Graham P Davis wrote:
Paul C wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:28:28 -0800, Richard Dixon
wrote:

People may whine about "dumbing down" of forecasts these days but from
the sounds of this report, when we get some sub-zero temperatures,
this dumbing down seems wholly justified:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....card_confusion

Richard

"I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is
higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.

"I think Camelot are giving people the wrong impression - the card
doesn't say to look for a colder or warmer temperature, it says to
look for a higher or lower number. Six is a lower number than 8.
Imagine how many people have been misled."


It's worrying enough that such a person doesn't seem to know which way is up
but I was more worried to find that my bank gets similarly confused. I was
checking my bank statement the other day and, for the first time, noticed
that payments into my account were listed in the credit column and
withdrawals were in the debit column. Luckily there's not an error in the
arithmetic.



Daylight robbery !

--
Joe Egginton
Wolverhampton
175m asl