> On 14 October 2018 at 00:30 "P. J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 10/13/2018 9:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 13 October 2018 at 13:43 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> It's a misprint of dévot. They were a kind of hard-right Catholic puritan > >> cabal, most notably the Company of the Holy Sacrament, of 17th-century > >> France, with a fanatical devotion to Pope, who took it upon themselves to > >> guarantee the doctrinal purity of France in the face of Protestantism and > >> Jansenism. > >> > >> Leica purists insist that a modern-day dévot accompany each camera sold, > >> to ensure the purity and correctness of its use. > >> > > This from the birthplace of Protestantism? What is the world coming to? > > Next it will be Italian cars with accessories nailed to them. > Doesn't that describe the Soviet produced version of the FIAT 124? >
I thought it was more a left-field description of one of the (alleged) actions of Martin Luther near the beginning of the reformation. At least the Russian versions of the FIATs did not have rust holes in the showroom - seen with my own eyes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
