CraigListole

Socks. A similar situation here with a variation. I wore white socks for over 30 years. "My wife" (ever heard those words before?) told me that I wore my socks too long (gosh, I've only worn this pair for 3 days) and that they can't get cleaned to nice and white. She bought me charcoal gray socks. They aren't so bad. But....now we have Golden Retriever who lives up to her name. She "retrieves" my socks whenever she sees them laying on the floor. I have to hide them from her or she'll destroy them. As to the movie Idiocracy. It really is prophetic as mentioned above. "Welcome to Costco...I love you". Perhaps you've experienced similar sorts of people if you fly in an airplane from say, Baltimore to Atlanta.

Certainly I must watch that one! Have you ever watched any episodes of The Prisoner? I came out in the 1960's.

Sounds like one step above the movie "Idiocracy"

"Artificial" says it all. Fake intelligence. I'm convinced that the supposed AI will only replace jobs and work of stupid people. Show me AI that'll cut my grass or paint my house and I'll change my mind. That goes for the notion of "intuitive" programs. Intuitive really means the computer trains it's user to use it. Like the movie- "Colossus: The Forbin Project", Colossus says at the end in effect, "you will learn to love me". Dr. Forbin replies, "never".

There's no record of "Wer & Forge Co". in Kitchener Canada. There was Canadian Blower and Forge at that location but nothing else. Mine is truly and entirely a Champion though, for whatever reason, from different assemblies by the same company. The Patent numbers indicate the same.

Different parts from different times is probably correct. However, the entire blower is Champion.

The patent on the major portion of the casting is 676322. It is indeed a Champion blower. I'm still curious why only the words "WER & FORGE" appear and not the complete BLOWER. Oh well. Thanks for the help fellas.

Good idea. I'll give it a try.

In looking around the web Buffalos will have a noticeable "Buffalo" cast into the housing. I don't find any Buffalos that were made in the cities I mention above.

Well, I doubt it because I've not seen photos of Champion blowers without "Lancaster" cast into it. Yes, it runs very well. About 55 years or more ago my parents used it attached to (not sure of the wording here) a large iron pan that was mounted on a stand that we used for a hot dog and hamburger grill. My guess is the large pan i refer to was a portable forge. I was going to scrap it but figured it would be better to clean it up and sell it. Thank you for the reply.

I have a blower and need help in determining the manufacturer. Part of it is Champion but have no idea who made the majority of it. There are cast marks for Philadelphia, Wilmington, Trenton. What do you think? Thanks, Craig