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If it ain't broke - dont fix it. The bigger the problem - the bigger the hammer.

What a great thread - and one which is close to the bone for most of us. In a similar vein I was talking to some friends about annual leave. One who had worked in the USA said that two weeks was the norm. Is this true??? This seems terribly low. In New Zealand 3 weeks is the minimum allowed by...

Thanks Binary. I'll be careful if I'm ever in the US. I live in New Zealand - ex South Africa. Both countries are pre-dominantly metric. (I say pre-dominantly because the old "obsolete" imperial system of measurement does still creep in in some areas.) The abbreviation "mils&quot...

We use "mil" as an abbreviation (slang) for millimeters i.e. if we say it measures 50 mils - it means it measures 50mm.

Who is Jack Welch ?

There have been some interesting suggestions on this thread - I've made a list and will see what I can find at the library. A couple of suggestions of my own : Slide Rule by Neville Shute - this is his autobiography and is a fascinating insight into an engineer of the 30's through to the 50's...