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Skriven 2015-11-13 15:10:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: aah 440
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-10-15  20:18 <=-

 > So, obviously, one should say something like, I'm interested in seeing
 > historic buildings, ten or so is probably my capacity, I'd like to see
 > as many as possible within that, and these are the ones I'm most
 > interested in seeing...  ;)
 ML> I can turn off that literalist Aspergersy aspect pretty
 ML> much at will, but only if you remind me.

Makes sense to me... but then I've had decades of training with a
literalist... It only took a few years to train some of my siblings to
be careful how they asked for things of him... I well remember the phone
call from my baby brother, asking me to ask Richard if he wanted to...
ah, make that be willing to... help him with something... John switched
in mid-stream...  :)  The answer to the first would most likely be No,
but the answer to the second would almost certainly be Yes...  :)
 
 > Yeah, a bit scary that...  but if one travels a lot (or even just a
 > little, I suppose), one can't get bothered over every incident, or one
 > might be paralyzed thereby
 ML> Exactly. And five minutes of terror (I have a 1/100000 chance
 ML> of such, approximately, depending on whose numbers you believe)
 ML> beats five years of chemotherapy.

Guess I can't argue with you on that one... personally I do tend to
totally agree with that...  :) 
 
 > Yellow wheels are memorable...?  ;)  I suppose that the real problem
 ML> Orangey, actually. This new one is working well, though I
 ML> doubt the durability of its wheels and zippers. We'll see.

Hopefully it will last long enough to not be a disappointment...
 
 > with incredibly superior is that it lasts too well, so there aren't
 > enough repeat sales from the original purchasers
 ML> That's one of the flaws in the system. In order to get
 ML> full quality, you have to build one-for-a-lifetime things,
 ML> but then you have to charge extra, which doesn't seem to
 ML> work in this marketplace. So you build sort-of-good-enough-
 ML> to-get-good-reviews stuff, make your money, and retire to
 ML> the Bahamas.

Sigh.  And, unfortunately, not too many people understand that paying a
little more for quality pays for itself in the end... so there's little
to no incentive to do otherwise...  

ttyl      neb

... Doctors bury their mistakes; Architects plant ivy.

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