Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Klipschorn? I can't think of another product that is still being produced today, virtually unchanged since it's introduction in (was it?) the 1940's. And, I daresay, most of the old ones are still around - how the hell do you throw out something that heavy? cheers, frank (Klipsch kg2 owner) ps: tried posting this yesterday, but it got lost in cyberspace... Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > <snip>That's what bothers me about today's products. They're ephemeral. Only > Leicas > are spoken of as current though they may have been made 40 or more years ago. > People talk about the Visoflex or the BOOMU CU stand as though it were new in > the stores now. The Hermes 3000 typewriter seems to have an infinite life. > Sears still supplied parts for Ford Model T's until recently. Maybe they > still do. > > br > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- "What a senseless waste of human life" - -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html