Sounds like home! Happy Holidays from Bear Swamp.

Steve wrote:

Hi ya'll!

Yeah, I know I've been pretty quiet lately...busier than a one-legged
man
inna butt kickin' contest. What with getting new pick-n-place equipment,
and
a (newer) wave solder machine that I had to disassemble down to the
frame,
tilt it on it's side, bring it into the building and re-assemble it,
I've
been kinda busy.

I've been a little frustrated with some of the decisions that have been
made
by the higher-ups concerning all this new equipment. All this extra work
that
I've been doing makes no sense...but ya' gots to do what's dictated to
you,
no matter if it's right or wrong...one day someone may see the light...

To that theme, here's a list of things to tell you for sure if you're
Oklahoma:

1. When you have to debate for three days that you're NOT supposed to
wave
solder
    press-fit connectors that have nickel plated pins, you know you're
in
Oklahoma.

2. When you have to debate (again for three days) that a solder joint
that
meets IPC-
    610B class-II criteria is not rejectable just because it "looks
funny",
you know
    you're in Oklahoma.

3. When you get a machine delivered to you that has to sit outside for a
few
days
    (until you can disassemble it to get it into the building) and you
promptly have
    tornado warnings (sirens and everything! November no less!) You
definately know
    you're in Oklahoma!

4. When you hear parts called "Turtles", and "Orangies" (Translation:
SMT
    GAsFET's and MIL spec SMT Tantalum capacitors), you know you're in
    Oklahoma.

5. When you have a facilities person who thinks he can torch a
solder-pot out
with an
    acetylene cutting torch tip instead of using a rosebud tip, you know

you're in
    Oklahoma.

6. If you see that all your air lines are cast iron, and see that all
the
water separators
    have fluid in them resembling "Earl Grey Tea", you know you're in
Oklahoma.

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