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G4EBT > RADIO 23.10.06 02:10l 61 Lines 2107 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Metric & Imperial KB2VXA
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Rejoice! Not religion or politics:-)
Warren, KB2VXA wrote:-
> In certain workplaces the time cards have the hours divided into 100
> parts rather than the normal 60. When timing process runs it's a
> struggle for the worker to figure out but it apparently has some meaning
> to someone in the office.
In the UK, about 2.5 million mainly office workers operate on a flexitime
system. They have certain hours during which they must be present, ("core
time") and around that can work flexibly. IE come in later, go home
earlier, have shorter/longer lunchbreaks etc.
They can build up credits and say take a day off once a month, or an
afternoon off here and there, subject to operational requirements.
Some employers leave it to the staff to fill in a sheet to say the nearest
five minutes, of the hours they've worked, but other employers require
staff to "key in/key out" on a little electronic box in the office.
I worked for a multi-national company which used this system, and the
clock was divided into 100ths of an hour - not 60ths. (A lot of staff used
to come in earlier than their supervisors and not do very much other than
chat).
Any staff still working for the company now work from home - most of the
offices were closed to cut down operating costs. When staff work from
home, they rarely go off sick as the phone doesn't stop ringing, the
e-mails and faxes don't stop flooding in, and there's no-one else to
shuffle the work onto.
>Many other confusing measures aren't used either so all that confusion
>doesn't mean a firkin thing to me. (;->)
A British firkin is usually equal to about 1/4 of a barrel or 9 gallons
(34 litres). It's actually derived from C14 fir, from Middle Dutch vierde
(fourth) + kin.
How very odd!
I don't suppose a gallon means much in most paret of the world, let alone
a firkin.
73 - David, G4EBT @ GB7FCR
British Vintage Wireless Society Member
G-QRP Club Member, No: 1339
QTH: Cottingham, East Yorkshire.
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