| A TRIBUTE TO THE FINEST STAGE TOOL THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN............. THE FERNO SALESMAKER DURING THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS OF A 20-YEAR REIGN OF GENERAL TRACTOR, GENERATOR, AND AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ACTIVITY, JIETER REINHARDT'S BELOVED UNCLE, MR. WAR�N ELWIN REINHARDT HAS ASSIGNED HIS LEIGON OF THESE SMALL, BUT HEAVY DUTY, PUSH CARTS FOR UNCONDITIONAL USE BY THE LECHEROUS METRO AND ALL OF IT'S EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT ENDEAVORS. HERE IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW THE FERNO FLEET CAME TO BE. JULY 1970- MARION CORRECTIONAL FACILITY/STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL, MARION VIRGINIA.....FERNO SALESMAKERS, FRESH OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, GIVEN FIRST ASSIGNMENT: CART PHARMICUTICALS FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. NOVEMBER 1976- AGING FERNOS NOW REGARDED AS "OLD MEDICINE CARTS" BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT MARION: PHARMICUTICAL REP RETRIEVED ALL FERNOS AND DEPARTED FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY VIRGINIA IN HOPES OF SELLING THEM TO NEWLY FORMED ST. ALBANS MENTAL HOSPITAL. SALE WAS MADE, AND ALL FERNOS WERE THEN PUT BACK TO THIER MEDICAL TRANSPORT DUTIES. FEBUARY 1978- FEUDAL CAPITALIST PRIVITIZED HEALTHCARE HAD TAKEN ITS TOLL ON THE YOUNG ST. ALBANS HOSPITAL, SO IN A LAST EFFORT TO CUT CORNERS DURING THE EVE OF HOSTILE CORPERATE TAKEOVER, ALL FERNOS WERE SOLD TO A LOCAL PHYSCIAN. NOVEMBER 1979- ALL FERNOS GIVEN TO WAR�N REINHARDT FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICES REGARDING THE REPAIR OF THE DOCTOR'S WIFES OIL LEAKING PLYMOUTH GRAN FURY. NOVEMBER 1979- SEPTEMBER 2002- ALL FERNOS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. WAR�N REINHARDT ASSIGNED TO TASKS SUCH AS ENGINE/TRANSMISSION STORAGE/TRANSPORT, PARTS DEPLOYMENT, LUNCH TABLES, GENERATOR STORAGE/TRANSPORT, PROP FOR DRAINING OIL FROM PUSHMOWERS, AND WORKTABLES FOR VARIOUS REPAIR OPERATIONS. SEPTEMBER 2002-PRESENT- CURRENTLY, 3/4 OF THE FERNO FLEET IS NOW USED BY THE LECHEROUS METRO TO TRANSPORT MUSICAL EQUIPMENT TO THIER SHOWS, AND WHILE ON STAGE, THE METRO USES THEM TO HOUSE AMPLIFIERS AND SPEAKER MODULES. THAT IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR VERSITILE LITTLE CARTS KNOWN ONLY AS THE FERNO SALESMAKER. |