I was at Accurate the other day talking to a serviceman/tech about the Homelite I brought in and it's adjustments that I just can't seem to get right to keep it running. He loves old Homelites, we chatted for a bit about them. I grabbed a new plug for it & saw a guy was standing at the end of the counter gazing at the saw. Turns out he's the owner, another Homelite fan from decades ago. I could have stayed there for hours chatting & listening to basically, small engine history. OMC was owned by Husqvarna or something like that. They went through all the company connections over the decades from Jred to Husky, Stihl, Poulin, Makita... you name it. I was amazed at the connections between a small engine manufacturer and OMC? A boat I had years ago had an OMC engine that was actually a GM V6 that was labeled OMC.
Could have stayed & listened to the stories, saw talk, what came out when, with who, how good, bad things... all of it.
Just needed a campfire and some bevies ;-)