During much puffing of chest feathers and blast-furnace flames,
> adding zeros to sales tickets IS AN EMBARASSMENT TO
> THIS LIST, ITS MEMBERS, THIS COUNTRY -- ALL OF
> HUMANITY.
and Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Many people, but especially you, still don't get how
> much the wealthy class has expanded and how much
> wealthier it has become over the last 15 years
It's not my place to ask, but as as an astonished onlooker, I will anyway: Is it remotely possible that perhaps this flamefest could go offline, guys? I wouldn't ask if this showed any sign of cooling off, but it doesn't really yet.
And is it also remotely possible that fine modern framebuilders, whether artist, craftsman, or artisan, care most about creating a legacy of excellent artifacts with their own hands, and choose to make them approachable to as many people as fair pricing allows, rather than to turn Sycophant and market to the abhorrently wealthy? That's my guess, anyway.
Don Rogers
Rumford, RI USA