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I invoked Rule#1....no sample= no results.
GCguy
Off-topic conversations and chit-chat.
gcguy wrote:
Router table - perfect for propelling incorrectly tightened TCT lumps of metal through shirt sleeves narrowly missing arteries. (Personal experience!)
gcguy wrote:
I was once asked for the results of some analysis. I pointed out that I didn't yet have the sample so could not say. This lead to a secondary question...Can you give me a rough estimate of the analysis?
I invoked Rule#1....no sample= no results.
GCguy
lmh wrote:gcguy wrote:
I was once asked for the results of some analysis. I pointed out that I didn't yet have the sample so could not say. This lead to a secondary question...Can you give me a rough estimate of the analysis?
I invoked Rule#1....no sample= no results.
GCguy
This reminds me of the boss in my pre-analysis days (when I was a proper scientist) who asked me one lunch-time to do a 24-hour time-course experiment. Mid-morning the next day he asked me for the results.
whdees wrote:lmh wrote:gcguy wrote:
I was once asked for the results of some analysis. I pointed out that I didn't yet have the sample so could not say. This lead to a secondary question...Can you give me a rough estimate of the analysis?
I invoked Rule#1....no sample= no results.
GCguy
This reminds me of the boss in my pre-analysis days (when I was a proper scientist) who asked me one lunch-time to do a 24-hour time-course experiment. Mid-morning the next day he asked me for the results.
and this reminds me of a competitors lab, offering 24 hour turnarounds on full TCLP... instead of tumbling the extractor at 30 RPM, he ran it at 90 RPM, and reduced the extraction time accordingly... what could possibly go wrong?
and then there was the guy who demanded the conversion factor required to go from mg/L to PPM... he couldn't seem to understand that they are the same, so I finally told him to multiply everything by 1.000, three decimal places, mind you, and he was happy...
James_Ball wrote:whdees wrote:lmh wrote:
and this reminds me of a competitors lab, offering 24 hour turnarounds on full TCLP... instead of tumbling the extractor at 30 RPM, he ran it at 90 RPM, and reduced the extraction time accordingly... what could possibly go wrong?
and then there was the guy who demanded the conversion factor required to go from mg/L to PPM... he couldn't seem to understand that they are the same, so I finally told him to multiply everything by 1.000, three decimal places, mind you, and he was happy...
I like when someone asks for 24 hour turn around on a BOD(test takes 5 days)
MichaelVW wrote:
Speaking of sniffing... my submission for dumbest analysis is any "reactive cyanide." Not saying I'm inclined to try it, but I don't think I'd do worse than the method by sniffing a sample and guessing a number. Or dipping a strip of pH paper.
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