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Old 11th August 2020, 03:56 PM   #2242
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Originally Posted by wollery View Post
Note the interesting phrasing;

I worked there. We had good equipment.

Two separate sentences. No statement that he has actually used them, or even that he knows how to use them, just an indignant, "Why do you snidely infer I am incapable of using one?".
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Originally Posted by PartSkeptic View Post
I worked in the radio and research department at Joburg City Power when I was a student.
So (the rule of) PS really only did some work experience as part of the courses he never attended.
Students doing work experience generally got stuck with filing or photocopying back in the day.

Perhaps Joburg City Power had really good photocopying equipment?
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