Did I not explain it very well?
 

Max Demian wrote:

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

and could you do his job.....I very much doubt it. So its what you know
and what you don't need to know.

The CEO had been given the knowledge. He just didn't process it very well,
which is necessary for most jobs I would have thought.


That's exactly it.

Bill

Did I not explain it very well?
 

On Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 17:34:40h +0000, Jumbo Jack suggested:

So its what you know and what you don't need to know.

No, it is who knows you that counts.

How much did George Osborne know about running the finances
of a nation before he was appointed to the job?

He does not even have a degree in economics, but one in
modern history.

How much did Charles Allen know about running a TV company?
Nothing, and look at the mess he made of it.

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Bill Wright wrote:
Max Demian wrote:

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

and could you do his job.....I very much doubt it. So its what you
know and what you don't need to know.

The CEO had been given the knowledge. He just didn't process it very
well, which is necessary for most jobs I would have thought.


That's exactly it.

Bill

I also know of a person in a 'top job' who cannot find her way about at
all, either by use of a map or a satnav. Nor can she organise her
private life, and her judgement of people must be pretty bad from the

Another example was the educated lady who declared that a new office had
far too many electric points on the dado trunking. "You don't need all
those you know! Haven't you seen those things that are a sort of strip
of electric sockets? You just plug it into one socket on the wall and
then you can plug about six things into it all at once. I got one from
the Radio Times and it's brilliant!"

It's that sort of blind ignorance coupled with supreme confidence in
one's knowledge, so typical of the arts educated elite in this country
that leads to these people pontificating about windfarms and other
environmental issues.

Bill

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"J G Miller" wrote in message
...
On Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 17:34:40h +0000, Jumbo Jack suggested:

So its what you know and what you don't need to know.

No, it is who knows you that counts.

How much did George Osborne know about running the finances
of a nation before he was appointed to the job?

He does not even have a degree in economics, but one in
modern history.

Exactly - and what a ****ing mess he's making of it!!!!! But then again, his
£4.6m keeps him cushioned from any of the effects of his inept meddling.

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Bill Wright wrote:
Max Demian wrote:

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

and could you do his job.....I very much doubt it. So its what you know
and what you don't need to know.

The CEO had been given the knowledge. He just didn't process it very
well, which is necessary for most jobs I would have thought.


That's exactly it.

Bill

I also know of a person in a 'top job' who cannot find her way about at
all, either by use of a map or a satnav. Nor can she organise her private
life, and her judgement of people must be pretty bad from the

Another example was the educated lady who declared that a new office had
far too many electric points on the dado trunking. "You don't need all
those you know! Haven't you seen those things that are a sort of strip of
electric sockets? You just plug it into one socket on the wall and
then you can plug about six things into it all at once. I got one from the
Radio Times and it's brilliant!"

It's that sort of blind ignorance coupled with supreme confidence in one's
knowledge, so typical of the arts educated elite in this country that
leads to these people pontificating about windfarms and other
environmental issues.

Bill

but she's earning more than thee.....

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Jumbo Jack wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Last week I advised a customer as follows: Your terrestrial reception is
very poor. I can replace the aerial with a better one, but I can't give
you a 100% guarantee that reception will always be perfect. I suggest
you go for Freesat.

We discussed this at length.

The next day, I installed Freesat for him.

Today he rung to complain that although reception on the Freesat box was
perfect the picture when he didn't use the Freesat box was still
breaking up, "despite it coming from the satellite." The TV set does not
have Freesat built in.

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

Bill

and could you do his job.....I very much doubt it. So its what you know
and what you don't need to know.
Yes but his job is primarily about assimilating information and making
good use of it. Don't forget these people step into top jobs in industries
about which they know nothing. This isn't about knowledge, as such.

Bill

so you know he did that then...please explain how.

Did I not explain it very well?
 

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Last week I advised a customer as follows: Your terrestrial reception is
very poor. I can replace the aerial with a better one, but I can't give
you a 100% guarantee that reception will always be perfect. I suggest you
go for Freesat.

We discussed this at length.

The next day, I installed Freesat for him.

Today he rung to complain that although reception on the Freesat box was
perfect the picture when he didn't use the Freesat box was still breaking
up, "despite it coming from the satellite." The TV set does not have
Freesat built in.

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

Bill

and bolting on aerials and using a signal finder is SOOOO difficult.

Did I not explain it very well?
 

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:50:08 -0000, "Jumbo Jack"
wrote:


"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Last week I advised a customer as follows: Your terrestrial reception is
very poor. I can replace the aerial with a better one, but I can't give
you a 100% guarantee that reception will always be perfect. I suggest you
go for Freesat.

We discussed this at length.

The next day, I installed Freesat for him.

Today he rung to complain that although reception on the Freesat box was
perfect the picture when he didn't use the Freesat box was still breaking
up, "despite it coming from the satellite." The TV set does not have
Freesat built in.

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

Bill

and bolting on aerials and using a signal finder is SOOOO difficult.

I'm not in the business, but I have a very clear impression that there
are many people for whom "bolting on aerials and using a signal finder"
so as to get good results is very very difficult.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Did I not explain it very well?
 

In article , Jumbo Jack
scribeth thus

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Last week I advised a customer as follows: Your terrestrial reception is
very poor. I can replace the aerial with a better one, but I can't give
you a 100% guarantee that reception will always be perfect. I suggest you
go for Freesat.

We discussed this at length.

The next day, I installed Freesat for him.

Today he rung to complain that although reception on the Freesat box was
perfect the picture when he didn't use the Freesat box was still breaking
up, "despite it coming from the satellite." The TV set does not have
Freesat built in.

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

Bill

and could you do his job.....I very much doubt it. So its what you know and
what you don't need to know.



And who you know to get those jobs in the first place;!...
--
Tony Sayer

Did I not explain it very well?
 

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:50:08 -0000, "Jumbo Jack"
wrote:


"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Last week I advised a customer as follows: Your terrestrial reception is
very poor. I can replace the aerial with a better one, but I can't give
you a 100% guarantee that reception will always be perfect. I suggest
you
go for Freesat.

We discussed this at length.

The next day, I installed Freesat for him.

Today he rung to complain that although reception on the Freesat box was
perfect the picture when he didn't use the Freesat box was still
breaking
up, "despite it coming from the satellite." The TV set does not have
Freesat built in.

This customer is CEO of a quango with a multi-million pound budget.

Bill

and bolting on aerials and using a signal finder is SOOOO difficult.

I'm not in the business, but I have a very clear impression that there
are many people for whom "bolting on aerials and using a signal finder"
so as to get good results is very very difficult.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

for you maybe but tinkers seem to be able to do it...