Surprising stats

[garthu]

This just in, 76.2% of old folk prefer to eat dog food.

Not sure whether to laugh or cry, feeling pretty old this year! - where that pack of kibbles....
Sad reality is that i think this holds some ground??

[Loman]

For Real?

[Loman]

Why is technology in SA so very expensive??

For example a Logitec MX5500 is R 1 800 at dabs in the UK but almost R 2 500 in SA?

An Acer Notebook costs in Taiwan R 7 000 while here the same one is almost R 12 000...

Sorry about that one. I have no recollection as to how i
managed to post this at the wrong thread.

According to my doctor i'm suffering from
temporary insanity brought on by my massif
trauma of not having a reliable internet connection.

[Dave A]

Worldwide, livestock burps are responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalent - more than produced from all forms of transport combined. (Livestock's Long Shadow, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, 2006)

[Dave A]

The use of pre-paid cellphones jumped from 48% in 2006 to 64% in 2008, while the use of Telkom phones at home has fallen by half, from 16% to 8%.

[Dave A]

66% of divorced women use lipstick regularly while only 38% of single women do so. (AMPS 2008)

[Debbiedle]

66% of divorced women use lipstick regularly while only 38% of single women do so. (AMPS 2008)

bwhahaha - I had a divorced friend that used to go to bed with her lipstick on - just in case "something" happened in the middle of the night!!

[duncan drennan]

64% of people with a monthly income of less than R1400 are happy/satisfied with the level of service delivery from their local council or municipality. For those with higher incomes, it is 70% (FutureFact 2008)

From eighty20 Fact-a-day

70%, that is quite high. So why do we always hear about the other 30%?

[Dave A]

Dissatisfied clients on average tell eight (?) times more people about their dissatisfaction than satisfied clients do.

30% is a pretty high dissatisfaction percentage!

Imagine if 3 out of 10 of your customers were not satisfied with your services - I certainly wouldn't regard that as good at all

[duncan drennan]

"Quite" high, was higher than I expected it to be.

[Dave A]

81% of urban South Africans agree with the statement 'I am disillusioned with the government'. (FutureFact 2008)

[duncan drennan]

So 81% are disillusioned and at least 60% are happy with service delivery. And that from the same study (FutureFact 2008). Hmmm

[Dave A]

I think the difference might be local vs national government and total vs urban demographics.

[Dave A]

77% of urban South Africans say they have some or complete confidence in Trevor Manuel, the highest of all the public personalities in the FutureFact survey. Next most confidence-inspiring were Tito Mboweni (63%) and Cyril Ramaphosa (60%). (Julius Malema achieved 34%). (FutureFact 2008)

The one that surprised me in this lot is Julius Malema.

[garthu]

Worrying really. I have heard alot of people refer to him as the next bob mugabe as he talks and acts the same way. Sometimes takes the humour out of his silly remarks