At 9:58 PM -0600 10/4/07, Mitch Harris wrote:
>Ok, so the Campagnolo connection is not real based on subsequent posts
>in this thread. But should the "100%-Spanish-stem-to-stern
>orientation of Zeus" still be attributed to Franco nationalism? Holy
>Homage to Catalonia, Batman.
Even after World War II, Spain was a very, very poor country. Their currency was not worth much. That made importing anything very expensive. With labor costs being low, it made economic sense to make things in-country.
How much things have changed...
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