On Sat July 24 2004 1:27 pm, Bob Denton wrote:
> It's increasingly interesting to see our changing reactions to the French.
> They out style us, out class us, and are way more artistic, on the whole.
> Their cars, in the hayday before WWII, were far more refined than ours. But
> now that they are against W's war people seem to think the French are awful
> at everything. Not only the Delage, but the Delahaye, the Bugatti, the
> racing Panhards and even the Renault. The "lowly" Renault is giving Ferrari
> fits in F1. Even the Citroen DS 19 was way ahead of anything we built in
> 1960.
So far, so good...
> Refinement ain't girlie, guys.
Without detracting from any of your prior points, Bob, I think that's
*exactly* what some people consider to be girlie (not that I'd ever take such
a position :-).
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John Miller
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids.
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