Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think all these are in the realms of urban legend, and each country has its own take on this. Here in India it was a mythical society called "Ulhasnagar Sindhi Association" which was deemed responsible for all the fake "Made in USA" stuff.... Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Leonard Taupier <len-001@verizon.net>wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >