Janet wrote on Sun, 16 May 2010 18:59:47 +0100:

>> In article >,
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:

> >> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> > >> Lew Hodgett > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> "$8.00/liter olive oil" and "good olive oil" are
> > >>> mutually exclusive terms IMHO.
> > >>
> > >> Not necessarily. I mentioned $60/liter but that's a
> > >> random figure equal to the most I have spent on olive oil
> > >> recently. I have bought only 1/2 liter of said oil in
> > >> the past year; I'm currently getting by on a $20/liter
> > >> oil for salads/finishing/etc. but it's not quite as good.
> > >>
> > >> Steve
> >>
> >> Like most items, as the price goes up, the quality goes up
> >> less so. Be it the models of cars, electronics, or food,
> >> for every 10% increase in cost the quality or value goes up
> >> about half that. Is a $60 bottle of oil three times better
> >> than a $20? Or is a $60,000 car three times better than a
> >> $20,000 one? Of course not. Eye of the beholder.

>> Or the beer holder...

>> A $13,000 Chevy S-10 pickup truck (circa 1998) gets 23 miles
>> per gallon and gets me to and from work every day. Why do I
>> need a $30.000 BMW to perform the same function?

> It may move you from the same A to the same B, but an
> expensive car may be much more enjoyable to travel in.
> The difference between basic and best OO is just as
> noticeable; in looks, flavour, scent.

> You're driving the Ford of OO. It's perfectly good enough and
> does the job, but there is a whole nother automotive and OO
> world out there.I have a theory that everybody should strive
> to experience the best and worst, of all the things they care
> about, at least once in their life, if only to recognise how
> much choice there is out there, decide where your own
> boundaries lie, and be happy in your own skin.

I've enjoyed driving sporty cars with a stick shift on vacation in
Switzerland but I don't regard regular driving in the US as a sport and
I wouldn't give up my automatic shift 4WD for stop and start city
driving or on the thruway.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not