Which has yet to return a penny and has done God only knows what to our
ozone layer.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: David..M <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Quality of Quality of Work, NO VANAGON CONTENT

> 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.
>