> PS--> Aren't iPhones made in China?  Wonder what Apple's cost per unit
> is... me thinks, it's a fair bit less than Street Price.  Rivendell
> Connection: my iPhone has a Tweed case wrapped in Hemp Twine.

If this is meant as a reply to my post, you miss my point entirely.  I
did not criticize Rapha for reaping profit on cheap labor.  I said
Rapha is different from Rivendell which passes on savings from using
cheaper labor in Taiwan.

On May 26, 11:03 pm, "S.Cutshall" <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Couldn't agree more...
>
> I think Tarik nails it when he makes the comparison betwixt Grant,
> Smurf, Rapha, Underoos & Undies.  Think about it...
>
> Grant sells the AHH, it's Blue, so are Smurfs.  Then you have Rapha
> and Pink [the color, not the angst-ridden singer person]... next, Pink
> is the opposite of Blue when it comes to baby boys and girls...
>
> enter Underoos.
>
> The babies grow up, graduate from diapers and clothes [in Pink or
> Blue] to Underoos & eventually -time permitting- undies, watch the
> Smurfs [again, the whole Blue thing], and with Time, Money, Bad Backs,
> Sore Necks, a fondness for Boy Scouts and Tweed, Hemp Twine &
> Education:
>
> get an AHH from Rivendell [enter Grant -and- the color Blue, again]
> and talk about Rapha [Pink, see?] on this list.
>
> Makes sense to me.
>
> PS--> Aren't iPhones made in China?  Wonder what Apple's cost per unit
> is... me thinks, it's a fair bit less than Street Price.  Rivendell
> Connection: my iPhone has a Tweed case wrapped in Hemp Twine.
>
> -Scott
>
> On May 26, 6:40 pm, tarik saleh <tariksa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am equally amused as Beth, but for other reasons. I see Riv and
> > Rapha as arriving at exactly the same level of exclusivity via very
> > different paths. The complaints about Rapha are pretty much exactly
> > the same things Riv unbelievers spout in other venues.
>
> > I don't own any rapha stuff, but I might prefer Rapha Smurf Undies
> > over Grant Petersen
> >  underoos.
>
> > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:03 PM,  <rswat...@me.com> wrote:
> > > Rapha Smurf Undies would be EPIC!!!
>
> > > On May 26, 2010, at 16:50, "S.Cutshall" <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> I don't know much, but I do know this:
>
> > >> I will NOT sleep well until I can completely adorn myself in all
> > >> things Rapha.  I am not just talking what's available currently, I am
> > >> talking soaps, shampoo, conditioner, sheets, pillowcases, the paint on
> > >> the walls of my abode...
>
> > >> I want my daughter to wear Rapha undies with Rapha Smurfs on them, I
> > >> want my wife to wear a Rapha cologne when we sit next to one another &
> > >> eat Rapha-made food.
>
> > >> A ton of Rapha is still four tons too little in my book.
>
> > >> I dream of a World, and that world is called Rapha World.
>
> > >> -Scott
>
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