On 02/12/2019 16:51, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 16:33:20 +0000, Max Demian
wrote:

On 02/12/2019 15:01, Terry Casey wrote:
In article ,
says...

"Sorry mate, we can't get that (critical) part in till after Xmas now
... ".

Makes a change from blaming the three day week ...

"Don't you know there's a war on?"

"Earthquake at the production plant ..." ;-)

Cheers, T i m

I once had three control panels being built in Uxbridge delayed, because
"The truck carrying the relays was hijacked in Mexico." It was such a
daft excuse that it just had to true!

SteveW