Before Wayne or Eric cuts this topic off, I'd like offer a bit of humor.
In the 70's when the cold war wasn't, between two middle east
countries, i worked for an aerospace company in Silicon Valley that
had a large equipment design and installation contract with one of
them. One of our other contact tasks was to train their operators
and also write Tech Manuals in their language. These "to be"
operators, mostly from their military, had little if any formal
schooling, but most could speak a fair amount of English.
During one early class on operating the equipment, during a "hands
on" and almost "one on one" session, a student was asked to operate a
knob to tune some part of the equipment or to change the gain. His
response was " knob, what's a knob" & " turn it, how do you do that"
?? He had never operated any kind of electrical/electronic equipment
before, and had to be sent back to the basic electronic/mechanic
school, that we also provided. He was in fact one of a majority.
Another humorus incident, was during the equipment building,
construction phase. This was being built out in the middle of a very
sandy desert and a good equipment ground was hard to come by, so we
came up with the idea of installing an earth ground, (rod/wires) into
the septic system underneath the "John(s)" . The construction
workmen were instructed to use these restrooms and not go out in the
desert. A week or so after the restroom and septic system were
installed and in operation, we noticed that they were no longer
flushing correctly if at all. Upon removing one of the toilets, we
discovered that the drain was filled with small rocks. We had
neglected to write a manual or give a class on the proper use of a
modern restroom and in particular the use of toilet paper !!
Chuck, W7CS
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