| Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340499] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 08:11  |
Morten Reistad
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In article <ejupqmFmadeU1@mid.individual.net>,
Huge <usenet@huge.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2017-03-27, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2017-03-27, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
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>>> Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-03-26, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
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>>>> > I'd like to be able to understand the commercials which are airing.
>>>> > I have no idea what ~25% of them are selling.
>>>>
>>>> You don't have to. You're just supposed to buy it.
>>>
>>> How am I supposed to buy it if I have no idea what they're selling?
>>
>> Oh, there you go, thinking again. The goal of advertising is to
>> bypass your reasoning. They don't want you to think about why
>> you want what they're selling
>
> I didn't say "why", I said "what". If I don't know what it is they're
> selling, how can I buy it?
>
> OTOH, top of the list of "why?" - posh watches. What's the point? (Rhetorical
> question).
I am sometimes targeted by watch salespersons. I have to tell them
that my mobile, which I carry along at all times, does the job of a
clock very well. It is synchronized to within 4 milliseconds from the
network, it keeps dst by itself, it changes to new timezones as soon
as I land there, and it is watertight to 20 meters depth.
Now, get me a clock that does this.
The price is always more than what I pay for the mobile. And it is
yet another thing to remember.
-- mrr
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| Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340518 is a reply to message #340499] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 10:20  |
mausg
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On 2017-03-28, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote:
> In article <ejupqmFmadeU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Huge <usenet@huge.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 2017-03-27, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>
> I am sometimes targeted by watch salespersons. I have to tell them
> that my mobile, which I carry along at all times, does the job of a
> clock very well. It is synchronized to within 4 milliseconds from the
> network, it keeps dst by itself, it changes to new timezones as soon
> as I land there, and it is watertight to 20 meters depth.
>
> Now, get me a clock that does this.
>
> The price is always more than what I pay for the mobile. And it is
> yet another thing to remember.
>
Someone told me that in Los Angeles, if you are mugged, and are
wearing a very valuable watch, and _if_ they find it hard to
pull off, they will cut off your hand to remove it. I
find that very reassuring.
WhenIWasYoung, men had pocket watches, and seemed very proud of
them, having chains, very fine, festooned with baubles. I have
one somewhere.
--
greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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| Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340522 is a reply to message #340518] |
Tue, 28 March 2017 11:14 |
scott
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mausg@mail.com writes:
> On 2017-03-28, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <ejupqmFmadeU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> Huge <usenet@huge.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On 2017-03-27, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> I am sometimes targeted by watch salespersons. I have to tell them
>> that my mobile, which I carry along at all times, does the job of a
>> clock very well. It is synchronized to within 4 milliseconds from the
>> network, it keeps dst by itself, it changes to new timezones as soon
>> as I land there, and it is watertight to 20 meters depth.
>>
>> Now, get me a clock that does this.
>>
>> The price is always more than what I pay for the mobile. And it is
>> yet another thing to remember.
>>
>
>
> Someone told me that in Los Angeles, if you are mugged, and are
> wearing a very valuable watch, and _if_ they find it hard to
> pull off, they will cut off your hand to remove it.
> I find that very reassuring.
I find that very unlikely.
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