These things happen. The head of the Engineering Department died suddenly. His replacement had no engineering degree nor any college education. BUT he was a good friend of the CEO. The result: absolute disaster.
I worked for a company where raises were tied to company profits. One year we had a small loss so no raises. However, the CEO got huge bonus. The reason: He kept the company from loosing more money than it did. From that time on he was called: Bonus Bob.
Noah was at a barbeque. When all the water was gone “Noah built an alter and took from every clean beast and every clean fowl and offered burnt offerings on the alter.”“And the Lord smelled a sweet savor” and promised not to destroy earth-people and animals again. Genesis 8: 20-21.Noah just got his SPCA membership revoked.
Early remotes operated by sound. It was possible to change channels by jiggling your keys or a pocket with a few coins. I was just a kid but able to cause a lot of frustration for a room full of adults.
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