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micky
Nov 14, 2016, 6:36:53 PM11/14/16
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I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
in sol or -sol.
So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
some 3rd meaning?
Words like parasol are interesting but they arose "naturally" and
weren't coined by a businessman. (In fact parasol wasn't even
coined. It's just the Spanish words para and sol smushed together.
Okay, maybe I'm wrong: The dictionary says 1610-20; < French, Middle
French < Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
--
Please say where you live, or what
area's English you are asking about.
So your question or answer makes sense.
. .
I have lived all my life in the USA,
Western Pa. Indianapolis, Chicago,
Brooklyn, Baltimore.
Peter Moylan
Nov 14, 2016, 8:30:12 PM11/14/16
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On 2016-Nov-15 10:36, micky wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
> in sol or -sol.
>
> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
Arsol.
>
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
> in sol or -sol.
>
> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Tony Cooper
Nov 14, 2016, 8:49:30 PM11/14/16
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:30:09 +1100, Peter Moylan
<pe...@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>On 2016-Nov-15 10:36, micky wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>> in sol or -sol.
>>
>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>Arsol
Is that an aerosol spray product?
<pe...@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>On 2016-Nov-15 10:36, micky wrote:
>>
>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>> in sol or -sol.
>>
>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>Arsol
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
RH Draney
Nov 14, 2016, 11:18:24 PM11/14/16
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also be used, sparingly!, for really nasty cases of the former)....r
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Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Nov 15, 2016, 5:46:45 AM11/15/16
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:36:51 -0500, micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com>
wrote:
>
>I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>in sol or -sol.
>
>So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
>solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
>some 3rd meaning?
>
My impression is that the -sol suffix is short for "solution"; the
product is liquid.
The scientific word "sol" is in the OED:
sol, n.6
Etymology: Originally a suffix < the first syllable of solution n.
(as in alcosol n., hydrosol n.).
Physical Chem.
A liquid solution or suspension of a colloid. Cf. gel n.2
1899 W. B. Hardy in Jrnl. Physiol. XXIV. 164 Graham's
nomenclature is as follows: The fluid state, colloidal solution,
is the ‘sol’, the solid state the ‘gel’. The fluid constituent is
indicated by a prefix. Thus an aqueous solution of gelatine is a
‘hydrosol’, and on setting it becomes a ‘hydrogel’.
That quotation refers to "sol" (and "gel") as a "prefix" when in the
example given it is a suffix.
It seems, from the OED, that the word "prefix" was in use before the
word "suffix" came into use.
>
>Words like parasol are interesting but they arose "naturally" and
>weren't coined by a businessman. (In fact parasol wasn't even
>coined. It's just the Spanish words para and sol smushed together.
>Okay, maybe I'm wrong: The dictionary says 1610-20; < French, Middle
>French < Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
wrote:
>
>I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>in sol or -sol.
>
>So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
>solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
>some 3rd meaning?
>
product is liquid.
The scientific word "sol" is in the OED:
sol, n.6
Etymology: Originally a suffix < the first syllable of solution n.
(as in alcosol n., hydrosol n.).
Physical Chem.
A liquid solution or suspension of a colloid. Cf. gel n.2
1899 W. B. Hardy in Jrnl. Physiol. XXIV. 164 Graham's
nomenclature is as follows: The fluid state, colloidal solution,
is the ‘sol’, the solid state the ‘gel’. The fluid constituent is
indicated by a prefix. Thus an aqueous solution of gelatine is a
‘hydrosol’, and on setting it becomes a ‘hydrogel’.
That quotation refers to "sol" (and "gel") as a "prefix" when in the
example given it is a suffix.
It seems, from the OED, that the word "prefix" was in use before the
word "suffix" came into use.
>
>Words like parasol are interesting but they arose "naturally" and
>weren't coined by a businessman. (In fact parasol wasn't even
>coined. It's just the Spanish words para and sol smushed together.
>Okay, maybe I'm wrong: The dictionary says 1610-20; < French, Middle
>French < Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
--
(in alt.usage.english)
bert
Nov 15, 2016, 6:49:22 AM11/15/16
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On Monday, 14 November 2016 23:36:53 UTC, micky wrote:
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial
> merchandise whose name ends> in sol or -sol.
