> How's this for an enterprising idea to discuss, or shoot down > mercilessly as ridiculous? > Package holidays to China where you can gain work experience in any > willingly participating factories. But!, what would you DO with that sort of experience? :-) Instead you could come for a holiday to NZ and pay me to tell you how to get different manufacturing experiences than you may usually get from a Chinese factory :-). That said, you could probably get paid Chinese factory tours to observe what is done and why and how. The Chinese tend to be more protective and secretive of their factory environments than many in a significant fraction of cases (in my experience) but there would still be many who could be persuaded that it's worth a $ to do so. Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .