Message text written by INTERNET:sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
>But I have given my choice of words some
more thought, and I believe the word "corrupt" was appropriate for our
discussion, even if a bit old fashioned.<
I certainly don't have a problem with that. Why feel that you should have
to jus
Doesn't the US have any consumer protection legislation to say that products
must be fit for the advertised purpose?
Yes, of course, it does, as does each State. ---This brings me to another
thing that bugged me about the Noble Company. I could not find any place
of business on its website
Sara wrote (snipped)...
> One reader took me to task for my use of the word "corrupt" and perhaps
> others were equally puzzled.
Well, I for one had no problem seeing it as corrupt (modern). But if we
don't like corrupt, how about fraudulent?
The site says the dial is "...an authentic replica
A few days ago, I wrote about the poor quality of so-called authentic,
replica instruments on the market:
>What bugs me about this kind of rubbish is that for all the effort that
> went into making the castings, the company could just as easily have made
> them right as wrongIs this just d
