Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book

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On 2018-01-25, Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 1/25/2018 9:05 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>> Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>> On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:10:57 +0000, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> For a population of similar items there is no real sudden rise in
>>>> probability of failures with time, the point at which the failure starts
>>>> is generally random which does go against the common belief.
>>>
>>>       Actually, I found that I did have a sudden rise in failures on
>>> socks.  I would buy a lot of one type.  For a long time, none would
>>> wear out, then the odd one, then suddenly in a period of weeks, I
>>> would have socks wearing out sometimes more than one in a week.  About
>>> then, I would buy new socks and toss the old ones.
>>>
>>>       I have since switched to socks with a lifetime guarantee.
>> 
>> LLBean's stuff lasts a long time.  The t-shirts I bought in 1995
>> are now fraying at the edges.  I just bought another batch which
>> should last me a lifetime.
>> 
>> /BAH
>> 
> And Bean's guarantees satisfaction for as long as you own the product. 
> That's not precisely a lifetime guarantee, but it's close.

<fantasy> 
"Sir, there is a customer out front that wants his money back, the
socks wore out."

"The usual, bring him out back so the socks can be examined, then use
the Magnum pistol"

</fantasy>

-- 
greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

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