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Subject: [Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu Feb 5 19:06:01 2009
References: <200902051606.n15G5llu056798@server1.waverley.reid.org> <0A124BC2-D6EF-498E-BE3A-19B6B65F10AF@optonline.net> <8E08486FD56E4CDA938865E9679038E1@D1S9FY41> <F9218EEC-D5DF-4743-9198-900CAA274154@verizon.net> <3cad89990902051844j4bd3aa22s5260fca36c17969a@mail.gmail.com>

In Louisiana, we eschew those labels and distrust them.  We have an agency
that "Certifies Cajun" so you know the crawfish don't speak  Mandarin.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj 
<jayanand@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.)
Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc.)