arpremind.gif (GIF Image, 432×471 pixels) OK, I gotta fess up here big time. Years ago, I was a lab tech, actually, you name it, if it was legal, and made money, I’d do it. So… I end up fixing Tektronix computers. Yes, they used to make them. Really impressive machines that predated the Apple, and [...]

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Oops! This is an interesting one. A pliers in a synth. I can imagine for any number of reasons how that happend. If it can happen during surgery, no doubt it happens in electronics assembly. Back in my airplane days… I was amazed at how many tools I found. One day, we found the remains [...]

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NBC.com> The Apprentice George made some good points about negotiating. I used to be pretty decent at negotiations… the big thing is practice, and putting the time in. Over the last few years, those skills are nowhere near what they used to be. I guess, I’ve often times put more stake in a timely negotiation, [...]

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Forbes.com Forbes has a geographic depiction of the richest folks in the US. They also allow one to go back and time. While its not a federal funding flow map, it does give some ideas as to the change in wealth and thus taxation over the years. No longer does MI fund things like they [...]

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