Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth, Yes, your dad was right. Len On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Oh you're THAT old Larry? ;-) > > I recall, as a kid, my dad telling me - and I don't know to this > day if it is/was fact or apocryphal - that before WWII there was a > Japanese town called Usa where much manufacture was done, so that > they could mark products: "made in Usa" > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" > <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:42 AM > Subject: [Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc. > > >> >> On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Chris wrote: >> >>> The "pro" >>> gear is still "Made in Japan". >> >> >> When I was a kid,"Made in Japan" had a pejorative ring to it. Only >> cheap stuff was made in Japan. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1934 - Release Date: > 02/04/09 08:24:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information