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David M. Bueker
Riesling Guru
34368
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Bob Hower wrote:Is this perhaps a good analogy for the screw cap vs cork controversy? Are not the leisurely pleasures of baseball analogous to the pleasures of wine? Is not the pro-cork argument like arguing for the aesthetics of wooden bats, and the screwcap argument like arguing for the practicality of metal bats? I guess for this analogy to work, you have to imagine yourself in the place of the person buying the bats, not just a fan watching the game.
and I have never heard any of the college world series commentators pining for the sound of a wooden bat.
Redwinger
Wine guru
4038
Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:36 pm
Way Down South In Indiana, USA
Bob Hower wrote:Anyway if you don't like this analogy how about the automatic transmission?
Cynthia Wenslow
Pizza Princess
5746
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:32 pm
The Third Coast
Mark Lipton wrote:When transistors were introduced in amplifiers, there was a vocal rearguard action from the die-hard tube amp enthusiasts who claimed that tube amps produced a "warmer" sound.
Cynthia Wenslow wrote:Mark Lipton wrote:When transistors were introduced in amplifiers, there was a vocal rearguard action from the die-hard tube amp enthusiasts who claimed that tube amps produced a "warmer" sound.
Please, please, I beg of you, don't let Stuart see this thread!
David M. Bueker
Riesling Guru
34368
Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Oliver McCrum
Wine guru
1075
Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:08 am
Oakland, CA; Cigliè, Piedmont
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