Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDEA7.F18E5336 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > The biggest problem I have found in all of this is that, in > the U.S. in > particular, those who have these inspection jobs seem quite > limited in terms > of eduation, native intelligence, grasp of the English language, and > understanding of the equipment they are using and the film > and equipment > they are inspecting... ;-) I don't know, my boss had a great encounter in Vancouver on his way into the US. The lady inspector picked up his cell phone, looked at it carefully, the handed it to him and ordered him to turn it on. He did so, and showed her the display. She inspected that suspiciously, then without missing a beat said "Very good, sir. Now would you call Belize for me please?" They're not *all* humourless droids. Paul Chefurka - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDEA7.F18E5336 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: [Leica] FW: X-ray Film Question</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> The biggest problem I have found in all of this = is that, in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> the U.S. in</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> particular, those who have these inspection = jobs seem quite </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> limited in terms</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> of eduation, native intelligence, grasp of the = English language, and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> understanding of the equipment they are using = and the film </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> and equipment</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> they are inspecting... ;-)</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I don't know, my boss had a great encounter in = Vancouver on his way into the US. The lady inspector picked up = his cell phone, looked at it carefully, the handed it to him and = ordered him to turn it on. He did so, and showed her the = display. She inspected that suspiciously, then without missing a = beat said "Very good, sir. Now would you call Belize for me = please?" They're not *all* humourless droids.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Paul Chefurka</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDEA7.F18E5336--