Here in the UK, garages sell 'Autosol', a large
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial
> merchandise whose name ends> in sol or -sol.
tube of white paste to clean tarnishing and
light rusting from chromium plating or from
other bright metal surfaces. It stinks, but it
works much better than cheaper metal polishes.
--
CDB
Nov 15, 2016, 7:47:57 AM11/15/16
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On 11/14/2016 8:30 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:
> micky wrote:
>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose
>> name ends in sol or -sol.
>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
The "suffix" in "Lysol" is "-ol". Maybe it was sold as an oil that
> micky wrote:
>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose
>> name ends in sol or -sol.
>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
dissolves dirt or germs, or maybe they wanted you to think of "lye soap".
The makers of the other product wanted you to think of Lysol with a
fresh piney scent.
> Arsol.
Is that, like, a local brand (o sole nostra), or were you feeling impatient?
RH Draney
Nov 15, 2016, 8:22:01 AM11/15/16
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ago...Barbasol, a brand of shaving foam....r
Horace LaBadie
Nov 15, 2016, 8:49:11 AM11/15/16
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In article <o0f24...@news4.newsguy.com>, RH Draney <dado...@cox.net>
wrote:
Which came in an aerosol can.
wrote:
Peter Moylan
Nov 15, 2016, 4:22:38 PM11/15/16
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micky
Nov 15, 2016, 6:00:32 PM11/15/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:49:10 -0500, Horace LaBadie
Oh, yeah. I had a can of Barbasol for 10 years after I grew a beard.
I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
a bottle of wax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
basket, including the woven wood slats and the bent-slat handles. IIRC
the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
>Which came in an aerosol can.
I think you're right, that's where the -sol came from.
I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
a bottle of wax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
basket, including the woven wood slats and the bent-slat handles. IIRC
the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
>Which came in an aerosol can.
micky
Nov 15, 2016, 6:02:01 PM11/15/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:47:54 -0500, CDB
out a couple years ago, and it doesn't smell like pine anymore.
I would have thought they could use "natural and artificial pine
smell."
>> Arsol.
>
>Is that, like, a local brand (o sole nostra), or were you feeling impatient?
>
<belle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/14/2016 8:30 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:
>> micky wrote:
>
>>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose
>>> name ends in sol or -sol.
>
>>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>The "suffix" in "Lysol" is "-ol". Maybe it was sold as an oil that
>dissolves dirt or germs, or maybe they wanted you to think of "lye soap".
Oh, I get it!
>On 11/14/2016 8:30 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:
>> micky wrote:
>
>>> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose
>>> name ends in sol or -sol.
>
>>> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
>The "suffix" in "Lysol" is "-ol". Maybe it was sold as an oil that
>dissolves dirt or germs, or maybe they wanted you to think of "lye soap".
>
>The makers of the other product wanted you to think of Lysol with a
>fresh piney scent.
Just read last night that pine oil became too expensive and they took it
>The makers of the other product wanted you to think of Lysol with a
>fresh piney scent.
out a couple years ago, and it doesn't smell like pine anymore.
I would have thought they could use "natural and artificial pine
smell."
>> Arsol.
>
>Is that, like, a local brand (o sole nostra), or were you feeling impatient?
>
micky
Nov 15, 2016, 6:04:41 PM11/15/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:46:42 +0000, "Peter
indicated by a prefix, hydro- in the case at hand. So it is a prefix.
>>
>>Words like parasol are interesting but they arose "naturally" and
>>weren't coined by a businessman. (In fact parasol wasn't even
>>coined. It's just the Spanish words para and sol smushed together.
>>Okay, maybe I'm wrong: The dictionary says 1610-20; < French, Middle
>>French < Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
--
Duncanson [BrE]" <ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:36:51 -0500, micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>>in sol or -sol.
>>
>>So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>>
>>I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
>>solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
>>some 3rd meaning?
>>
>My impression is that the -sol suffix is short for "solution"; the
>product is liquid.
>
>The scientific word "sol" is in the OED:
>
> sol, n.6
> Etymology: Originally a suffix < the first syllable of solution n.
> (as in alcosol n., hydrosol n.).
>
> Physical Chem.
> A liquid solution or suspension of a colloid. Cf. gel n.2
>
> 1899 W. B. Hardy in Jrnl. Physiol. XXIV. 164 Graham's
> nomenclature is as follows: The fluid state, colloidal solution,
> is the ‘sol’, the solid state the ‘gel’. The fluid constituent is
> indicated by a prefix. Thus an aqueous solution of gelatine is a
> ‘hydrosol’, and on setting it becomes a ‘hydrogel’.
