Like lawyers, he's talking about billable hours. Bob Johnson Pettit, Ghery wrote:
It's kind of like the difference between a US gallon and an Imperial gallon. Their hours are shorter than ours, so there are more in a week. :-) Ghery S. Pettit -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of don_borow...@selinc.com Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:45 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Cc: John Woodgate Subject: Re: Agency Probes Gas Pedals' Link to EMI John- Since 24 hours per day × 7 days per week = 168 hours per week, I want to know how you get those extra 2 hours each week ;-). I could sure use them. Donald Borowski Schweitzer Engineering Labs Pullman, Washington, USA From: John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> <mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Date: 02/07/2010 12:14 AM Subject: Re: Agency Probes Gas Pedals' Link to EMI Sent by: emc-p...@ieee.org In message <322650.54573...@web39606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <mailto:322650.54573...@web39606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> , dated Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Bill Owsley <wdows...@yahoo.com> <mailto:wdows...@yahoo.com> writes: On a personal note, I have wonder about the personal lives of folks responding to this list on a Saturday night, outside of usual business hours. Independent consultants like me are allowed to work 170 hours a week. Not so difficult for me; no kids and certainly no grandbabies. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>