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(Message started by: petehull on Jul 20^th, 2007, 9:12am)

Title: Value for Money
Post by petehull on Jul 20^th, 2007, 9:12am

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

Title: Re: [colour=red]Value for Money[/colour]
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 20^th, 2007, 5:56pm

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Title: Re: Value for Money
Post by Spannerdemon on Jul 21^st, 2007, 12:54pm

Love it. ;D ;D

Title: Re: Value for Money
Post by Highlander on Jul 21^st, 2007, 11:06pm

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 ;)

Title: Re: Value for Money
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 1:08pm

superb!

sugar refinery in london, can only be the massive tate n lyle plant.....