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This statement piqued my curiosity, so I grabbed a "Scuba Diving" and counted...Welshman once bubbled...
Most of their adverts are from travel operators, very few are from equipment manufacturers.
Rick Murchison once bubbled...
This statement piqued my curiosity, so I grabbed a "Scuba Diving" and counted...
Type Ad . . . Number of ADS . . . Pages of Ads
Trucks . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Manufacturers . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . 13.04
Travel . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . 22.4
Insurance . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2.54
Magazines . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Training . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.33
Other . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 0.125
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So, while there are more than twice as many ads for travel as for manufacturers, manufacturer's ads are larger, and, I think, more than "very few."
Rick
I won't mention where I made the count... let's just say the time was wasted (no pun intended... har!) anyway.Aquamaniac once bubbled...
FAR too much spare time Rick!!!!!