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[Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>]

on Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:57:55PM -0400, Jim Allman wrote:
> On Apr 5, 2004, at 2:38 PM, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> >There is also Tao Auto on Capital Blvd (for Hondas).
> 
> I'd certainly give these guys a chance--they used to do great work on 
> my Honda. But whatever you do, don't call it "DOW" Auto. They used to 
> give me dirty looks and say, "It's TAE-OH Auto."
> 
> This was after years of doing business under a sign that said "TAO 
> AUTO" in Chinese-restaurant script, with a giant Taoist symbol (the tai 
> chi tu, a.k.a. the "yin-yang" symbol) as its logo. But they acted like 
> *I* was crazy, or uppity... like T.A.O. was the owner's initials or 
> something.
> 
> So I'm curious: Does anyone know the story there?

IIRC, TAO == "Thomas A. Owen".

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