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Default OT(?): Detecting nuts from a nut dispenser... Lateral thinkersapply within

On Apr 28, 10:17 am, Huge wrote:

My real job was weighing flying crisps. Or persuading PDP11s and crisp
bagging machines to do it.


I remember as a child opening a packet of crisps, putting my hand
inside, and finding what I first thought was a dead mouse... It turned
out to be a single whole potato that presumably must've made its way
through and tripped the bag weighing machine into thinking it was
sufficiently filled!

It was a bit of a shocker and I did wonder if I'd ever be able to eat
crisps again!

Mathew