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Originally Posted by polak
Personally, I still can't get over how the refrigeration industry bullied the Ice trade.
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Lord knows they tried to fight. Remember how the government restricted the sales of refrigerators so as to not completely wipe out the ice traders all at once, and give them a slow death instead? Getting a license to sell a fridge was like pulling teeth and dangerous. Those ice traders had some scary carving tools that could be easily used for...persuasion. Thankfully, the brave souls at GE pioneered on.
Remember travel agents? Bank tellers? Blockbuster? Those evil basterds at ATM inc, Expedia, and Netflix think they can just come up with something better and take away their business/jobs? The nerve.