subscribe to the RSS Feed

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Daily Use and the Wonder of How It’s All Made

Posted by BViews on November 20, 2008

Randy wanted to know how all these things were made. Not how they were put together. Rounded parts were hard to make and you couldn’t just cut all around and just hope they would turn out right. While Randy was a professional acrobat and didn’t have time for screw machine training, the concept of wood and metal turning still interested him. After all, even the long railings that he often flung himself from were made by a large screw machine. These lathes were needed to make the material smooth enough so that he could flip, land, and twist on them without tearing apart his hands and arms.

The posts and a variety of other turned parts that Randy encountered during his daily routine were designed and shipped way before he arrived in Orlando. They were in part an exchange between a dance training company in Halifax and the acrobatic teaching school’s advertiser’s shop expert. Not to be outdone, the principal of the acrobatic teaching school himself had once operated a lathe to make his own keys. Randy, though, he never needed to be able to run one of these, was glad to be back on the uneven bars once again.

Technorati Tags: , ,

I Like Taking Surveys

Posted by Busyview on November 19, 2008

Some people just do not like to take customer satisfaction surveys. Let’s face it; they all have their reasons which may vary. Maybe they are just too busy so they do not have the time for it. Perhaps it is that they feel like they will have to give too much personal information out which they don’t want to give. Maybe the reason is that they could really care less about helping a certain business improve itself. The reasons could go on and on.

I do not mind taking a customer service survey at all though. In fact, I jump at the chance to take customer surveys! You know, it is not they really take all of that much time to complete. Plus there are benefits you can receive from taking these surveys.

Every so often if I’m shopping and they ask me if I have a moment to answer a few questions, I will always do it. Also, if there is a web site mentioned on a receipt where I can do a survey, I will get on line and do that. Heck, even if I’m online and one of those pop up surveys comes up, I’ll dive right in. Maybe I’m weird or something, but I just get a real kick out of taking surveys.

Technorati Tags: , , ,