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   Message 71,962 of 72,318   
   Commander Kinsey to rbowman   
   Re: Cheap Chinese rubbish   
   05 Jan 21 19:16:07   
   
   XPost: alt.computer.workshop, alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:32:41 -0000, rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > On 01/04/2021 11:41 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> The Russian FED 4 camera was extremely robust, even after me, and my dad   
   >> before me, dropped it many many times on rocks.   
   >   
   > Russians make robust items even if they're not the latest technology.   
   > Kalashnikovs, for example.   
      
   I think you could destroy another car if you crashed a Lada into it.  All this   
   crumple zone namby pamby shit they put into cars nowadays, it just makes the   
   repair bill higher.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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