Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Re: "demos"
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 10:59:40 -0700

As I said, Mr. 793582,

There isn't anything manufactured in the world that is 100% perfect.
Everything fails. Some sooner than others. But its origin is not always the
dictator of that event.

Jim

>At 09:21 PM 5/29/99 -0700, Mr Code Cypher 793582 wrote:
>>
>>
>>I believe that Rolls Royce cars, at least prior to their association with
>>BMW,  has no record of any faulty products.
>>
>>Isn't the first ever built Silver Ghost still in running order?
>

At 10:01 AM 5/30/99 -0400, Marc wrote:

>Don't be foolish.  Rolls Royce has a record of quite a few mechanical
>breakdowns.  Hell, read TE Lawrence's SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM:  the Rolls
>Royce armoured cars used in the Desert in '17 and '18 frequently broke
>down, they were just better than any other item of like equipment.  I have
>met former RAF pilots who bailed out when their RR Merlin engines went
>west.  I know Rolls Royce car owners whose engines have spun bearings.  And
>so forth.
>
>Rolls Royce gear is immensely reliable, but NOTHING human is absolutely
>bullet-proof.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>