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Offline RichardL

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Re: Hi all
« Reply #15 on: 22.08. 2016 23:02 »
Trev,

I guess I should have added " ;)" and  "*smile*" to go with my comment. I certainly was not concerned about it found your point to be spot on.

Richard
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Re: Hi all
« Reply #16 on: 22.08. 2016 23:17 »
Thanks, Mate, I took no offense but just wanted to clarify my reasoning.
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Offline bsa-bill

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Re: Hi all
« Reply #17 on: 23.08. 2016 08:36 »
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The buying public would surely reject any machine with features from the past which would devalue their purchase immediately.


 not sure about that one Trev, back then  folks bought stuff for life, the marketing men knew there was not enough money around that sticking another bit of chrome on would have thousands rushing to buy the latest model ..
Indeed there were times you had to order some marks and then wait months for delivery
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Re: Hi all
« Reply #18 on: 23.08. 2016 23:41 »
I imagine that by 1958 there was no shortage of new machines and people were more demanding and would not take any old thing.
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