>
>That quotation refers to "sol" (and "gel") as a "prefix" when in the
>example given it is a suffix.
I reed it as saying that the fluid constituent, water, for example, is
>On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:36:51 -0500, micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
>>in sol or -sol.
>>
>>So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>>
>>I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
>>solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
>>some 3rd meaning?
>>
>My impression is that the -sol suffix is short for "solution"; the
>product is liquid.
>
>The scientific word "sol" is in the OED:
>
> sol, n.6
> Etymology: Originally a suffix < the first syllable of solution n.
> (as in alcosol n., hydrosol n.).
>
> Physical Chem.
> A liquid solution or suspension of a colloid. Cf. gel n.2
>
> 1899 W. B. Hardy in Jrnl. Physiol. XXIV. 164 Graham's
> nomenclature is as follows: The fluid state, colloidal solution,
> is the ‘sol’, the solid state the ‘gel’. The fluid constituent is
> indicated by a prefix. Thus an aqueous solution of gelatine is a
> ‘hydrosol’, and on setting it becomes a ‘hydrogel’.
>
>That quotation refers to "sol" (and "gel") as a "prefix" when in the
>example given it is a suffix.
indicated by a prefix, hydro- in the case at hand. So it is a prefix.
>
>It seems, from the OED, that the word "prefix" was in use before the
>word "suffix" came into use.
Maybe so, but another topic.
>It seems, from the OED, that the word "prefix" was in use before the
>word "suffix" came into use.
>>
>>Words like parasol are interesting but they arose "naturally" and
>>weren't coined by a businessman. (In fact parasol wasn't even
>>coined. It's just the Spanish words para and sol smushed together.
>>Okay, maybe I'm wrong: The dictionary says 1610-20; < French, Middle
>>French < Italian parasole. See para-2, Sol
--
Peter T. Daniels
Nov 15, 2016, 11:39:51 PM11/15/16
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On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:00:32 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
> free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
> Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
> good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
>
> I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
> a bottle of wax.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
You think Wright's Johnson Wax building looks like a bottle of wax???
> I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
> free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
> Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
> good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
>
> I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
> a bottle of wax.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
Maybe you mean the tower. In fact he finally got to build that tower
that he had been proposing for various sites for decades.
Mark Brader
Nov 16, 2016, 2:56:32 AM11/16/16
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"Micky":
The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
in that building. See:
http://www.longaberger.com
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
If they even did sell it. See:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-story-basket-is-no-picnic
http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-headquarters-sale
Sad.
--
Mark Brader | I rise to speak ... well, actually, I don't rise,
Toronto | nor do I speak, but I lounge to type in his defense.
m...@vex.net | -- Bob Lipton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
> basket...
> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
in that building. See:
http://www.longaberger.com
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-story-basket-is-no-picnic
http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-headquarters-sale
Sad.
--
Mark Brader | I rise to speak ... well, actually, I don't rise,
Toronto | nor do I speak, but I lounge to type in his defense.
m...@vex.net | -- Bob Lipton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Duncanson [BrE]
Nov 16, 2016, 5:52:07 AM11/16/16
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micky
Nov 16, 2016, 3:10:24 PM11/16/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:39:49 -0800 (PST), "Peter
The tower near the top of the url above, and in the center below,
"Johnson Wax Headquarters, ... the world headquarters and administration
building" has been there since 1970 when I was there. I see it was
finished in 1939, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/SC+Johnson+Golden+Rondelle/@42.7150465,-87.7916116,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.377014%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8805436e05be9fc5:0x98f2e62ba88b33c9!8m2!3d42.71522!4d-87.7907288?hl=en
"Johnson Wax Headquarters, ... the world headquarters and administration
building" has been there since 1970 when I was there. I see it was
finished in 1939, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/SC+Johnson+Golden+Rondelle/@42.7150465,-87.7916116,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.377014%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8805436e05be9fc5:0x98f2e62ba88b33c9!8m2!3d42.71522!4d-87.7907288?hl=en
micky
Nov 16, 2016, 3:33:58 PM11/16/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Wed, 16 Nov 2016 01:56:25 -0600, m...@vex.net
see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
>
>> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
>
>If they even did sell it. See:
>
>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-story-basket-is-no-picnic
>http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-headquarters-sale
Yeah, I saw one or both of these two before, and no fruit on top of the
building!
