I think Mrs ERJ is getting just a little bit too interested in my manufacturing enterprise.
We had an agreement where I promised to shrink the shelf space by using the components I have on hand by turning them into finished assemblies. The finished assemblies take just about half as much space, by volume, as the components.
"I saw a new box in front of the garage today. I thought we had an agreement. What is the story?" she asked me.
"Well, dear, the brass cups are sold in one size of package and the pewter inserts come in a different sized package." I explained.
"And so..." she asked, raising one eyebrow askew.
"The very best price for brass cups are the ones that are sold in packages of 1423 and they come from a gun range in Texas" I explained.
"And the pewter inserts?" she asked.
"The best price for those are from a fellow out in Idaho who sells in packages of 719" I informed her.
"I don't see what the problem is. Buy one package of brass cups and two bags of pewter inserts" she said.
I sighed. "It is a sin to waste anything. Can't you see, that will leave me with fifteen extra pewter inserts!" I objected.
Mrs ERJ chewed on that for a minute. "How long do you think it will be before the counts of the brass cups and the pewter inserts line up?" she asked.
"I really can't tell ya, honey. I thought I would be completely done with the 9mil Buger Cups in September and would be assembling Short-and-Weak and JMB's design now."
***Satire***
Mrs ERJ is WAY too smart to pull the wool over her eyes like that.
***End Disclaimer***
ERJ - I understand. Anything that appears in a box which may remotely contain a book is reviewed with a raised eyebrow and a glance towards the already fairly full bookshelves.
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ReplyDeleteYeah... It could be any kind of hardware. "Don't you have enough trailers, chainsaw, tractors, guns, fishing poles, turbo-encabulators???"
ReplyDeleteAfter several decades together, the missus HAD to learn something. Around here at least, the missus' BS meter clicks on way easier than it used to.
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I keep going back and forth about the value of building my own loving cups. The ones I use most are more expensive to build at home(9mm). This winter, as I sojourn in cow company, I’m going to contemplate on whether I want to start building loving cups for my revolving cup holders created by those masters of the trade Mssr. Ruger, Smith and Wesson. Joe, I’m sure that I have several thousand 9mm cups you could have after I follow the geese north come spring.
ReplyDeleteIndustrial shelving is your friend. Also, one inch thick wooden boxes for your energetics built according to NFPA 495 are a project which should mollify Mrs. ERJ.
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