Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
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On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
>> We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that doesn't
>> taste like crumbly cardboard.
>
> See? You're picky.
Taste pickiness != snob pickiness. (Although snobs like to pretend
it is.)
> Cathy Consumer buys the cheapest white bread, full
> stop.
Not true unless you're on a very tight budget. Ask your wife
whether she'd spend an extra 30 cents on bread from a brand she trusts.
>> Look at the ingredients list of white bread and whole wheat bread.
>
> Just did (though we don't have any cheap generic white bread: the closest I
> can come is some "English muffin" bread). I see no differences that would
> account for a significant difference in price, especially considering that
> ingredient costs are not going to come to a large fraction of the price.
Not being that far up the food industry, I can't make that
determination.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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