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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3529157" data-attributes="member: 25191">Through Captain’s, ATM Journal, and 65 years on the planet, I learned about regional differences quite well. It’s just that to me integrity is not bound by state lines or oceans.Without health, you HAVE nothing; without integrity, you ARE nothing. That philosophy has cost me financially throughout my life. But peace of mind is one of the greatest pleasures we can experience.Like you, I don’t care where a product is made, as long as it performs well. Likewise, I don’t believe a company needs to mold their own glass, manufacture their own optics, make their own “O” rings, etc.—as I'm often accused. I just believe that they should produce most of their own product and that people whose only involvement is importing should not claim to be more. I designed it (including the objective)Purchased the brass for itContracted for its wooden cratesContracted for the tripods—in person, as opposed to buying the same product from TeleviewPersonally pick up the machiningOversaw the assembly, baffling, and lacquering at Captain’sPersonally handled the testing of each unitCreated the serialized Certificates of AuthenticityCreated the ad campaign Created the promotional material And, before the economy collapsed in 2008, it had sold almost $1,000,000, mostly by word of mouth, from Tokyo to Helsinki. It can be done.:cat:</blockquote>