[r-390] Strange R-390 problem

[Joe Foley]

--- Barry Hauser <barry@hausernet.com> wrote:
> Not so strange, I guess.  We often start speculating
> about leaky caps, Ohm's
> Law, grid emissions and esoterica.  Then you go and
> wiggle something, which
> is a more primitive version of the pointed stick
> approach.
> 
> When I "fix" these odd problems, I have mixed
> emotions.  I'm pleased to have
> made the repair, but, on the other hand, the
> accomplishment didn't draw much
> from my intelligence and education.  Feel like a
> rocket scientist scratching
> his head and then some guy who looks like Ed Norton
> (Art Carney) with a
> rumpled pork pie hat and his hands in his pockets
> saying "Y'know whatcha got
> dere?  Whatcha got dere is bad CONTINOOOOITEEE." 
> Then he gives the rig a
> tap with his Stilson wrench and the rig starts
> blasting.  "Yah see?".  Then
> the guy in the white coat says "Zo den vhy did I
> bodda goink to de
> University?"  Trouble is, both the Norton guy and
> the Von Braun guy coexist
> in one skull and it drives me crazy.  It's great for
> procrastinating though.
> ;-)
> 
> Just keep in mind -- some think in terms of Ohm's
> Law, but it's really all a
> matter of .....
> CONTINOOOOITEE!
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That was good, Barry!

"Ties" with tools make me nervous! 

Actual trouble call: (Their electricians were stumped)

Me: "Nice machine, what's it do?"

Owner: "Aren't you the guys who came to fix it?  How
are you going to fix it if you don't know what it
does?"

Me: "We don't need to know what it does."

Owner: "Well, how will you know if it works right?"

Me: "Your operator will tell us that, you didn't send
him home, did you?"

Owner: "I don't understand how you can fix it if you
haven't ever seen one before!"

Me: "Well, you called it in as an electrical control
problem, right?  ALL machines have the SAME equipment
for control, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, etc. 
We'll let you know what we find.  And if we work with
it long enough, we'll know more about it than the guys
who built it!"

Owner:  (getting nervous) "Um, we have some processes
that are proprietary on that machine,.... how do we
clear you as far as not passing any of our secrets
around?"

Me:  "Well, you called us,(didn't you consider
that?)...... besides, if you're ISO certified you
probably don't have any secrets anyway."


Aht Cahney



"You guys keep chattin', I'm going to step out and
count up how many tiles fell off."



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