Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18

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Subject: [Leica] Campagnolo vs. Hexar
From: "Douglas Landrum" <dflandrum@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:22:45 -0700

My response:

To my knowledge there is no Japanese equivalent to Kentucky Straight
Bourbon - a good bourbon is like a fine Midlands lens - wonderful flavor
bokeh.

BTW - what does this have to do with bicycle gears?

Ray's post:

Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:01:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Campagnolo vs. Hexar
Message-ID: <20010518030101.84294.qmail@web9104.mail.yahoo.com>
References:

Douglas Cooper wrote:
(Snip) . . . The question really is:  can Japanese
mega-craftsmen now hold their own with all of the great small
wundershops of Europe?  Anyone compared, for instance, Yamaha pianos
with Steinways recently?

Certainly the whiskey isn't yet a threat to what's produced in Scotland

or Ireland...
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This reminds me of a local TV evening news program that I saw while
staying in Edinburgh, on business, in 1984. An experienced Edinburgh
club bar tender was being interviewed about the merits of whisky
exported by Japan. He claimed, rather smugly, that there was no way
Japanese scotch could ever be mistaken for the real Scottish stuff, so
the interviewer asked him if he would be prepared to carry out a blind
test. The bar tender agreed, so someone placed before him three
glasses, two of which contained Scottish whisky and the third Suntory.
He tasted each drink and tried to identify which was the Suntory but
failed. However, he claimed that he was more used to drinking scotch
with water, so they replenished the glasses and allowed him to add some
water to his own liking. He tried the test again and still got it
wrong!

BTW, I daresay someone may object to my use of the word 'scotch' to
describe a drink not of Scottish origin. I use the term merely to
identify the class or style of drink, since there are other beverages
also known as whisky/whiskey ... a bit like talking about Canadian or
New Zealand 'cheddar' cheese, as opposed to cheese genuinely made in
the Cheddar Gorge, England.

Regards,

=====
Ray

"The trouble with resisting temptation is
 you never know when you'll get another chance!"


Douglas F. Landrum
Laguna Beach, California
dflandrum@earthlink.net