>>>I agree with you 100% George, however, the Government will do anything that is written down in a policy, SOP, or regulation whether it makes sense or not....
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>>Oh, right. You were employed by the gummit.:-) I'd forgotten. Leave to them to do something that stupid.
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>Believe me, George, it's not just the gummint.
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Alan,

Yeah, I know, but they're the hardest to reason with because of the levels of bureaucracy you have to deal with: "Well, Mr. Tasker, if you fill form J2348 and indicate your reasons in section 20, sub-section X, we'll try to consider them sometime within this decade.":-)