I finally got to have lunch with my father and his wife to celebrate our birthdays. It was great to catch up – I had not seen him since before he went to china which really is too far back. He brought me back a miniture bottle that has been hand painted… But painted on the inside. It is quite amazing. I have no idea how much they cost, but I would be amazed if they cost what they should have… The sheer detail inside. Once it was pointed out what they were I was amazed – It looked like a cheap trinket until it was noted that they were hand painted. Wow.

I do not understand marketing people. They decide to change formulas for washing products on a whim, and may or may not tell you about it. A case in point. Go down to your local shopping centre and have a look at the Palmolive Dishwashing Liquid. Great Stuff. The stuff we are interested in is ‘Palmolive Original’. It is fairly plain what this stuff is like, isnt it?

Well, um, err. Not quite. It seems that the public has no idea about what is in the container. They have added a label on the bottle stating “The Original Improved! New Formula. New Fragrance.” I kid you not! On the one hand we have the label saying it is the original formula, and on the other hand it says that it is changed. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Has the world gone completely nuts?