The Moorhill Monitor
* Volume
9 / Issue 1 / Date 1st Quarter 2000 *
In this Issue:
[The Study]
[The Interesting Facts]
[The Revised ISO Process Model]
[The
Quarterly Joke]
[The Links]
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1. The
Study!
Researchers
at the Harvard Business School recently concluded a three year,
$7.6
million study of American corporate workers. The study, a 23,000 page
document, which focused on the recreational
preferences of those workers, is
summarized below.
1.
Sport of choice for maintenance level employees:
bowling.
2.
Sport of choice for front line workers: football.
3.
Sport of choice for supervisors: baseball.
4.
Sport of choice for middle management: tennis.
5.
Sport of choice for corporate officers: golf.
Source: HBS
Review, 12/99.
2. The Interesting Facts!
The word "nerd" first appeared in "If I
Ran the Zoo" by Dr. Seuss in 1951.
A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
90% of household dust is composed of human skin.
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.
Humans are the only animals that blush (or need to, according to Mark
Twain).
The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brother's
first flight.
It's physically impossible to get sick while you're laughing.
Mickey Mouse's ears are always turned to the front, no matter which
direction his head is pointing.
Some people are genetically predisposed to hate the taste of cabbage.
The first product to have a UPC barcode on its packaging was Wrigley's
gum.
"Graffito" is the singular of "graffiti".
Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours
of each other on July 4, 1826.
In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of
letters
as its value.
The phrase "convicted felon" is redundant. No one is a felon until
he's
been convicted.
Cucumbers are the only food that cockroaches won't eat.
Oak trees do not have acorns until they are 50 years old or older.
The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enable it to see all
four feet at all times.
Source: D. Rigg, 12/99.
3. The Revised ISO
Process Model!
Source: DIS 9001:2000, 11/99.
4. The
Quarterly Joke!
When the mother returned from the grocery store, her
small
son pulled out the box of animal crackers he had begged for, then he spread
the animal-shaped crackers all over the kitchen counter.
"What are you doing?" his mom asked.
"The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken," the boy
explained.
"I'm looking for the seal."
Source: J. McKersie, 12/99.
5. The Links!
We now
have links to several "key" informational site involving the ISO
process and related documentation. Including AS/TL/ISO/QS/Medical and other
excellent source sites for your use. Please go to the Resources Page on this
site for more information.
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