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To: papertyger

” the 1911 is no more obsolete than a sailboat.”

True, and the same can be said for a 1911 pistol and a Harley.

The popularity of both is due to emotional nostalgia, not technical superiority.

68 posted on 08/18/2012 4:15:08 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)

To: MikeSteelBe

The popularity of both is due to emotional nostalgia

I prefer the term "aesthetics" ;o)

79 posted on 08/18/2012 4:23:06 PM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))

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