Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Hull [mailto:hull@telia.com] >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:21 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Country of origin > > >I am not interested in paying a premium price for a precision tool >made by a population who go to work on a donkey. But it's OK to pay a premium price for a Noctilux made by people who go to work on a dogsled? And linking "natural born ability" to one's country of origin has some pretty unpleasant echoes, Alan. Boy, sure am glad I laid in an extra supply of whale blubber - she's gonna be a long, cold winter here in Canada, warmed only by the flames of the LUG... Paul