>Sad.
(Mark Brader) wrote:
>"Micky":
>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>> basket...
>
>The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
>in that building. See:
>
>http://www.longaberger.com
Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
>"Micky":
>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>> basket...
>
>The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
>in that building. See:
>
>http://www.longaberger.com
see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
>
>> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold it.
>
>If they even did sell it. See:
>
>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-story-basket-is-no-picnic
>http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-headquarters-sale
building!
>Sad.
Peter T. Daniels
Nov 16, 2016, 5:07:55 PM11/16/16
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On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 3:10:24 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:39:49 -0800 (PST), "Peter
> T. Daniels" <gram...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:00:32 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> >
> >> I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
> >> free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
> >> Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
> >> good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
> >>
> >> I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
> >> a bottle of wax.
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
> >
> >You think Wright's Johnson Wax building looks like a bottle of wax???
> >
> >Maybe you mean the tower. In fact he finally got to build that tower
> >that he had been proposing for various sites for decades.
>
> The tower near the top of the url above, and in the center below,
> "Johnson Wax Headquarters, ... the world headquarters and administration
> building" has been there since 1970 when I was there. I see it was
> finished in 1939, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
And any imagined resemblance to a bottle of wax is strictly imaginary.
> In alt.usage.english, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:39:49 -0800 (PST), "Peter
> T. Daniels" <gram...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6:00:32 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> >
> >> I think I still have a can of Edge Shaving Gel that they gave me for
> >> free when I took a tour of the Johnson Wax HQ or factory in Racine
> >> Wisconsin in 1970. I haven't tried it for 20 years but it was still
> >> good in 1996. Darn, they're both gone.
> >>
> >> I'ts an interesting place. The office building is designed to look like
> >> a bottle of wax.
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._C._Johnson_%26_Son
> >
> >You think Wright's Johnson Wax building looks like a bottle of wax???
> >
> >Maybe you mean the tower. In fact he finally got to build that tower
> >that he had been proposing for various sites for decades.
>
> The tower near the top of the url above, and in the center below,
> "Johnson Wax Headquarters, ... the world headquarters and administration
> building" has been there since 1970 when I was there. I see it was
> finished in 1939, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
BTW the tower is essentially deserted. Like many of Wright's most
innovative designs, it proved rather impractical in use. Or rather,
the research chemists who were supposed to use the laboratories chose
not to alter their procedures in order to fit Wright's view of how
research chemistry ought to be done.
In the low office building, which is far more celebrated and far more
justly so, the biggest problem was the three-legged secretaries' chairs,
which tended to tip over when people sat on them. A whole desk suite,
with chair and storage, is on permanent display at the Museum of Modern
Art design galleries, and I think I also saw a set at the modern art
museum in Munich.
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/SC+Johnson+Golden+Rondelle/@42.7150465,-87.7916116,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbIzu9cYEwBBTlZOAEP1Egw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.377014%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8805436e05be9fc5:0x98f2e62ba88b33c9!8m2!3d42.71522!4d-87.7907288?hl=en
bill van
Nov 16, 2016, 7:39:14 PM11/16/16
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In article <mefp2c57ialf2kvv1...@4ax.com>,
roof.
--
bill
micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> In alt.usage.english, on Wed, 16 Nov 2016 01:56:25 -0600, m...@vex.net
> (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> >"Micky":
> >> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
> >> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
> >> basket...
> >
> >The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
> >in that building. See:
> >
> >http://www.longaberger.com
>
> Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>
> >http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
> >
> >> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold
> >> it.
> >
> >If they even did sell it. See:
> >
> >http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-s
> >tory-basket-is-no-picnic
> >http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-
> >headquarters-sale
>
> Yeah, I saw one or both of these two before, and no fruit on top of the
> building!
>
> >Sad.
Sad indeed. Not even the Carmen Miranda Museum building has fruit on the
> In alt.usage.english, on Wed, 16 Nov 2016 01:56:25 -0600, m...@vex.net
> (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> >"Micky":
> >> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
> >> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
> >> basket...
