Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:36 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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I once had a boss like that.  When dealing with users' unreasonable
requests,
his vocabulary contained a word that is not often found: "No."  He drove
a VW Beetle, rather than the obligatory management-style luxury car,
which raised him several notches in my estimation.

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In the first company I worked for the owner/president drove a Lincoln. The
rumor was the VP would have dearly loved a Cadillac but carefully stayed
one step downscale.
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At a start up the president drove a Camaro. The first few years were lean
but when we finally started making money he bought a Cadillac Cimmarron,
which was their attempt to compete with the more compact European luxury
sedans. It had problems but the final straw was when his secretary bought
a Pontiac. It was pretty much the same J-body car GM used throughout its
product line.
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Next up was a Mercedes, I forget which flavor. Keeping with the times it
was a diesel. For someone used to a Camaro the snail like acceleration
didn't cut it. He wasn't happy and when his son tried to fill it up with
gasoline that was it for the Merc.
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Finally he bought a Lincoln Town Car. In his words, 'If I'm going to be
nigger rich I'm going to do it right!' That one was a keeper.
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The owner of the company I currently work for drives some sort of
nondescript older Toyota SUV with rear quarter panel damage patched
together by the maintenance guy with duct tape.