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[K7GCO@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/00 5:09:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kg5u@hal-pc.org 
writes:

<< 
 > I made a call to inquire about something July 24 and they did indicate
 > the main man would be on vacation and to call back Aug 10-15.  Sounds
 > like a small operation.
 >
 Doesn't necessarily have to be a small operation, Dale.
 
 I work at a facility with about 2,500 civil service and 6,000 contractors
 (and that's just on-site and not counting the contractor facilities
 off-site).  Need a locksmith?  You better hope he's not on vacation, sick
 leave or attending his daughter's graduation, wedding, etc.  If it's REALLY
 a necessity and a work stoppage, they will hire an outside contractor to do
 the job.  Otherwise, it's wait until he returns.  Oh, the facility? NASA
 Johnson Space Center.  :-) 
 73,
 dale, kg5u
  >>
   I guess that is why NASA is having so many very costly failures with tax 
payer money and with bone head mistakes--too many on vacation.  Further NASA 
has been with holding information of what they find on the Moon and Mars that 
their charter says they are to reveal.  Even some politicians have been 
noticing that. NASA wasn't a good example.  Probably the worst that could 
ever be used.       

Having spent a very large amount of money for many things over 69 years, I 
certainly recognize the practices described here that for some reason many 
always want to justify when it's not their money and time that is being used 
and wasted.  Whether it's business transactions or technical data, they can 
find more things wrong with it without asking for more details than anyone.  
Valuable information was given on business transactions.  Use it or don't use 
it, don't criticize it.  I've purchased my share of Lemons over the years 
that I wish someone would have alerted me to but they were ridiculed to be 
quite.  There was a day when people wanted to know the truth and go to great 
lengths to get it in business and technical areas.  Now they can't recognize 
it.  

At some time men will stumble across the truth, pick themselves off and hurry 
along as if they knew it all the time. (Churchill)  Others react violently, 
do an about face
(180 degrees) and oppose it at all costs.  It's called "Informational 
Dyslexia."  I'd like to see more of an OPEN MIND POLICY for FREE information. 
 No one had to pay for it.  Many refuse to give valuable information they 
honestly believe it is correct and of some value when the "self appointed 
final authorities" have to chop it up rather than just ask for conformation, 
exchange data or actually prove it wrong.  "Operation Ridicule" has no place 
in an Information Society.  Those who like to take credit card money long 
before shipment haven't defended themselves so far--other have for some 
reason?  K7GCO

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