> >
> >The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
> >in that building. See:
> >
> >http://www.longaberger.com
>
> Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>
> >http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
> >
> >> IIRC the building cost more to build than they got for it when they sold
> >> it.
> >
> >If they even did sell it. See:
> >
> >http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-07/selling-a-5-million-seven-s
> >tory-basket-is-no-picnic
> >http://www.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12903914/longaberger-basket-company-building-
> >headquarters-sale
>
> Yeah, I saw one or both of these two before, and no fruit on top of the
> building!
>
> >Sad.
roof.
--
bill
Mark Brader
Nov 17, 2016, 6:22:05 AM11/17/16
to
"Micky":
>>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>>> basket...
Mark Brader:
>>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>>> basket...
>> The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
>> in that building. See:
>>
>> http://www.longaberger.com
"Micky":
>> in that building. See:
>>
>> http://www.longaberger.com
> Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
Huh? Oh, you mean the "Longaberger Homestead" photo down at the bottom
> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
of the page. Look at the hedges for scale -- that thing's not a full-size
office building like their old headquarters. It might be the size of a
cottage, but no larger. Here's another photo of *that* structure, giving
a better idea of the scale:
http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/30/1a/b9/301ab991bd96c0a88c2fedf7a62c1fcc.jpg
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
See, the old headquarters building is a different shape.
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J. J. Lodder
Nov 17, 2016, 8:06:25 AM11/17/16
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micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
> in sol or -sol.
>
> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
> I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
> solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
> some 3rd meaning?
Etymology: from German,
> I'm looking for a partial list of commercial merchandise whose name ends
> in sol or -sol.
>
> So far I've thought of Lysol and Pine-sol.
>
> I'm also curious if the sol is meant to refer to the sun or to a
> solvent, perhaps one that lifts dirt up and allows it to be removed. Or
> some 3rd meaning?
Lysol (aus dem Griechischen 'Lyo' für Auflösen und Latein 'Oleum' für
Öl)
The 'sol' part has nothing to do with solvent,
Jan
micky
Nov 17, 2016, 4:33:53 PM11/17/16
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In alt.usage.english, on Thu, 17 Nov 2016 05:21:57 -0600, m...@vex.net
that tall and I don't know how to shorten it without making it look
raggedy . The 4' fence in the background looked far away
But your picture below convinces me.
>office building like their old headquarters. It might be the size of a
>cottage, but no larger. Here's another photo of *that* structure, giving
>a better idea of the scale:
>
> http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/30/1a/b9/301ab991bd96c0a88c2fedf7a62c1fcc.jpg
Yeah, this one has people in front of it, and they're probably not 30'
people or 10' tulips.
>>> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
>
>See, the old headquarters building is a different shape.
If I go to indianapolis, I hav to go through Columbus. Maybe I'll stop
and take a picture.
(Mark Brader) wrote:
>"Micky":
>>>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>>>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>>>> basket...
>
>Mark Brader:
>>> The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
>>> in that building. See:
>>>
>>> http://www.longaberger.com
>
>"Micky":
>> Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
>> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>
>Huh? Oh, you mean the "Longaberger Homestead" photo down at the bottom
>of the page. Look at the hedges for scale -- that thing's not a full-size
I saw them. I figured they were 8' hedges. My own hedge keeps growing
>"Micky":
>>>> Of course it's not as interesting as the office building near Columbus
>>>> Ohio, for a company that made picnic baskets, that looks like a picnic
>>>> basket...
>
>Mark Brader:
>>> The company still makes baskets, although they're no longer headquartered
>>> in that building. See:
>>>
>>> http://www.longaberger.com
>
>"Micky":
>> Wow. This picture shows it full of apples and parts of apples. I didn't
>> see that in the other views. Maybe it's seasonal.
>
>Huh? Oh, you mean the "Longaberger Homestead" photo down at the bottom
>of the page. Look at the hedges for scale -- that thing's not a full-size
that tall and I don't know how to shorten it without making it look
raggedy . The 4' fence in the background looked far away
But your picture below convinces me.
>office building like their old headquarters. It might be the size of a
>cottage, but no larger. Here's another photo of *that* structure, giving
>a better idea of the scale:
>
> http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/30/1a/b9/301ab991bd96c0a88c2fedf7a62c1fcc.jpg
people or 10' tulips.
>>> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36797849
>
>See, the old headquarters building is a different shape.
and take a picture.
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