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To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Zeiss Numbers (question)
I visited the /rollei lens factory in Brownsweg in the 1970s or 1980s. There was a rope on the floor. On one side was Rollei and on the other side it was called Zeiss. Same place, really. edReminds me of a tour I had of the AT&T long lines (long distance) department here just after the Bell System break up, there were lines painted on the floor in yellow paint to separate AT&T areas from Pacific Bell areas, desks pushed against communicating doors, etc. People in the two divided
companies did not speak to each other. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USAdickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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