Bob, at 08:46 on May 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BL> It's no wonder they did so well in the Korean war!

BG> They wouldn't have done too well without external assistance though.

BL> I was thinking of the North Koreans, the way they bulldozed our troops at 
BL> first. I think the best soldiers and engineers come from cold places.

Dunno, Adolf's mob didn't do too well at Stalingrad in WWII, did they?  :)

BL> I worked for a lunatic who believed that creative engineers worked best at 
BL> 16øC and always had the air conditioning running a mile too cold.

He was actually on the right track, although 16øC is a tad cooler than I'd
have had in mind.  It's certainly more productive to work in temperatures
under 20øC though, and I've actually seen this documented somewhere or
other.

BL> It worked for us anyway; we reamed out the knob and glued it on
BL> so 16C was actually 22C.

ROFL!  We used to do that at Chandlers too, and it must have cost them a
fortune in unnecessary service calls from Carrier.  :)

Regards, Bill
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