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Thread #144540 Message #3342456
Posted By: catspaw49
24-Apr-12 - 05:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Google Doodle - interesting today....
Subject: RE: BS: Google Doodle - interesting today....
The separatable fastener wasn't going much of anywhere until it was used by B.F.Goodrich in Akron on a new type of overshoe that made them quick and easier to put on one-handed. BFG named them Zippers becasue of that and they were a runaway bestseller. Even when I was growing up the style of rubber boot was still called "Zips." Todya the Zips name carries on as the team name for the University of Akron.....The Zips!
Spaw