Confessions from quality control part 3 - Dagenham!
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The Crack Fox said:
OldGermanHeaps said:
One of the things missing at a lot of workplaces now is a bit of quality arseing around.
Amen! I was an apprentice at Siemens in Germany as a kid. I'm English. The s
t I had done to me would have had Corbyn voting for Brexit and Dianne Abbot joining the National Front. So, so funny though. I might squeeze a few anecdotes into the book, actually. The time we crashed the bosses BMW 633 on the autobahn but he forgave us because I caught him coming out of a sex club the following day. Or the time I spent a day cellotaped to a fking lamp-post in Hinckley outside Triumph for reasons I've long forgotten. Happy days.The Crack Fox said:
itcaptainslow said:
Congratulations! Did you want my service manager based musings now, sooner, or later?
Did you order a grumble or a rant? Message me via KickStarter or an email via my profile here, I can't wait to see what you've put! 
I'll get to work on it; what sort of length are you looking for? (Not the first time I've asked that)
robinessex said:
Do you anything about the car bodies that ended up with a single door on the right, and 2 on the left? And the practice in the foundry of smashing up cylinder blocks if they made more than the quota. And the night shifts guys who slept more than they worked. I had a few relatives who 'worked' there !!!
PS. I started as an Engineering apprentice at the Marconi factory in Chelmsford in 1963. The quality of the stuff was staggering. Mostly because it was all MOD stuff. They would've given Rolls Royce a run for their money. Within 1 day of instruction on a lathe in the Apprentice Training Centre, I was working to a tolerance of .0005" on a lathe !! Known as a H8 fit to those in the know
Me and the missus were a H8 fit originally. PS. I started as an Engineering apprentice at the Marconi factory in Chelmsford in 1963. The quality of the stuff was staggering. Mostly because it was all MOD stuff. They would've given Rolls Royce a run for their money. Within 1 day of instruction on a lathe in the Apprentice Training Centre, I was working to a tolerance of .0005" on a lathe !! Known as a H8 fit to those in the know
Edited by robinessex on Friday 8th April 11:04
Edited by robinessex on Friday 8th April 11:05
The Crack Fox said:
Glasgowrob said:
I'm ledger when you put it up for a hard copy but never asked for a postage address did I mess up or will an email come out down the line?
Don't worry, you'll get an email when the kickstarter ends and I'll get you address for delivery then. Oh , and thanks!
The Crack Fox said:
Ha! No. She was missing her holiday home in Antibes and wanted to visit the beach. I though she was a snob and was bored of her so took her to Skegness. She went back to France shortly afterwards 
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