On 06 Sep 2004 05:38:56 GMT, (GTO69RA4) vaguely
proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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My fear is that good stuff has come and good stuff has gone (and there
was much gnashing and wailing of teeth about a lot of it). But now I
wonder if there's any good stuff coming, unless it's so exclusive that
only a very few big co's can afford it.

It all feels downhill.

Wasn't Homelite "A Textron Company" at one time?

Homelite was Textron's baby until they pulled a McCulloch--didn't develop new
technology, lost pro market to European saws, and had to settle with the Harry
Homeowner market. Textron unloaded them to John Deer maybe 10 years ago who
dropped all the (outdated) pro models left and concentrated 100% on junk. Deer
started getting a bad rep for this so they sold them to Techtronics a couple
years ago.

McCulloch swtiched to make crap way back in the '70-'80s, but hung around until
recently before going under and being bought by another offshore concern.

GTO(John)

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