Yeah: You're all not reading correctly. Truly Unique = This is really, really, the only one. Show Bike = You get to see it before buying. Revered Lugs = One if by land, two if by sea. Unless he's referring to the marks. Generic, not personal. The Ginsu is to use on yourself if you believe the fantasy description, win the fairy tale, and it's too disappointing. Sort of a face saving honorable thing escape before anyone finds out that Barnum was right, maybe correct, too. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> I'm with you, Kurt. Excessive puffery and phrases like "truly unique"
> when applied to a production bike, "show bike," and "revered [De Rosa]
> lugs" make me feel like I should be getting a free Ginsu knife along
> with the frameset.
>
> K. R. Bennett
> Pleasant Hill, CA
>
> Check cable listings for "The Knife Show" if you really want to brush up
> on your salesmanship.
>
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> 147.eml <getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10607.0147.eml> Date:
> Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:33:14 -0700 From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe(AT)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Final words on "Hybole" in salesmanship.
> <query.asp?SearchString=%22Final+words+on+%22Hybole%22+in+salesmanship%2
> E%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D> I've always been
> impressed by the almost universally straightforward, superlative-free
> descriptions in offers made to the list. The flowery prose somehow seems
> out of place here given the relative sophistication of the audience. --
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