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Comment Re: Well, What Could Possibly Go Wrong... (Score 1) 325

You donâ(TM)t know much about cars yourself, do you?

If the cars exhaust is blocked with snow, there is a danger of CO poisoning.

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Comment Re:This is not helpful (Score 1) 327

In most of those examples, there is still an underlying labor cost.

For example, with the truck driver delivering the load - yes you are right that his labor costs are a small part of the delivery charge. Other costs include the fuel, and paying for the usage of the truck. So we have to look at the cost of those items, and guess what? There is labor included in those. Refining oil has a labor cost. Drilling oil has a labor cost. Making the equipment to drill oil and refine oil has a labor cost.

While at any stage, the labor cost is fairly minimal, it is there at every stage, and it is an accumulating percentage of the cost at any level.

In the end, the vast majority of the cost of any goods are labor. Sure there are some costs that are not associated with labor (real estate rental, for example). But most things boil down to labor at the end of the line.

Comment Re: No way (Score 5, Funny) 561

Prada of course. I simply could not dream of using any other paperclip. Granted that at $185 a piece it is more expensive than other paperclips but, for some of us, quality matters.

When you consider the lifetime cost of assuring that your papers stay together, it just makes sense. Of course there are those luddites and fashion-challenged people who just don't understand. Fortunately for them there are plenty of bargain basement opportunities when it comes to their clipping needs.

For me, I just wouldn't feel comfortable trusting my documents with anything else.

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