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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 12176187)

Evening, Box.

Writing a PPT deck for a little seis sigma class I'm giving in Estado de Mexico next week. The song from the current Heineken TV spots just came on my internet radio. I think I'm going to adjourn from ANOVA and regression to go down to the hotel bar for a beer.

But it probably won't be a Heineken.

Can you send that deck to my team in Asia? Because they are still not getting it.. :rolleyes: 4.5 sigma "is not possible".

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 12176187)

Isn't Six Sigma teh thingy that teaches you how to be a more efficient :rolleyes: capable of stalling meaningful personal development in favor of serving the whims of your Sith-Lord masters?

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Originally Posted by KNRG (Post 12176048)

How do people who earn plat/gold the old fashioned way stay sane?

We don't....hence the term "Wobbly Bonkers"

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12176216)

Isn't Six Sigma teh thingy that teaches you how to be a more efficient :rolleyes: capable of stalling meaningful personal development in favor of serving the whims of your Sith-Lord masters?

Yes. That and massive stop-ships/recalls. Sith-Lord masters don't like either.

Damn, Miller 64 is really @:-). :rolleyes::-:

I don't think you could get drunk off the stuff. :-:

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 12176247)

Damn, Miller 64 is really @:-). :rolleyes::-:

I don't think you could get drunk off the stuff. :-:

I feel bad for the Canadians. There is a huge banner in the outfield of the SkyDome advertising that Bud Light with Lime is now available in Canada.

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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12176216)

Isn't Six Sigma teh thingy that teaches you how to be a more efficient :rolleyes: capable of stalling meaningful personal development in favor of serving the whims of your Sith-Lord masters?

Yes. In continuous process industries (ie refineries), you can see real results without stifling development.

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 12176247)

Damn, Miller 64 is really @:-). :rolleyes::-:

I thought I posted about this a few months ago. Something to the effect of "I just drank a Miller 64, now I have to find a beer".

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Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12175040)

School starts on labor day? :rolleyes::mad:

A lot of the boarding schools around here (southeastern PA) begin then too. And the university I taught at in SC didn't give labor day off (not surprising that the state of South Carolina would make people work on Labor Day).

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Originally Posted by CO 1E (Post 12175359)

I don't see why not. I think I'm going to start taking that SQ JFK-FRA flight when I need to go to Europe until the 744 is retired.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12175377)

It's a great flight. Times are superb as you can actually manage some sleep because it leaves so late and it avoids a full day of meetings when you land (half days are manageable).

Flight home leaves FRA pretty early (830am?) but you get into JFK at around 1120, and the immigration ques are empty. You have a nice afternoon in NYC and after a quick one hour nap your body is good to go. :-:

Once CO transitions fully to Star they're going to lose me on this route.

Not only is the timing good, but for those of us who fly paid C/J, SQ fares to places like FRA (and NRT for that mattern) are relatively low. If you have to connect to somewhere else at FRA, it's especially convenient, as you arrive in the late afternoon and can skip meetings altogether.

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Originally Posted by belynch (Post 12175406)

So senseless. Tragic. And sad..

I find the Taconic awful to begin with, let alone with drunk and stoned :rolleyes: driving the wrong way. Very sad.

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Originally Posted by Flyer_70 (Post 12176212)

Can you send that deck to my team in Asia? Because they are still not getting it.. :rolleyes: 4.5 sigma "is not possible".

Hell, I'd be happy with 4.5 sigma. 6 sigma is hard for dairy processes when you've got tight spec ranges, because cows don't always make the same milk.

I'm not doing full 6S training - just teaching a few tools to a plant that's looking to get some variation under control.

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Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12176253)

I feel bad for the Canadians. There is a huge banner in the outfield of the SkyDome advertising that Bud Light with Lime is now available in Canada.

InBev strikes again. Perhaps it is a strategy to increase Labatt's sales by offering awful alternatives.

On the other hand, Hoegaarden is much more available in the US than it used to be... I've also seen cases of Leffe at my local beer distributor, though I don't think that's InBev's doing.

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 12176207)

If your snowmobile is worth more than your car, you may be an upstate NY hillbilly.

I just did a cash for clunkers deal on a 2010 Polaris IQ TRBO Dragon. Sa-weeeeeet. I'll cut my winter commute time in half.;):p

If we have any snow.

If I knew how to drive one.

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12176257)

I thought I posted about this a few months ago. Something to the effect of "I just drank a Miller 64, now I have to find a beer".

It was so @:-) that if affected everyone that read about it and forgot the post. :-:

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Originally Posted by bdjohns1 (Post 12176262)

Hell, I'd be happy with 4.5 sigma. 6 sigma is hard for dairy processes when you've got tight spec ranges, because cows don't always make the same milk.

And frankly, the cows don't care.:D No performance bonuses.

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Originally Posted by AMF in NJ (Post 12176289)

It was so @:-) that if affected everyone that read about it and forgot the post. :-:

I wish I could forget trying Miller 64.