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Subject: [Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Thu Feb 5 09:02:05 2009
References: <200902051606.n15G5llu056798@server1.waverley.reid.org> <0A124BC2-D6EF-498E-BE3A-19B6B65F10AF@optonline.net>

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
>
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