--- Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joe Starck wrote:
> >
> > Chuck,
> > I thought your "hierarchy" was quite nicely put
> and
> > more importantly, it was informative. It appeared
> to
> > me to be the most thorough list I've seen of a
> > possible status of a collectible frame. My only
> > quibble when I read it at the time was the "thick
> > imron" slam at the end. It could read to be a slam
> at
> > a particular frame owner/frame painter, maybe even
> a
> > list member or two here, and I think that could be
> > reason for sorrow and regret. But, if the slam is
> an
> > arbitrary example, among dozens of restoration
> no-nos,
> > then the slam was purely instructional. So there's
> my
> > side comment.
>
> Joe, Sigmund Freud once said, "Sometimes a cigar is
> just a cigar."
Chuck,
In my right hand/left hand comment above, my left hand
part is the same as Schlomo's, unless he winked when
he said it, in which case I'll wink too.
> Doesn't matter who applied what kind of thick paint
> does it?
If you are in the business of painting bicycles, and you choose to discredit your competition by exagerating paint thickness, it matters.
Joe Starck, Madison, Wisconsin