The Independent News Column – MAR 2016 Those of you under 50, Google “The Smothers Brothers” and learn to appreciate the wisdom they taught through comedy. One of the great lines was “ As opposed to what”? I think it was Tommy that would ask his brother Dick if he wanted something. Like an Ice Cream Cone. Dick would reply “as opposed to what?” What a good point. The ice cream cone compared to what? Getting punched in the nose? Tommy was talking about a comparative analysis. Of two choices, which is better for you, A or B.? My point here today came from a conversation with a guy about some new counter tops, a sink and faucet and new backsplash tile. He found at a showroom exactly what they had been looking for, received a quotation, and in telling me his story he said that “the price seems a little high”. My reply in classic Smothers Brothers delivery was “as opposed...