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Old 4th Apr 2013, 2:44 pm   #1
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Well I just came across this old ad. It cracked me up and I just had to share a screen shot with you!

I wonder if he got it working in the end?
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Now where on earth did I remove that from?
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Old 4th Apr 2013, 3:20 pm   #2
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Nice one! Reminds me of a Mastercare field engineer!!
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Old 4th Apr 2013, 3:40 pm   #3
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Don't say such nasty things about me...J.
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Old 4th Apr 2013, 11:39 pm   #4
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Nothing wrong with a Mastercare field engineer (Croydon) on the other hand....
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Now now, behave yourselves,
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That Chimp probably got promoted to work in Dixon stores !
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He's doing necessary research.

When he's finished, he and the nine hundred and ninety nine others who are collaborating on the project will be given the typewriters which will enable them to write the service manual.

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He's the guy that writes the modification bulletins..J.
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There's times I could have done with gripping feet when working on stuff.
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There's times I could have done with gripping feet when working on stuff.
Yeah especially on some of the repairs that we did in customers' houses.
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When he's finished, he and the nine hundred and ninety nine others who are collaborating on the project will be given the typewriters which will enable them to write the service manual.


Shouldn't it be 999,999 others, though- or are service manuals less taxing than Shakespeare's works?
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He's doing necessary research.

When he's finished, he and the nine hundred and ninety nine others who are collaborating on the project will be given the typewriters which will enable them to write the service manual.

David

Taking up this line of thinking and paraphrasing a famous quote:

If an infinite number of monkeys sat down with an infinite number of faulty sets randomly changing components..................

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Well, there's a lot more pictures....
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Nice one! Reminds me of a Mastercare field engineer!!
Pmsl ...
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Thread closed. Insults directed at employees of a specific firm are inappropriate for a civilised forum.
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