Gillette Fusion Power

How much money does a company need to spend in order to create the world's best selling 'shaving system'? Well, in 1998, Gillette spent US$680 million to come out with the Mach 3. I bought the slightly improved Mach 3 Turbo three years ago. In early 2006, they released the new Fusion, with 5+1 razor blades. This development was predicted in 2004 by The Onion (warning:...

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Rewriting Spam

Angie sent me the following email message. It looks like spam. Why can't spam be more easily understood? The second version is my rewrite.--------- Forwarded message ----------From: SARTORI Date: Sep 6, 2006 11:38 PMSubject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE KINDLY HELP!FOR THE WORK OF GOD.I do not intend to baised your feeling as you read this mail therebymaking you feel...

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Irwin Felled By Stingray

Sometimes the truly ironic thing in life is that one can be killed by the very creatures one loves the most. In Australia, there are plenty of ways to get killed by wildlife. I'd recommend the first chapter in Bill Bryson's very funny Down Under.Two months ago I printed out a technical manual meant for salespeople, and put Steve on the cover. It only seemed natural for...

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