And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in the day, when we support people were replacing striking computer operators, there were enough non-striking operators to run things. The support people had a game called "Chair Put". They would try to send a chair rolling to a certain floor tile. It whiled away the hours until the company provided breakfast. Good overtime.
When I was running a 24/7 data transcription project, from large magnetic drive packs over to 9-track digital tape, we set up a ring toss game using chairbacks and the write protect rings off the tapes.
Hey, it gets really really boring at 3am watch a tape reel go around.
"Steerryke !!" Nicely done, wrestling one of those up a ladder must not be too much fun.
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DeleteBack in the day, when we support people were replacing striking computer operators, there were enough non-striking operators to run things. The support people had a game called "Chair Put". They would try to send a chair rolling to a certain floor tile. It whiled away the hours until the company provided breakfast. Good overtime.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was running a 24/7 data transcription project, from large magnetic drive packs over to 9-track digital tape, we set up a ring toss game using chairbacks and the write protect rings off the tapes.
DeleteHey, it gets really really boring at 3am watch a tape reel go around.