Don't forget the bubble for a spirit level....


----- Original Message -----
From: Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:01 AM
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 :)
>
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