The sky hook and the striped paint. Of course, I must confess that I
have been part and parcel to giving a new employee a 300-400 page octal
dump and telling them to circle all the 8s and 9s in it.

Al Williams
AWC
* Control 8 servos at once
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak8.htm



> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Rigby-Jones
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:23 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT]: RE: Apprentice training, was Re: [Bitscope
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan B. Pearce [SMTP:A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK]
> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:02 AM
> > To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject:      OT]:Apprentice training, was     Re: [Bitscope
> >
> > I started my apprenticeship working under a guy whose father ran a
> > building company. This was in the immediate post war period. The
> > standard thing they
> > did was send the new apprentice down to the local hardware
> shop for a
> > bastard file. Apprentice would arrive to find an extremely
> pretty and
> > comely
> > lady behind counter, who knew exactly what this mumbling
> and speechless
> > lad
> > had been sent for, but feigned total innocence of the
> product, and sent
> > him
> > back with any file but what had been requested by the boss.
> Result was a
> > day
> > spent trotting back and forth, getting an earful from the
> boss, but being
> > too sensitive to say "that" word to an apparently innocent
> lady behind the
> > counter.
> >
> > And then of course there was being sent to the store for a
> long wait
> > :)
> >
> The list is almost endless:
> A box of sparks for the grinder, a glass hammer, tartan
> paint, left handed screwdriver etc...etc...
>
> All should be familliar to anyone who served an apprenticeship :o)
>
> Mike
>
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