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Posted by Dave Baker on March 21, 2008, 1:42 pm
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> wrote:
>> Don't answer that.
>>
>> Just been reading my Yahoo groups, one of which is the Myford group
>> and someone has called for a poll on what size drills do you use?
>>
>> A poll??????????? on size of drills ??????????
>>
>> So is it just me that finds this absurd or is it Myford owners in
>> general.
>
> I think you're underestimating the value of these polls.
>
> While I was a student, a number of us counted the number of sheets on
> our favoured brands of toilet paper as we used them. We found that one
> particular supermarket's own brand was consistently contained between
> 5 and 6 sheets per roll more than the others. We then factored that
> into a price comparison to find the best value. Without that poll, it
> would have taken me many times longer to gather the information.
>
> I conducted a similar study afterwards (again with others) to see how
> many matches were in each manufacturers box. By now we had learned a
> little from our previous poll and recorded not only the number of
> matches but their success rate at striking and lighting. This time we
> found little difference but that doesn't detract from the validity of
> the exercise.
Did you count the matches by tipping them on the ground, glancing briefly
and saying "51 matches, yeah 51. I'm a very good driver. Walmart sucks." ?
--
Dave Baker
Puma Race Engines
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>
> Just been reading my Yahoo groups, one of which is the Myford group
> and someone has called for a poll on what size drills do you use?
>
> A poll??????????? on size of drills ??????????
>
> So is it just me that finds this absurd or is it Myford owners in
> general.