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Article #619829Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: AndyW
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:35
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:35
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On 25/01/2018 18:31, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > My wife found mail-order socks that she really likes - but they'll > only let her order 5 pairs at a time. She'd order a couple of dozen > if she could - and save the time, materials, and hassle of multiple > orders - but apparently some bean counter has decreed that this is > the Way It Should Be. I love bean counters, they don't understand the real world at all. In my place of work the bean counters think that if it takes an hour to paint the inside of a phone booth then if we get 60 people to do the job it will only take a minute. Andy
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