Products From Carpathia

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Rolls Royce brochures from the 1960s<sup data-fn="91276cff-5d4d-4cf1-b778-943591408c31" class="fn"><a href="#91276cff-5d4d-4cf1-b778-943591408c31" id="91276cff-5d4d-4cf1-b778-943591408c31-link">1</a></sup> used to assert that their dashboards or interior trim sported Carpathian burl elm. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Recently, this headline caught my eye:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-2"><img src="https://salemdata.net/johnpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image.png" alt="" class="wp-image-205"/></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I forwarded this onto a like-minded friend noting:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Rolls Royce used to advertise that their dashboards had Carpathian burl elm.  Now they can enhance the claim and assert that their wheels are fabricated in a special factory in Carpathia where"they invented and have been making wheels for 6,000 years" assuring the excellence of a comfortable ride.</code></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">He duly responded:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>What’s your point?</code></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">adding this picture to his response:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-3"><img src="https://salemdata.net/johnpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/firefox_2024-10-29_09-32-55.png" alt="" class="wp-image-206"/></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I rejoined:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>"They're so big!" — The Spirit of Ectasy</code></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <ol class="wp-block-footnotes"><li id="91276cff-5d4d-4cf1-b778-943591408c31">As child I would ride my bicycle to Pasadena’s <a href="https://www.rusnakpasadenaporsche.com/">Rusnak</a>‘s Jaguar/British car dealer and marvel at their beautiful machines. <a href="#91276cff-5d4d-4cf1-b778-943591408c31-link" aria-label="Jump to footnote reference 1">↩︎</a></li></ol> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>