miker15@juno.com wrote:
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > >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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