Of course, The Thing is right at the bottom of the Fast Cheap Good 
triangle, Fast things Cheap.

If you want to understand why you want The Thing watch the 4-part BBC 
series Century of Self. This documents exactly how the Madison Avenue 
marketers (hired by by the consumer product manufacturers) have 
brainwashed the American public, even coming up with their widely 
self-accepted term for us, "The American Consumer",  all we have to do 
is consume). This should be required viewing for any one who works to 
promote the notion of historic preservation. You will be surprised where 
it starts (Freud & Hitler) and where it ends up (Clinton $ MacDonalds) 
Here's the series:
http://freedocumentaries.org/int.php?filmID=140

John (busy playing with his thing) Leeke

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