kallend 2,182 #1 June 25, 2006 A friend works for a very large utility company in the distribution control room. These are the guys that switch multi-megawatts between various parts of the grid to keep supply and demand in balance and prevent generators from tripping out. Quick action on their part saved Illinois from blacking out a few years back when the whole east coast grid went down. Anyhow, they recently opened a new control center, and the company PR crew came to video the event. The PR director looked around horrified to see only white male engineers working the boards, so he went out into the surrounding offices and brought in an Indian woman secretary and a black janitor, and sat them at two of the workstations while they shot the video. Never believe company (or government) PR!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,505 #2 June 25, 2006 Whew! I'm glad you told me that. I better see if the hot busty blonde comes with the new motorcycle or if I'm getting the fat tattooed guy with the bandana. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #3 June 25, 2006 LOL!!! We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #4 June 25, 2006 QuoteQuick action on their part saved Illinois from blacking out a few years back when the whole east coast grid went down. Glad they had the best people for the job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #5 June 25, 2006 A hospital in Turkey was putting in a new CT scanner, they wanted to test it so poped out and asked the Janitor who not knowing any better jumped up on the scanner and got two (Unreported) full body scans!!When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #6 June 25, 2006 QuoteA hospital in Turkey was putting in a new CT scanner, they wanted to test it so poped out and asked the Janitor who not knowing any better jumped up on the scanner and got two (Unreported) full body scans!! Full scan or scout cut with a single head slice & abdo slice? That's the sort of idiot thing which shows up a hithertofore undiagnosed problem. Then again, I guess you "Whippersnappers" are too young to remember Mass-Miniature CXRs A van with a tube, screen onto 100mm film and built in processor! Worse, in the early days of CT, it was suggested that prospective student radiographers be scanned to evaluate ventricular size (to assess intelligence even)! Until a professor at the Radcliffe was scanned and found to have massive ventricles. Mike. Edited to add: NO! I'm serious! Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
