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pete from Hull
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Value for Money
« on: Jul 20th, 2007, 9:12am » |
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Taken from the magazine 'U' letters page.
By Jim Cooper
Ashford
Kent
Many years ago, my father worked at a sugar refinery in London. A huge cylinder had just been installed to store syrup, but before it could be used, it was dented by a wayward forklift truck.
A consultant from the installers was called; he looked at the cylinder, took some mesurements and made some calculations, and then he asked for a large block of wood, a 7lb hammer and two strong men.
He made a chalk mark on the cylinder and asked one man to hold the block of wood over the mark while the other gave it a couple of hefty blows.
Out popped the dent and later, a bill for £100 arrived. The consultant was asked to justify 30 minutes work with the bill. An itemised account was received which read: 'For hitting cylinder - £2.'
'For knowing where to hit cylinder - £98.
I thought this was a brilliant bit of accounting.....
enjoy
Pete
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Spannerdemon
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Re: Value for Money
« Reply #3 on: Jul 21st, 2007, 11:06pm » |
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My father gets that reaction a lot at jobs..
YES, maybe it looks easy AFTER someones told you the answer but if you knew the answer in the first place you wouldnt have asked 
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: Value for Money
« Reply #4 on: Jul 23rd, 2007, 1:08pm » |
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superb!
sugar refinery in london, can only be the massive tate n lyle plant.....
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