American Yankee pride.

[James Mackay]

My grandfather Thornton MacKay and family owned and operated Morse Twist Drill in New Bedford Mass as well as SW Card manufacturing in Mansfield Mass from the mid thirties untill his death in 1956. Shortly after WWll when we were helping to rebuild Japans industrial complex a Japanese company sent my grandfather a tiny drill bit with a challenge to make a smaller one of the same quality and precision. Not only did he produce such a bit, he drilled a hole through their bit with it , left it through theirs and sent it back to them

 

[Blueshound_GJ]

Great story!

 

[James Mackay]

Great story!

My great grandfather Simon MacKay owned Union Twist Drill in Athol Mass and purchased Morse and card in 1909. My grandfather Thornton was relegated to running Morse and Cards

 

[dnschmidt]

Is this story suppose to make me happy? Which in some way it did. Or is it suppose to make me sad and angry about what America has become which it certainly did as well. You talk about American Yankee Pride, WHERE DID IT GO? I remember when Cadillac's motto was "Standard of the World." If they would say that today they would get laughed out of the room by Toyota.

 

[GrantCee]

It's a tall tale, and an OLD one at that. I've heard it told and retold many times over the six decades of my life, with the only variation being the industry: Swiss vs German watchmakers, rival hypodermic needle makers, screw machine manufacturers, and now twist drills.

 

[1982fxr]

Is this story suppose to make me happy? Which in some way it did. Or is it suppose to make me sad and angry about what America has become which it certainly did as well. You talk about American Yankee Pride, WHERE DID IT GO? I remember when Cadillac's motto was "Standard of the World." If they would say that today they would get laughed out of the room by Toyota.

Ummm...I don't think you need any story at all to make you angry.

 

[Earp69]

I've also heard this one a few times. It's a good one

 

[Richard D]

I remember when Cadillac's motto was "Standard of the World." If they would say that today they would get laughed out of the room by Toyota.

I was at some condos in Galveston this week, average cost 2.3 million, didn't see any Toyotas in the parking garage.

 

[txvwnut]

I was at some condos in Galveston this week, average cost 2.3 million, didn't see any Toyotas in the parking garage.

If there was any Lexus' in garage you did.

 

[Richard D]

Ha Ha yeah you're right, didn't notice any but there were many Mercedes Benzs.

 

[dnschmidt]

I was at some condos in Galveston this week, average cost 2.3 million, didn't see any Toyotas in the parking garage.

And how many Cadillac's did you see? Just asking.

 

[Richard D]

Several of those too.

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

Is this story suppose to make me happy? Which in some way it did. Or is it suppose to make me sad and angry about what America has become which it certainly did as well. You talk about American Yankee Pride, WHERE DID IT GO? I remember when Cadillac's motto was "Standard of the World." If they would say that today they would get laughed out of the room by Toyota.

I think you need to look around you more and keep up with what is important in the 21st century and beyond. Think about what this world would be without GPS, Internet, abundance of energy, medical devices, drugs to cure devastating illnesses, new innovations in organ transplants and surgery, space exploration, industrial automation, Artificial Intelligence. All of these are a product of American ingenuity.

When I look at what we are still developing everyday it makes me proud to be an American!

 

[zendriver]

Is this story suppose to make me happy? Which in some way it did. Or is it suppose to make me sad and angry about what America has become which it certainly did as well. You talk about American Yankee Pride, WHERE DID IT GO? I remember when Cadillac's motto was "Standard of the World." If they would say that today they would get laughed out of the room by Toyota.

How old are you?

That motto was coined over 100 years ago, when, most of the rest of the world traveled by horse.

We had Cadillacs in the 60’s and 70’s they were not really better that other similar sized “luxury” cars. The electric windows were always needing work

 

[autobon7]

I think you need to look around you more and keep up with what is important in the 21st century and beyond. Think about what this world would be without GPS, Internet, abundance of energy, medical devices, drugs to cure devastating illnesses, new innovations in organ transplants and surgery, space exploration, industrial automation, Artificial Intelligence. All of these are a product of American ingenuity.

When I look at what we are still developing everyday it makes me proud to be an American!

We can all do without AI.........https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

We can all do without AI.........https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html

Perhaps we need to understand it more before we write it off.

 

[Lassen Forge]

I've actually heard this story before, and (somewhere) I saw a picture of it... yes, it's pretty cool the technology our forefathers had to do stuff like this, and while I'm surprised someone (with only a couple posts) is related to it, it's pretty effing awesome.

 

[autobon7]

Perhaps we need to understand it more before we write it off.

When the creators themselves are giving the warnings it should be heeded. In the end greed and ignorance will probably prevail.

 

[Sinatra]

James, thought you might like to see my Morse cabinet. I bought it about 30 years ago in Clarence, NY at an antique market. I thought it had a date on it but didn’t see any on the labels inside. It’s used to store surplus drill bits.

 

[woody 73]

James good job and again welcome to the GJ and thank you very much for telling me about your relatives. Something that I enjoy very much!

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