Ping pong. Ben invented ping pong -- name was taken from his last name "Pon." Returning from Manchuria in 1947, ol' Ben opened the first ping pong parlor in Duluth. By a curious coincidence a salesman from China brought the game back to China, and by the early 70's the Chinese were all over it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/punked Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 7/31/2007 2:19 PM Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Started what ball rolling ? > Vw's in the US or something like that ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Alistair Bell > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:41 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: 60 years ago this week > > The list is pretty quiet about this big birthday. > > Old Ben Pon started the ball rolling 60 years ago this weak. > > huzzahs! > > Alistair > > > > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ > |
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