Re: Why tell people this line of horse***?

West,

Bret's language is not naturally acquired or it would flow. It is
entirely pretentious and an attempt to raise his status to some sort of
self-perceived level of adulthood. I have worked for many years around
the building trades. One of my carpenter foremen could not put three
words in a row without using F**K or a derivative at least once. But
his speech was poetry in its flow. And his writing did also flow and
was nearly equally vulgar... his weekly reports were read with great
pleasure in the office. But he came by his vulgarity honestly.

In general, otherwise reasonably educated and socially aware
individuals have no reason whatsoever to use vulgarity in written
social discourse. Those that do typically are covering for something.
Usually basic knowledge of the subject(s) under discussion. Seems to be
the case.

As to the whining about quality of some older stuff... sure. It ain't
nohow Audio Research quality, or even Dynaco or Scott quality. But it
was never meant to be. Most of it was pitched at the middle class for
them to have a reasonably inexpensive means to listen to music, the
radio, whatever. It was first meant to be reliable and pretty much
idiot-proof as this same middle-class had neither a clue nor a desire
to have said clue with reference to "High Fidelity". The words on the
faceplate were enough. A Chevy, if you will, not a Mercedes.

Most of us in the vintage radio hobby will restore a Crosley or a
Emerson with the same enthusiasm as a Scott or a Zenith. Old car
hobbiests will restore a Chevy Impala likely over a Mercedes 190D sedan
of the same vintage... The (old) Impala by any modern standard was a
piece of junk from the git-go. For its time, it was a pretty good car.
Bret forgets this simple truth. Actually, he most likely understands it
perfectly but is out to prove something for some reason. Perhaps that
he has a life.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

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