Yeah!  Those English built........... well, a bunch of
stuff they sold to American companies..
And the French make good wine & cheese too!

Speech recognition - that explains SO much about your
posts... not that they aren't
informative/entertaining, but I couldn't understand
how they could be so LONG'

About 12 lines is my maximum...

> Bulley wrote:
> >
> > Bulley Babble (thanks to speech-recognition
> software, while I eat my
> > lunch), on a subject near and dear to my heart:
> QUALITY.
> >
> > We are living in a unique time.  Not long ago,
> let's say, during the early
> > '70s, country of origin and long-term familiarity
> with the manufacturing
> > company were clear indicators of the level of
> quality you would receive
> > upon purchase.
> >
> > Company names like Westinghouse, General Motors,
> or Foster Grant spoke of
> > their quality, and were part of their "competitive
> advantage". Where are
> > these top brands of the early '70's now?
> >
> > It was likewise for country of origin.  For
> example, we all accepted on
> > face value that Americans made a fantastic large
> luxury car.  The Japanese
> > made a fantastic small economy car.  The Germans
> built well-engineered
> > auto-cross quality sports cars. The French
> made...well,  the French have
> > always made great breads.
> >
> >
> What? No mention of the British, and a disparaging
> comment about the
> French.
> They did build the Concorde between them, which the
> Americans tried
> their best to ban from landing on its shores.
>

===
Mark

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