> Olin Lathrop wrote:
> 
> > This is second only to "Our guy Vinny is 80% done and can't 
> quite seem 
> > to finish, so we just want you to do the last 20%, and of course we 
> > expect to only pay 20% of what Vinny originally quoted us.".
> 
> This is usually a case of the miraculous multiplication of 
> percents. The "20% of what Vinny originally quoted us" for 
> the remainder quite often turn out to be 200% of what Vinny 
> originally quoted :)
> 
> Gerhard


As the saying goes: "The first 90% takes 90% of the time. The last 10% takes
the other 90%."

Tony

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