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New FEMA contract HeyBub 10-17-2006
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Posted by HeyBub on October 17, 2006, 12:37 pm


Workers have been dispatched to upgrade the gas stoves in 100,000 FEMA
trailers positioned along the Gulf Coast.

They have one job: To paint the gas knob red.

That's exactly right. Crews are visiting 100,000 trailers, scattered over
all hell-and-gone, to daub red paint on the gas control.

"...workers in Mississippi have painted the knobs on about 85 percent of the
30,000 to 40,000 trailers there. In Louisiana, around 20 percent of the
knobs in 70,000 trailers have been painted red."

The original plan called for replacing the knobs. A federal knob-census was
commissioned and FEMA found there were not enough red knobs in inventories
to handle the job.

Story includes goodness picture of resulting knob:
<http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/10/14/news/local/doc453081fb469e2327723517.txt>



Posted by on October 17, 2006, 2:19 pm


I saw that and could not believe what I was reading. Probably some
congressman's relative got the contract.

Here they had a new apartment complex for poor people (projects) and
they had to take out the garbage disposals cause people were too stupid
to use them properly.


Posted by on October 17, 2006, 11:43 pm


On 17 Oct 2006 11:19:49 -0700, roger61611@yahoo.com wrote:

>I saw that and could not believe what I was reading. Probably some
>congressman's relative got the contract.
>
>Here they had a new apartment complex for poor people (projects) and
>they had to take out the garbage disposals cause people were too stupid
>to use them properly.

I'm not familiar with the situation you SAY you know about? Or just
"HEARD" about?

If, indeed, there's any substance to this story, It would have been
much cheaper to send in a skilled people-person to explain the garbage
disposals. The tenants would have been happy to use them, once they
understood.



Posted by HeyBub on October 18, 2006, 10:54 am


aspasia wrote:
> On 17 Oct 2006 11:19:49 -0700, roger61611@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> I saw that and could not believe what I was reading. Probably some
>> congressman's relative got the contract.
>>
>> Here they had a new apartment complex for poor people (projects) and
>> they had to take out the garbage disposals cause people were too
>> stupid to use them properly.
>
> I'm not familiar with the situation you SAY you know about? Or just
> "HEARD" about?
>
> If, indeed, there's any substance to this story, It would have been
> much cheaper to send in a skilled people-person to explain the garbage
> disposals. The tenants would have been happy to use them, once they
> understood.

Do you KNOW the tenants would have been capable of understanding the purpose
of a garbage disposal or happy to use them, or are you just guessing?

Dunno about the referenced story but Emerson Electric is suing NBC for
displaying an "InSinkErator" disposal in the latest episode of "Heros" that
showed a mangled hand, so evidently there is the possiblity for
misunderstanding the function of a disposal.

They used to call this "Product Placement."

http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/17/commentary/mediabiz/?postversion=2006101711



Posted by on October 20, 2006, 10:04 pm

> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.



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