"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:45:50 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
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So, what did the cartoon show?

A lathe operator turning a piece of stock around 12" diameter down to
maybe
3" diameter, over an 8" length. Then he held the part up with pride. g

That's an expensive practice, wot? It's amazing that the USSR was
unionized, though. That sounds like union practices.

That's "planned economy" practices. They never got it right. Some planning,
eh? g

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Ed Huntress