23 May
1998
23 May
'98
12:37 a.m.
Russ/Alice Blakeman wrote:
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Yes, I used to sit on some of the $5000 toilet seats when I was in the
USAF. But the $190 screwdrivers broke easier than my $1.90 Craftsman.
(They wouldn't let Avionics techs have hammers -- might have encouraged
us to use them to fix the _real_ source of most of the problems, the
stick actuators [pilots]).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Russ/Alice Blakeman wrote:
It's jealousy really. I'm sure most of us wish we could buy top of the line
machines
for ourselves with someone else covering whatever the amount might be. I actually got
to use some of those $250 hammers and $190 screwdrivers while I was a missile
maintainer. Most were sold at auction for pennies at govt
surplus sales, mostly due to being
"obsolete: for the puroose they served. Why not buy new all the time when it's
someone else's money you're spending?
Easy, Russ. People might think you're a libertarian or something