Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry. ;-). I guess what upset me was thinking about the old dictum, "those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it." Or at least to stay back for the year :) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jim Brick Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 11:11 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Leitz and Leica Glass and Colen It was a joke... remember Johnny Carson? Perhaps not... I forgot the ;-) But you do realize that, other than you, that subject probably enjoys absolutely no interest here. So telling us that we *should* be more interested in this Ford plant, than Leica glass, is just as, in your terms, un-civil. You also forgot the ;-) Jim At 09:12 AM 6/2/98 -0400, you wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jim Brick >Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 1:26 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Leitz and Leica Glass and Colen > >>>At 04:53 PM 01-06-98 -0400, BD COLEN wrote: >>> >>>But it is far more important as an American >>>to know what the Ford Rouge River Plant was and where it fits in the labor >>>history/social history/economic history of America than it is to know who >>>does or doesn't produce Leica glass. > >WRONG, model T breath! > >This is a LEICA list. The Ford Rouge River Plant is OUT, where Leica glass >is manufactured is IN. > >Jim > >And such a civil list, too. >