On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Kevin Vang wrote:

In other words, you aren't just paying for the rod, you are also paying
the premium on a lifetime insurance policy against breakage.

Yo, Professor V.

Up your nose widda rubber hose

Vinny Barbarino

Seriously though. Weren't the premium rods $500 before they instituted
these ridiculous warranties? The price didn;t go up did they? Or maybe
the cost of insurance amounted to only $10-$50 per rod.

Mu