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Forget a horse and all that about my kingdom for such. Most of us would give a bunch for a revision.

 
What's a revision? Well, the ability or opportunity to go back and change the unpleasant or unwanted in life, try that for starters.

Here's an example from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/an-economic-puzzle-has-been-revised-away-2014-09-12.

Payrolls growth has been strong, the unemployment rate has come down, manufacturing and service sentiment was buoyant, consumer credit was expanding, the stock market continues to improve, house prices are still mending, consumer confidence was improving — but consumers weren’t spending?

Well, the new Commerce Department report on retail sales indicates that, actually, spending wasn’t so disastrous.

Not only did retail sales grow 0.6% in August, but that growth came from a better base, as both June and July figures were upwardly revised.

And while the retail sales figures were bolstered by car sales — in turn, juiced by subprime lending — most other categories also had a solid month. Furniture and home-furnishings stores had sales growth of 0.7%. So, too, for electronics and appliances stores.

OK, gas stations had a bad month, and department stores continued to struggle, but the former was due to good news (falling prices) and the latter is a secular story, one of a shift toward Internet-based shopping. In the last 12 months, nonstore sales have climbed 7.1%, while department-store sales have slipped 1.2%. (See: Greed is not good for Macy’s investors.)

The August report — and, importantly, the revisions to June and July — now fit with other pieces of the U.S. economic puzzle.

It's nice to be able to go back and make everything fit. One might say it ought to be available to all.
t. man hatter