Name Brand Recognition

[WV Sawmiller]

   Ever think about how many poplar name brands become synonymous with that product or service? It results in great advertising. For example how many of you ask for a Kleenex instead of a tissue? In the UK I think they still Hoover the rug. Dad said when he was a kid if you were going to buy a new vehicle you'd say you were going to buy a new Ford even if you were actually buying a Chevy or a Packard. When I was a kid in NW Fla Coke (Actually we called them CoColas) meant a soft drink. You'd tell the vendor you wanted a CoCola and they'd ask "What Kind?" and you might say RC or Pepsi. A Frigidaire was the same as a refrigerator - of course back then some old timers still just called them an ice box.

   If any of you can think of other items go ahead a post them here for others to take a trip down memory lane.

   Well, I better go LogRite me a couple of red oaks on to the mill and get back to sawing.

[thecfarm]

I grew up going ski dooing.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Sounds almost like winter time incontinence. :D :D

   BTW - Happy Birthday.

[thecfarm]

No way. It would freeze and really be in a mess.  :D

[Ron Wenrich]

Kleen-Ex, Crock Pot, Popsicle, Scotch Tape, Weed Eater, Band Aid, just Google it.

[newoodguy78]

Sawzall- I've owned several Milwaukee brand in the past I believe they are the original. Currently I have a Makita and hitachi "reciprocating saw" but still call them sawzalls....

[luvmexfood]

Don't know if this fits but we would always say "a pack of nabs". Back in the old days you were getting crackers with peanut butter in the middle.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Thomas Crapper was a plumber and while he did not apparently invent it he was one of the leading promoters of the flush toilet.

[Magicman]

Crescent wrench, Stillson wrench, Caterpillar. 

Kodak, but not so much now that everyone seems to be "packing".

[samandothers]

Skill saw for circular saw.

Saran Wrap for plastic wrap. 

[Roger2561]

Tin Foil for Aluminum Foil

Roger

[Chuck White]

When I was growing up, a SLED was a platform with 2 steel runners under it, a steering handle up near the front and a rope attached for pulling it back up the hill after the run!

SLED, aka Flexible Flyer!

How times do change!

[WranglerSS]

Bush Hog
Jeep

[WDH]

I am going to make a Xerox copy of this thread.

[Jeff]

 :linoleum for vinyl flooring. Formica for counters.

[TKehl]

Our Bobcat is a John Deere 250 skid steer.  (My daughters call it the John Cat  ;D)

[Brucer]

Peavey.

[WV Sawmiller]

Q-Tips and Vasoline.

[Raider Bill]

Peavey.

What's a Peavey?

[red]

It's a can't hook with a sharp point on it to stick it into the ground .  I think

[thecfarm]

The point also comes in handy for prying logs apart. But the point can leave a dent in the wood.
cant hook-peavey from Logrite

[Raider Bill]

Oh, you mean a LogRite!

[Hilltop366]

There is an interesting radio show about marketing on CBC radio called "Under The Influence".

One episode talks about common place activities were started by advertising like Bacon and eggs for breakfast and coffee breaks.

I'll add  Thermos

[caveman]

Council rake, Copenhagen for snuff, vice grips, herty cup, jet ski, astro turf, Vick's salve, Niquil, Gear Wrench,
Styrofoam, Levi's, and tuperware.

[reelman65]

ping pong

[WV Sawmiller]

   Koolaid.

[Crusarius]

you guys are forgetting one of the most important ones.

LULL AKA Telehandler.

[Jeff]

No idea what those are

[sandhills]

Telescoping loaders, LULL was one of the first I think?  Now you can get about any brand you want.

[WV Sawmiller]

   That's all I ever heard them called too even though don't ever remember a Lull brand on one we used. They were real handy to reach up in a truck or container to pick up or insert a pallet of freight and push it in or pull it out.

[drobertson]

Allen wrenches,,  and for the record,, I did see, well actually use an original Crapper on the Island of Barbados,, it was personally signed,, pull cord and all,, ;D it was quite the moving experience :D

[Ljohnsaw]

I am going to make a Xerox copy of this thread.

You beat me to it.  The other day I said to my son that I need to make a Xerox - he said, "a what?" :D  Then I had to explain it to him...

[WV Sawmiller]

ljohnsaw,

   Wait till you tell them you need to burn a copy of something.

    My daughter made me feel old when I told her years ago I almost didn't get to graduate as it took all the money I and my little brother had on us to pay the lady who typed my final research project paper. She was dead serious when she asked "You mean you paid somebody just to type a paper?" I told her yes that in those days we did not have computers and the only guys in my school who took typing had a girlfriend in the typing class or they were hitting on the teacher.

[Ljohnsaw]

in those days we did not have computers and the only guys in my school who took typing had a girlfriend in the typing class or they were hitting on the teacher.

Well, my typing teacher was a crusty old guy with no sense of humor...  Had to type "hhh {space, space} hhh
over and over again...  Then "hghg  hghg  ..."

But learning how to type came in handy in my career - Computer programming...

[Darrel]

I had a shop teacher that would not allow us to use terms like skill saw, crescent wrench and Allen wrench. He went so far as to dock points if he heard us call a tool by a brand name. He claimed there would be less confusion if brand names weren't used.

On a related topic, the medical profession is catching on to this logic, calling medications by the generic names and not using brand names thus reducing chances of medication errors.

[Woodcutter_Mo]

Just a few off the top of my head, Duck tape (silver tape), Crescent wrench (adjustable wrence), Channellocks are what we refer to the adjustable pliers, we call the locking pliers vise-grips. Loctite, HeliCoil, Torx, are commonly used ones as well.

[WV Sawmiller]

    Bondo.

[4x4American]

Skoal

[woodmaker]

Payloader (I.H. only)  instead of wheel loader.

[Jeff]

Mayonais

[Darrel]

And if it isn't Best Food's, or Helman's for you guys back east, it isn't mayonnaise!

[WV Sawmiller]

Jeff,

   I did not know that was a brand name. Never seen it for sale anywhere I lived or visited. I was surprised to find that in Europe it is sold in tubes like toothpaste instead of jars like we are used to.

[Jeff]

Maybe it aint. :D To me Mayonnaise is miracle whip

[WV Sawmiller]

Jeff,

   You sound like my son. I will give the Miracle Whip people for good marketing.

    Speaking of marketing when you drive up to the window at our local bank they have lollipops (Is that a brand?) for the kids and doggy treats in case you have your log dog with you. Yesterday a lady with a beagle and poodle pulled up beside me and the dogs were having a fit bouncing and yipping till they got their treat. I gather they had been there before.

[Darrel]

Maybe it aint. :D To me Mayonnaise is miracle whip

I do like miracle whip on a hamburger but That whatever knockoff brand is the cheapest at the grocery outlet stuff is a waste of money and it ain't mayonnaise!

[sandhills]

WV come ride in the Gallopin Goose through the grain elevator with me some time, pretty much the same thing just depends on if you have pets or kids with you  .  BTW I'm not counting Fred my resident mouse  ;D.