And sometimes TV, Private Microwave, Wireless Internet, or whatever pays the bills
Excerpt of a memo from a few years ago, during the great recession:
(Redacted) has implemented a consumables reduction program. All consumables; copy paper, toner, note pads, pens, pencils, paper towels, garbage bags, paper plates, plastic flatware, toilet paper, and so forth must be reduced by 25%. (Redacted) is spending far to much on such material which is impacting our financial performance.
The Management
My contribution to the effort:
I wouldn’t want the CEO to miss his bonus this year…
If this is true; Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Ramones were Financed by the USSR, then it was their best move ever. According to the article:
The USSR government at the time spent “hundreds of millions of rubles” on this covert operation destined to create utter chaos… We even infiltrated mainstream radios to promote their music and reach millions of people everyday…
As far as I am concerned; The Sex Pistols, meh. However, The Clash was pretty good and when I was living in California in the mid 1980’s, The Ramones were hugely popular with the surfer crowd and pretty much everyone else.
So, without further adieu and with special thanks to Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (КГБ):
There you have it; an English punk rock band, financed by a Soviet security apparatus signing (sort of) about an American car. Next thing you’ll tell me is that Billy Joel is a CIA front.
Back when radio stations still had DJ’s, one would occasionally get the frantic “We off the air” call:
Nowadays, the unemotional monotone computer generated remote control voice says something like “Alarm, status channel 16, WXYZ silence…” or better still, the answering service.
In some ways, I miss the old days…
I could tell you a joke about UDP,
But you might not get it.