My ancestor invented Spam (the meat product). Yeah, I'm bragging!!!

[jimbo fett]

Can you top that?

[nini]

1. ok.. I'll admit I eat Spam..

I have no idea why - but I like it. Fried like baloney ;-)

nothing too interesting with my ancestors..

[jimbo fett]

2. Spam Trivia: What state consumes the most Spam [per person]? Why?

[rwheeler31]

4. spam

It has to be a state that ends with an a

[davidinalameda]

5. Hawaii

because of WW2--it was like the only meat they could get or something like that

[jimbo fett]

7. Ding! We have a winner. It was sent to soldiers in HI during WWII and...

They gave and/or traded it with the locals there.

[nini]

8. Hawaii.. but not sure why

I know you can get it at McDonalds there.

[11 Bravo]

19. A fried Spam sandwich is one of life's little pleasures.

n/t

[cally]

3. How about

My Dad invented the electronic calculator! This was before the designer made the profits. Friden (the firm he worked at) got all the profits. The patents were eventually sold to Hewlett Packard. Anyone who uses one of the older HP calculators remembers that you don't hit enter after the first number. That was his design. I actually prefer this system because it's what I learned when young.

[jimbo fett]

9. That's cool but it lacks the "cheezy factor" that something like Spam has.

[nini]

10. I remember when those came out and cost a fortune....

.. needless to say we didn't get them for some time. But the kids that had them were WAY COOL :-)

[cally]

11. Actually, the first one was about the size of a

coputer and weighed almost as much. It cost around $1500 dollars and all it did was add and subtract. They couldn't produce enough to meet demand.

The HPs handhelds came out about 8-9 years later. I didn't have one either. Too expensive but my Dad had one. Singer who owned the patents at the time didn't believe there was a market for small calculators :eyes: so they sold the patents.

[LuLu550]

13. wow, that is so cool

I don't think anyone I know invented anything important..sure there was that "fart machine" my brother invented for the science fair back in the 1960s but I'm sure that doesn't count.....

[HereSince1628]

6. No, that is in a can of its own.

Though it must be really fun to know that.

[brainshrub]

12. What city eats the most spam?

Hint: It's not in Hawaii.

[nini]

14. Manila?

>

[jimbo fett]

17. I dunno. But I'm very curious to learn!!!

[silverlib]

15. The Spam Fest

You need to come to Austin for the annual SPAM fest. You might even get in free, with your heritage and everything! It's a lot of fun.

[LuLu550]

16. this thread reminds me of a song......

I'd sing it, but I forgot the words...:evilgrin:

[izzie]

18. If you soak it to get the salt out you can do alot with it.

n/t

[YNGW]

20. But I don't LIKE spam!!

I'll have her spam. I love it! I'll have spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam ,spam, spam...............

[LuLu550]

21. I'll have spam, spam, spam, spam, eggs, sausages and spam

but without the Spam!

[dflprincess]

22. Have you been to the Spam Museum

in Austin, MN? I stopped in last spring and really enjoyed it. It's presented with a great sense of humor - they even run the Monty Pyhton bit about Spam.

[OneBlueSky]

23. does your family get royalties from Mony Python?

just curious . . . :dunce:

[jimbo fett]

24. Nope. My relative worked for Hormel when he invented it.

So, they make all the bucks.

The Dept of War came to Hormel and said they needed some kind of meat product that didn't spoil for a long time and could be shipped to anywhere. My relative was given the task of coming up with something.

[scubadude]

25. My grandfather invented the clock radio.

And several other notable things such as the use of Ether for starting cars (Pit Stop) in cold weather and the atomizer used for perfume bottles. He died at a very young age though, so the family never made it big.

Ron

[jimbo fett]

27. That's cool! You're in the running...

for having the weirdest inventor-relative.

[Webster Green]

26. I can top it.....

With swiss cheez. One of my guilty pleasures, every so often, fried spam with melted swiss, on rye. Mmmm Mmmm!

[Cosmic_Latte]

28. Yum yum

Just ate Spam Lite this morning. That's terrific!