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EYESORE 9001

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Reply to MichMan (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2024, 02:46 PM

Dec 2024

I dub thee MichelinMan

This exemplifies the sort of thing that kept me awake at night for years: engineering a product six ways from Sunday, only to discover a fundamental mistake - in this instance, tread depth. Could be the fault of bean counters, perhaps, who thought they could squeeze a little juice at the margins - ethics and mechanical integrity be damned.

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