Subject: Hot chips!

From: [email-masked] (Alan Frisbie)
Date: 18 Sep 96 09:26:59 PDT

Two fellow students in my CAD/CAM class are long-time die
sinkers who came up through the apprentice program.   Last
night they were laughing about accidents involving hot chips.

Earlier that day, one of them was at the lathe turning a
large piece of die steel.   A large blue chip came off,
arched over his head, and neatly dropped down the back of
his shirt.   He immediately yelled and arched his back in
an attempt to keep it away from his skin.   His partner
ran over and pulled up the shirt in an attempt to help
remove the chip, getting his hand cut and burned in the
process.   One chip, two victims.

As we traded war stories about similar incidents, they told
me about the time the California Employment Development Department
was investigating the apprenticeship program.   A woman from
the department came to talk to both the bosses and employees.
She was upset at the lack of women in the program and wanted
to know why.   After talking about hot chips, one of the older
machinists pulled open his shirt and said, "Can you imagine
any woman who would want scars like this all over her chest?"
End of discussion.

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