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August 12, 2012, 02:36 PM | #26 |
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Then again look at the issue of Glock and KWA (an airsoft manufacturer) KWA is a sort of OEM manufacturer for a company called KSC. They basically take KSC designs (manufactured in Japan I believe) and manufacture them under license in Taiwan with stronger reinforced parts for the US market.
Anyway KWA made pretty perfect 1:1 replicas of various Glock models (17,18,19,26,34, and a select fire version of the 19, and 26) Since KWA mostly markets it's products in the USA, Glock told them to basically stop (I'm not sure if it ever went to court) SO what KWA did was develop the ATP. Internally it is still a KWA Glock, all internal part are interchangeable. All they did is make the slide and frame a bit more ergonomic and less blocky. Apparently that's good enough for Glock since they left KWA alone. Here's the ATP for anyone who wants to see it: http://kwausa.com/products/ptp/atp/ So honestly I'm not seeing how suddenly the Maxsell replica is a problem since it's basically the same as the KWA ATP. A Glock with some ergonomic and aesthetic changes so it doesn't look too much like a Glock. So if Glock is fine with the ATP, I don't see how they can suddenly complain about it now that Maxsell is doing the same thing. |
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The ATP you linked to looks more like a hybrid of an HK and a couple Turkish guns than a Glock...
... AND you just reinforced the argument about not allowing precedents to be set. |
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Ever sit down in a restaurant that serves Pepsi products and ask for a "Diet Coke"? At least in this corner of the universe, the waitperson is always VERY careful to say, "We don't have Coca Cola here, is a Diet Pepsi okay?" And generally it is okay. Who cares, cola is cola, right? But I asked once, MANY years ago, why a waitress was so careful to point out that I'd be getting a Diet Pepsi rather than a Diet Coke. She explained that Coca Cola has mystery shoppers who do nothing other than seek out restaurants who serve Pepsi products and don't make that clear if a customer orders a "Coke." That was many years ago, and I don't know if the explanation was true even then but it made sense. And I noticed just yesterday that a waitress carefully pointed out when my wife asked for a Diet Coke that "We don't have Diet Coke, is Diet Pepsi okay?" Coca Cola has to do that, otherwise "Coke" will become a generic description, just as happened with Kleenex and Xerox. |
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Waitress: What you want to drink, hon? Customer: I'll have a coke. Waitress: What kind? Customer:mmmmm.....Dr. Pepper Sadly, in the larger metropolitan areas the influx of carpetbaggers has lessend the likelyhood of the conversation above.
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August 13, 2012, 12:36 AM | #32 |
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That very conversation confused me a lot when I first moved to TN as a kid.
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When I asked for a pop, it drove her even more nuts.
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Nuts to all of that. RC Cola FTW
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MAN... I will be derned... they pegged my county correct... Note the one single yellow county in the florida panhandle... That would be Walton county... And I live in it... Ask for a Coke and you get "the real thing"... Ask for a soda and they will ask what kind or tell you what they sell...
Ask for a pop and they will possibly roll their eyes as they think to themself... Dang yankee... Ask for an iced tea and it will be sweet unless specified "unsweet"... Brent |
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Tom... In the cokeola word did you mean pronounced as "co-cola"... I am used to that'n well...
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August 13, 2012, 07:39 AM | #37 |
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When I was a kid, my Sicilian grandparents in Massachusetts (and their siblings and friends) all called it "tonic.". I haven't heard that outside of eastern MA.
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August 13, 2012, 07:59 AM | #38 |
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I am dissappointed in the soft drink survey. Why were sody water and belly washer not included? We get chuckles about the various generic names for products, especially in the south and moreso in Texas where I live.
Back tothe original topic, I'll just use this as another reason I don't like Glock. I am not sure about right or wrong on the issue, I just don't like Glock.
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"the real thing", Glock vs S&W....
I don't know how this topic turned into soda-pops we all know & love but to get back to the MAIN subject, I recall Glock and Smith & Wesson having a huge legal dispute over the S&W SIGMA pistols in the early-mid 1990s.
Glock had a big share of the duty pistol & armed defense market with their "state of the art" wonder-gun and wasn't very happy when S&W jumped into the polymer pistol arena. I agree with big firms or major corporations that sue/take legal action against smaller firms. These companies rip off & mislead the general public, then cry or whine when they get caught. Years ago, I saw a print ad for a used-low end furniture store chain with Cindy Crawfords photo. Did she or her lawyers allow the ad? Was she paid for it? Wouldnt she have a conflict with Rooms To Go(a large business she DOES do ads for)? That's just an example. Clyde PS: I'm always fond of Vernors(a MI area staple) & Cheerwine(a cherry flavored soft drink sold in the mid-south). |
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cream sodas are nice....my dad worked and retired with "Coca-Cola Foods) I believe the minutemaid OrangeJuice dept is coke....things remembered from growing up were 'new coke' was a mistake. coca cola is dominating the entire globe...more soda from their corporation travels more than anywhere else so pepsi is beat hands down. only a few countries don't sell coke for political reasons
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August 14, 2012, 08:44 AM | #41 |
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Minute Maid...
Yes, Minute Maid is a Coca Cola brand.
If you look on the label, you'll see what company owns or licenses the drink. Pepsi & Pepsi products are very popular. I think most bars-food service businesses use Pepsi because it's cheaper than Coke soft drinks in volume. I'm not a restaurant owner or food service expert, but that's my input. ClydeFrog |
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Thread is off course.
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