Posted by Bob Myers on July 15, 2010, 4:28 pm
tomorrow@erols.com wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2:11 pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
> Gentleman) wrote:
>> Calm down. I'm not getting at you. Agreeing with you, iff anything.
> Sorry. I admit to being somewhat touchy today. I am now repeating a
> calming mantra. In Italian. Which I do not understand. But it is
> calming me nonetheless.
"...Sangiovese....Soave....Barolo...Lambrusco...."
Bob M.
Posted by don (Calgary) on July 15, 2010, 6:54 pm
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:11:40 +0100, totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>> I specifically stated that "MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT it was Honda's
>> response to dethrone the Kawasaki KZ900;" I never so much as hinted
>> that that was Honda's marketing thrust for the bike.
>Calm down. I'm not getting at you. Agreeing with you, iff anything.
>Blimey, it's like being on the receiving end of another misdirected
>Calgary posting :-)
Of course if you could write with clarity, you wouldn't keep running
into this problem.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 16, 2010, 2:26 am
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:11:40 +0100, totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk
> (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> >
> >> I specifically stated that "MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT it was Honda's
> >> response to dethrone the Kawasaki KZ900;" I never so much as hinted
> >> that that was Honda's marketing thrust for the bike.
> >
> >Calm down. I'm not getting at you. Agreeing with you, iff anything.
> >Blimey, it's like being on the receiving end of another misdirected
> >Calgary posting :-)
>
> Of course if you could write with clarity, you wouldn't keep running
> into this problem.
BANG!
And there goes another irony meter needle.
You really *are* unintelligent.
--
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Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
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Posted by Bob Myers on July 14, 2010, 12:12 pm
Beav wrote:
> I'm interested to know which bikes the Japanese produced were in
> competition with Harley? Until they produced the Harely clones I
> can't think of one.
But you're not thinking in the right context. Any product that
is sold in a given market which can take a share of that market
from you is a competitor. At the time, Japanese standards, etc.,
were seen as a possible alternative for buyers that might otherwise
have purchased a product from H-D.
Bob M.
Posted by don (Calgary) on July 14, 2010, 7:02 pm
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:12:37 -0600, "Bob Myers"
>Beav wrote:
>> I'm interested to know which bikes the Japanese produced were in
>> competition with Harley? Until they produced the Harely clones I
>> can't think of one.
>But you're not thinking in the right context. Any product that
>is sold in a given market which can take a share of that market
>from you is a competitor. At the time, Japanese standards, etc.,
>were seen as a possible alternative for buyers that might otherwise
>have purchased a product from H-D.
>Bob M.
Excellent point.
When I was in the retail business, my stores were in competition with
every other store in a shopping center, regardless of whether they
sold identical products to what I was selling. We were all competing
for the consumers disposable income.
> Gentleman) wrote:
>> Calm down. I'm not getting at you. Agreeing with you, iff anything.
> Sorry. I admit to being somewhat touchy today. I am now repeating a
> calming mantra. In Italian. Which I do not understand. But it is
> calming me nonetheless.