> There was a programmer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all broken
>  code. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily
>  retired.
>
>  Several years later his company contacted him regarding a seemingly
>  impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million
> dollar
>  systems. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the system
> fixed,
>  but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired programmer
> who
>  had solved so many of their problems in the past.
>
>  The programmer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying
> the
>  huge system. At the end of the day he marked a small x in chalk on a
>  particular line of code of the system and proudly stated, "This is where
> your
>  problem is". The code was changed and the system worked perfectly again.
>
>  The company received a bill for $50,000 from the programmer for his =
> service.
>  They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The programmer
> responded
>  briefly:
>
>  One chalk mark .. ..... ..... $1
>  Knowing where to put it ..... $49,999
>
>  It was paid in full and the programmer again retired in peace
>



Just wait until the year 2000 !!!!

Rick 'just biding my time till retirement' Clark
P/A for WW&R
Cleveland Ohio