tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post3991539297217213852..comments2023-11-03T03:01:35.722-07:00Comments on unpressable buttons: Name Inflation - Professional, Premium, and Platinum, oh my!Dave Gustafsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07398956504581258498noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-65327132952217009362008-05-21T15:00:00.000-07:002008-05-21T15:00:00.000-07:00You've got a knack for these things, Mystery Comme...You've got a knack for these things, Mystery Commenter! Keep'em coming... :-)Dave Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398956504581258498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-20191284463474135062008-05-21T11:15:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:15:00.000-07:00More about guitars: the credit ratings remind me o...More about guitars: the credit ratings remind me of the grade of the maple tops that some guitars have, which start at A (being just okay) all the way up to AAAAA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-82096488485170649302008-05-21T11:14:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:14:00.000-07:00More about guitars: the credit ratings remind me o...More about guitars: the credit ratings remind me of the grade of the maple tops that some guitars have, which start at A (being just okay) all the way up to AAAAA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-67938846142412974562008-05-21T11:12:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:12:00.000-07:00And of course there's Starbucks. A small is a "Tal...And of course there's Starbucks. A small is a "Tall," a medium is a "Grande," and a large is a "Venti." Not to mention that "Tall" is really short, about half a small cup of coffee.<BR/><BR/>I am the same mystery commenter that put the thing about the guitar frets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-87870456987311670032008-02-21T09:00:00.000-08:002008-02-21T09:00:00.000-08:00Good one, Mystery Commenter! "Medium-Jumbo" remin...Good one, Mystery Commenter! "Medium-Jumbo" reminds me of one of the classic oxymorons, "Jumbo Shrimp." And it seems similar to the size inflation that's happened at fast food joints and concession stands, where the small size is medium, the medium size is large, and the large size is Gargantuan or some nonsense...Dave Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398956504581258498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481170997701398875.post-7336010036861921722008-02-21T08:35:00.000-08:002008-02-21T08:35:00.000-08:00I know this one's a bit niche, but there is overus...I know this one's a bit niche, but there is overuse of the name inflation concept in, of all things, guitar fret wire. A lot of guitars are advertised as having "super-jumbo" (???) or "medium-jumbo" (?!?!?!?!?) frets. I don't know what this means.<BR/><BR/>(It also took me a while to figure out what "wide-fat," "narrow-fat," "wide-thin" and "narrow-thin" necks. Turns out the first term, before the hyphen, refers to one dimension, the width of the fretboard, and the one afterward refers to, obviously, how thick the neck is.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com