The analogue switch-off -- issues of public perception

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I don't claim to be
perfect though.

Ah, there's your mistake. Bill is you see.

Cheers,
David.


My mother used to say "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!".

Bill

"Michael Rozdoba" wrote in message
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Bill Wright wrote:
If you don't like long irrelevant rambles you'd best not read this. For
the rest of you --

Loved it. You've gotta write a book. Seriously, ever thought about it? I
could see you as the Fred Dibnah of aerials
That's very kind.

As to dealing with that level of ignorance, I get that from friends &
family who rely on me as their computer expert yet often end up thinking
I'm the idiot when I try to find a polite way to tell them they've been
misled or are totally clueless. I'm thinking of spreading the rumour I've
had a stroke or some such.
Actually, I use IT as a means of keeping customer ignorance in perspective.
When customers appear to be unusually dim witted I just remember what I'm
like when my IT man is trying to explain some computer matter to me. Oh, you
should see Steve's ill-disguised look of pity when I fail to grasp some
simple IT fact!


Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
Snip...

I retreated from Fred's van exposed as a total failure and charlatan. I had
been unable to connect his satellite receiver to his telly and,
outrageously, I had tried to make out that the Maplin kit was unsuitable for
the UK market. Furthermore I had contradicted the woman in the chip shop. I
slunk back to my van humiliated and disgraced.



Bill





And I thought you have been in this trade for a while! lol

Regards
Glenn...

Bill Wright wrote:

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Bill Wright wrote:
You said "... if you can't say something nice you should keep your gob
shut.", so, apparently, you'll object to any criticism of what you
say.

No no no! 'Nice' is not the same thing as 'non-critical' It does not imply
agreement.

I'll give you an example.

OP: Due to the fact that Sadam Hussain has emptied my bank account by
telekenesis the mortgage company has repossessed my flat and I've had to go
and live at the bottom of a mine shaft. Apart from various other
inconveniences, like having to climb 2,344 steps to get the milk each
morning, I find that my digital reception is very poor on my set-top aerial.
This is because the mortgage company has sent someone to deliberately
generate interference just to punish me. Is there any way I can get around
this problem? I wondered about some sort of death ray, perhaps.

Nice reply, disagreeing with OP: Has it occurred to you that your hypothesis
about your TV reception might be incorrect, and that the problem might be
due to the fact that your aerial is 2,000ft below ground level? Television
propagation is notoriously poor underground. Another point, have you
discussed your thoughts about Sadam Hussain and the mortgage company with
anyone else -- your GP for instance? If not I think maybe you should.

Nasty reply, disagreeing with OP: Your reception is poor because you're
underground you ****wit. I'm going to killfile you because you're obviously
paranoid!

OK, so was my original comment nasty? :-)

--
Chris Green

"Usenet" wrote in message
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And I thought you have been in this trade for a while! lol

Regards
Glenn...

I know, I know! I never learn do I?

Bill

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Bill Wright wrote:
OK, so was my original comment nasty? :-)

Err, I don't know. It's been a long day. I can't remember. Was it?

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:

I retreated from Fred's van exposed as a total failure and charlatan. I had
been unable to connect his satellite receiver to his telly and,
outrageously, I had tried to make out that the Maplin kit was unsuitable for
the UK market. Furthermore I had contradicted the woman in the chip shop. I
slunk back to my van humiliated and disgraced.

Very enjoyable post, as usual. You have prompted a memory from the deep
recesses of my fiendish brain of a conversation I once overheard in
Maplin's on the Edgware Road, a good few years ago.

A chap was making enquiries about buying a satellite dish and LNB. At
some point the sales bod made reference to the dish *transmitting
signals back up to the satellite*. The customer was a little skeptical
but the sales bod assured him that this was true and that this was how
the viewing figures were collated.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

ESB

In article , Ernst S Blofeld wrote:
You have prompted a memory from the deep
recesses of my fiendish brain of a conversation I once overheard in
Maplin's on the Edgware Road, a good few years ago.

A chap was making enquiries about buying a satellite dish and LNB. At
some point the sales bod made reference to the dish *transmitting
signals back up to the satellite*. The customer was a little skeptical
but the sales bod assured him that this was true and that this was how
the viewing figures were collated.

This must be how those "interactive" services work when viewers press
their red buttons.

:-)

Rod.

Bill Wright wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
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I don't claim to be
perfect though.

Ah, there's your mistake. Bill is you see.

Cheers,
David.

My mother used to say "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!".

....but it's all some of us can aspire to!

Cheers,
David.

P.S. who said I was being sarcastic? I thought I was putting someone in
their place!

Bill Wright wrote:

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Bill Wright wrote:
OK, so was my original comment nasty? :-)

Err, I don't know. It's been a long day. I can't remember. Was it?

Why not go and look? (Of course you only need to do that if you
don't believe the implication from my above comment that it wasn't)

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Chris Green