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I love Ken Rockwell - helped me decide on which camera to buy. And I love this article - "When I had a job, a day of vacation was like finding a pot of gold. Today, a day off costs me a day's pay. Always."

One odd bit: "42? What's with 42? Simple: at this contractor, we billed time in tenths of hours. 42 minutes is 0.7 hours." What?

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The union wanted to move up go-home time, and compromised on lunch time alotted. So instead of working 8-12 then 1-5 with a 1-hour lunch, the schedule changed to 8-12 then 12:42-4:42.

That doesn't explain why :42 instead of :40 or :45. Hence the mention of 10ths of hours. That makes the choices :36, :42, :48, etc., and I guess ya gotta pick one.

(That's my best guess, anyway.)

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