Japanese computers

Bob Bradlee wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:53:31 -0700, vrs wrote: > > >>From: "Bob Bradlee" <Bob at BRADLEE.ORG> >> >>>In the referb center we pushed them off moving vans and > > >>No wonder there are so few of these machines left ;-)! > > >>(I have always heard that the van should be stopped, and >>the machine lowered slowly :-).) > > >> Vince > > > Takes the fun out of it :) > > We had a 158 come in one day, we had one of those back into > the building and down a hill kind of loading docks. > While waiting for his turn, one driver began "preping to unload" > in the lot. When it came his turn he came in a bit fast and a MG > came off the back of the truck when he hit the stops hard. > This was before the dock hand could put the flat ramp in place > to cover over the "gap" between truck and dock. > I answered a cattle call to help getting it back on a smooth surface > where the casters acted as wheels and not as keyways. > > There was a story where one of the other FE's dropped an MG > over the edge into an open floor section during installation. > I was assured that it was not fun to lift it back up to floor level.

Where were you working at the time?

Peace... Sridhar