To: SunkenCiv
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
3 posted on
11/04/2011 9:36:56 AM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Wow! I’d figure that’s about the oldest continuously-run business anywhere. What is that, about a dozen generations?
4 posted on
11/04/2011 9:37:08 AM PDT by
scan59
(Markets always regulate better than government can.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Britain's oldest family business opened when Henry VIII ruled That was a good time to get a head.
5 posted on
11/04/2011 9:37:45 AM PDT by
decimon
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I guess we finally know where the beef is.
6 posted on
11/04/2011 9:39:04 AM PDT by
Track9
(Make War!!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
How did they avoid inheritance taxes?
Make these b@stards pay!
11 posted on
11/04/2011 9:46:49 AM PDT by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Actually, the oldest business in Britain is the royal family, which can be traced back to William the Bastard in 1066, and used taxation, cronyism, cruel & unusual punishments like drawing & quartering, and dynastic wars to keep itself in power until finally they were restrained by the Whigs and their American revolutionary offspring.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
“At that time Henry VIII was still married to Anne Boleyn, the first complete English language translation of the Bible was printed in Antwerp by William Tynedale and Miles Coverdale, and Peru, the Galapagos Islands and Quebec were discovered.”
Heck, Helen Thomas was the first customer.
14 posted on
11/04/2011 10:52:53 AM PDT by
max americana
(FUBO FUBHO FK BARAK 2012)
To: onedoug
16 posted on
11/04/2011 11:09:54 AM PDT by
stylecouncilor
(Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Shouldn't that be RJ Balson & Sons & Sons & Sons & Sons & Sons & Sons ...?
19 posted on
11/09/2011 5:27:08 PM PST by
Ken H
(They are running out of other people's money.
)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Congratulations to all the Balsons! That is a remarkable feat. I wonder what the rocord is for family run businesses in other countries? Is it possible that this business is the oldest continuously family run business in the world?
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