Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I agree with you about everything bar the tuna! Frank On 18 Sep, 2004, at 03:21, John Collier wrote: > Nope, cutting a couple of holes in plywood is cheaper. Yes it was > plywood; nice plywood but plywood none-the-less. There are also safety > concerns as plywood is flammable and splinters in crashes. > > That is not to say that i do not agree with you about the old wood > trimmed cars but that is not coming back for a number of reasons > beside cost. > > Basically we have never had it so good in cars, cameras and canned > tuna. > > John Collier > > On Sep 17, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> That was sort of my point. While Volvos were seen as high priced cars >> that lasted a long time, other less expensive cars were made that >> last a >> long time. So the Volvos lose some of that market share. >> >> One of the professors at Dillard University bought a jag, and when I >> took a ride in it, I was appalled. Instead of the rich, orange wood on >> the dashboard that I remembered from the 1960's, it had wood-colored >> contact paper on the dashboard. I think that might have been cheaper, >> but I could be wrong. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >