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Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by billmalarky » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:35 PM UTC

liberte82 wrote: post #11

mywittyname wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe that it is tradition for the founding family to adopt the next generation head of the business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption#Econom...

That seems like cheating.

Is it though if the family traditions and ideology are passed on through the adopted member?

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by denzil_correa » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:38 PM UTC

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

The only Weihenstephan I knew before reading this was Weihenstephan Milk [0]. I'm guessing they are a different company though.

[0] https://www.molkerei-weihenstephan.de

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by sctb » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:39 PM UTC

darkhorn wrote: post #32

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #4

Universities aren't included?

You must be United Statian who thinks that every organization must exist for profit and othervise it is evil communist, including garbage collectors, social security, police and military, educatiın, ambulance etc

Please don't post trollish generalizations like this here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by namdnay » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:40 PM UTC

Fenrisulfr wrote: post #30

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Amazing beer, agreed. Another recommendation: My favorite Munich-style weiss beer is from Franziskaner (founded in 1363). It's in my top 3 beers of all time.

Funnily enough, my all-time favourite weissbier is the Kumulus from Airbrau, the only beer brewed in an airport terminal! It sounds like a gimmick, but it's actually really good.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by turc1656 » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

jjuhl wrote: post #45

Given that prostitution often claims to be the oldest game in town, it's surprising that there are no brothels in this list.

I suspect that's because pretty much every country/civilization in the past 2,000 years at some point or another has banned prostitution as a matter of law/force.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by pera » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Weihenstephaner's hefeweizen is my favorite beer of all times. It's quite difficult to find here in Seattle, but I guess that makes it more special :)

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by laurentoget » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

billmalarky wrote: post #46

justincormack wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is traditional in Japan to adopt people into family firms. eg see http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-adoption-ra...

Well that's an interesting solution! Japanese culture is not without its faults, but it is just so damn fascinating. Sigh... I need to go back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_in_ancient_Rome

interesting similarity between Japan and ancient Rome, there.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by dfee » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

navidfarhadi wrote: post #26

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

I’m unimpressed with the Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen beer.

That said, there is a company in Austin, TX - Live Oak - who makes an incredible Hefeweizen. Every time I go back to Austin, I hunt down this beer and enjoy it with a “Detroiter” pizza from the Via 313 food truck at a bar called Craft Pride.

Now that I live in San Diego, I have an incredible selection of local brew to choose from, but I have yet to find anything that tops that hef.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/383/1062/

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by fileeditview » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

jjuhl wrote: post #47

trevyn wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Be in a timeless industry” seems to have heavy weighting :-) Most are hospitality or alcohol production, it looks like.

"Be in a timeless industry” - then there should be at least one brothel in the list..

I have a hunch that brothels are rarely a family business.. so that might be a reason why there is none. :)

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Post by turc1656 » Fri, Jan 19, 2018, 5:52 PM UTC

crappybird wrote: post #36

Should not the church be on top of this list?

This list looks like it includes for-profit only. Also, with the church, it's "company" status is relegated on a per-country basis, usually to gain non-profit taxation benefits. So it's a little murky there.