In a message dated 2/5/01 10:05:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
oz1pif@get2net.dk writes:
> >
> > Rich wrote
> >
> > >>If you amortize cost over the years, it may
> > >>may well be cheaper for the customer too. Hams can be very tight
> > fisted.......
> > >>
> > >Good engineering is often cheaper in the long run.
> >
> > That may be true Rich but most companies don't think long run. That is
why
> > planned obsolescence is the dominant mode in automobile manufacturing.
For
> > every Mercedes there are several Fords, Chryslers and Chevys.
> >
> One observation: how many enginers drive Mercedes? Most I have known drive
> the Fords etc. and not the superbly engineered and much longer lived
> Mercedeses.
> (proud and happy owner of a 15year old Mercedes Diesel)
>
> Vy 73 de OZ1PIF, Peter
> =========================================================
Peter,
US engineers aren't paid enough to be able to drive Mercedes like their
bosses do. Hi!!
73 de
Dave, WT8R
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