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Here in St. Louis is (or was) the headquarters of Anheuser Busch and back i=
n the day they had a policy where on could drink on the job.=C2=A0 Not a pr=
oblem as they usually had a million or so gallons of beer on hand at all ti=
mes.=C2=A0 A friend, Tom, took a job as an accountant.=C2=A0 His job was th=
e annual Income tax return.=C2=A0 At any rate, when he first got on he went=
into a meeting with his boss at 8:00 AM.=C2=A0 His boss asked him if he wa=
nted a beer.=C2=A0 Somewhat aghast, Tom said something in the lines of "not=
this early in the day."=C2=A0 At this point his boss went to the refrigera=
tor in his office and got out two bottles of beer.=C2=A0 Tom said "I said I=
didn't want one" at which point his boss said "No, these are for me."
As we home brewers like to say, you can't say you've been drinking all day =
if you don't start in the morning.
Dave=20
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On Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 01:35:49 PM CST, John Macartney <john=
bmacartney@gmx.com> wrote: =20
Try some paint thinners on some clean rag. Rub gently on an edge and see h=
ow it goes. If it won=E2=80=99t come off, you can always blame the factory.=
On Friday afternoons, lots of people on the assembly tracks and in the pai=
nt shops had often drunk too much beer in the Social Club during their lunc=
h break. Back in those days, health and safety issues were unheard of and d=
rinking alcohol during working hours breaks wasn=E2=80=99t a problem. Wish =
I=E2=80=99d had a movie clip of one man trying to get a compressed air wren=
ch lined up on a Spitfire front wheel - and persevering for about 5 minutes=
until he finally managed to engage the four spanner heads on the wheel nut=
s so it enabled a one trigger pull to tighten them all simultaneously! Life=
at work was so much for fun in those days :(
Jonmac
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=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Here in St. Louis is (or was) the headquarte=
rs of Anheuser Busch and back in the day they had a policy where on could d=
rink on the job. Not a problem as they usually had a million or so ga=
llons of beer on hand at all times. A friend, Tom, took a job as an a=
ccountant. His job was the annual Income tax return. At any rat=
e, when he first got on he went into a meeting with his boss at 8:00 AM.&nb=
sp; His boss asked him if he wanted a beer. Somewhat aghast, Tom said=
something in the lines of "not this early in the day." At this point=
his boss went to the refrigerator in his office and got out two bottles of=
beer. Tom said "I said I didn't want one" at which point his boss sa=
id "No, these are for me."</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br>=
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<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Try some paint thinners on some clean=
rag. Rub gently on an edge and see how it goes. If it won=E2=80=99t come o=
ff, you can always blame the factory. On Friday afternoons, lots of people =
on the assembly tracks and in the paint shops had often drunk too much beer=
in the Social Club during their lunch break. Back in those days, health an=
d safety issues were unheard of and drinking alcohol during working hours b=
reaks wasn=E2=80=99t a problem. Wish I=E2=80=99d had a movie clip of one ma=
n trying to get a compressed air wrench lined up on a Spitfire front wheel =
- and persevering for about 5 minutes until he finally managed to engage th=
e four spanner heads on the wheel nuts so it enabled a one trigger pull to =
tighten them all simultaneously! Life at work was so much for fun in those =
days :(<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jonmac<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div></div>
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