And lo on Fri, 23 May 2008 19:13:43 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:13:55 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>>> The Advertising Standards Authority have rules...
>>>
>>> That's handy.
>>
>> They even enforce them too if someone complains and it's found
>> upholdable; they've had adverts pulled for being misleading etc.
>
> Interesting...

Also amusing that we in 'socialist' Europe have the self-regulating ASA  
and EASA whereas the USA has the Federal Trade Commision :-)

>>>>> Of course, my vision has become slightly less good since then. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Odd, mine's got better :-P
>>>
>>> B*stard. ;-)  I probably need to go and get my eyes checked out - it's
>>> been years since I had an exam;
>>
>> I had a reminder a couple of months back that it had been a year since
>> my last, I have noticed some mild deterioration. They're getting worse
>> but it's slowed substantially since I was younger [touch wood] I expect
>> they'll plateau and then start to drop again in 20-odd years time.
>
> I think my last vision exam was probably 20 years ago....Yeah, it's
> probably time.

Might be an idea.

>>> had to do a vision test for my driver's license renewal, had to close
>>> one eye to read the lines, missed the middle line completely as a
>>> result.  When I went back and read it again, I had to really
>>> concentrate to read it.  Just comes and goes for me.
>>
>> Heh when you get to the age you need to renew your driver's licence you
>> just fill out a form saying you can see; various parties have been
>> trying to change that for ages.
>
> Wow.  Maybe I need to get that college degree so I can emigrate. ;-)

Well you speak, read and write English that's worth a few points on the  
immigration checklist - what do you know about plumbing ;-)

>>>> Likewise the majority think they're 'better than average' drivers.
>>>
>>> Yeah - I wonder how many evaluated themselves around 60%....
>>
>> more like 75%.
>
> Well, I was thinking if it's a 15% inflation (which is typical for
> learning effectiveness), the ones who are in the 60% range are "on the
> cusp" of actually being below average drivers.

Yeah I was just messin' wit' you.

>>> True, but I think if there's a value associated with it, people tend to
>>> overstate a bit more.
>>
>> Hmm I suppose, but time is money too.
>
> Yes, but it surprises me how many people don't think that way.  Hell, I
> even don't sometimes - went to a movie yesterday afternoon (the new
> Indiana Jones film)

Any good?

> during the work day - I was given a ticket.  Ticket
> cost was $5.50.  My time, though, was worth, say, $35/hour, so in
> actuality the cost of my going to the movie was close to $110 (figure 3
> hours including travel time - and I nearly always stay until the end of
> the credits).  And I was just one person who went.
>
> That said, it's nice that the company does things like that for us -
> having a little bit of R&R (especially given that often times the job
> runs late into the evenings and over weekends at times) is a nice bonus
> to have.

But how much is employee goodwill worth?

>>> Yeah.  Amazing that companies do that.
>>
>> What the customer doesn't know can't hurt them - right?
>
> Heh, I s'pose if you say it long enough, people might believe it. ;-)

Carefully skirting Godwin's Law there :-P

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Phil Cook

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