And not competing head to head with Engadget was very important to us as well -- we didn't want to distract from the good work our old team was doing to grow and mature the very brand we'd bled for and built our careers on.
"I was worried that we wouldn't play or might go into our shells a bit but we didn't and we scored some very good tries, " added the 62-year-old McGeechan, who has been on five Lions tours as a coach and two as a player.
Politicians have made us believe that buying new things is good - that we shouldn't be miserly and hang on to our old possessions, our old appliances and our old clothes, but that we should toss them out the second they get worn and buy new ones - to keep the economy going.