[CAUT] Tired wippens

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Cauters,

Don't know about you folks, but around here student workers are paid, a 
pittence to be sure, but it still is a budget item.  That shoestring only 
goes so far.

Conrad


At 08:02 AM 11/15/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>uh-oh..what does that mean if I REALLY like doing that kind of stuff??
>
>:D
>On Nov 14, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Jim Busby wrote:
>
>>Isn't that what they make student assistants fer??
>>
>>Jim Busby
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
>>ed440 at mindspring.com
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:17 PM
>>To: College and University Technicians
>>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tired wippens
>>
>>When I was a salaried CAUT the parts budget was used up quickly but my
>>salary kept running. Rather than twiddle my thumbs I reconditioned old
>>wippens, releathered old knuckles and rebushed old flanges. Better
>>that
>>than let things deteriorate for another 30 years.
>>