"Clot" wrote in message
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Don wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...lightbulb.html

It looks as if there's going to be a boom time for the 'Professional
Handymen' then.


A prime example of gutter press IMHO. The first photo with the actor set
up for the photo rather than doing the job using a powered screwdriver!
The second including all the failings that other posters have referred to.

Sadly, though both my kids in their early to late 20s have seen me change
fuses, install sockets, remove light fittings, do Prat P jobs, etc. with
no disaster to date (!), they do not have a go themselves, aided by the
Elfin safety crew. Also, as alluded to by another poster, all purchased
equipment comes with effectively sealed plugs so that they are like black
boxes under the bonnet.

Though having seen me and aided me to change engines and gearboxes,
radiators, brakes, et al. in cars in their younger days, if a fault
appears, it's off to the commercial garage!

Journalists using stats to such good effect for those that do not read
behind the words. It's no wonder that journalists have such a bad
reputation. Sorry, I do not read such rags and having just come across
such tripe, I'm a mite wound up by the tosh. Is there some way we can
persuade folk not to look at (and possibly for the limited literate few)
assist them into a more informed existence?


As Benjamin Disraeli said, "Lies, damned lies, and statistics".

Don.