To: Oatka
A Canadian friend once told me about a Newbie who asked what “HBC” stood for, as he had seen it almost everywhere he went. The laconic answer was “Here Before Christ”.I don't think I'd guess Hudson Bay Company. That's kinda long ago.
6 posted on
01/21/2012 6:12:33 PM PST by
decimon
To: decimon
Always makes me chuckle when people talk about "big business" as if it was something new. Hudson Bay Company and Dutch East India Company along with other were really Big Business.
9 posted on
01/21/2012 9:05:42 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: decimon
I don't think I'd guess Hudson Bay Company. That's kinda long ago.The feeling up there was that HBC WAS HBC. :-)
13 posted on
01/22/2012 8:59:31 AM PST by
Oatka
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