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Subject:Re[2]: Tricks From HOW TO KEEP YOUR VW ALIVE From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM Date:Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:19:00 -0600
> Anyone seen the documentation for Meccano's Erector sets? Very
> technical, very clear and concise, absolutely language-free.
And filled with errors. It consistently gives plans for things to build with
a particular set which you cannot, because the required parts are *not* in
the set, and it's plain they are not *supposed* to be in the set, because
the same instructions give an inventory for the set which doesn't include
the parts.
<voice of a father who's tried to help his daughter build things with
Erector sets. Most remembered example was that of a helicopter, which
required five spacers, when the parts inventory -- just a page or two
earlier -- said, correctly, there were only four in the kit.>
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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