A brief history of communication (and the important role PM has played).COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE AGES HAS BEEN A TWO-STEP PROCESS. FIRST, GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PERSON YOU WISH TO COMMUNICATE WITH. SECOND DELIVER THE MESSAGE CLEARLY. BOTH OF THESE STEPS REQUIRE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. TO ENSURE THEY ARE ACHIEVED. TODAY, WE WILL EXAMINE THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE VITAL ROLE THAT PM PLAYED IN THE PROCESS. UGH. UGH? OWW OWW Occupational Wages around the World (database) OWW Oops, Wrong Window (internet chat) OWW Organic Waste Wash ! HERE WE HAVE A CASE WHERE ATTENTION WAS GOTTEN, BUT THE MESSAGE WAS NOT CLEARLY DELIVERED BECAUSE PM WAS NOT DONE. NOW LET'S SEE Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each THAT SAME SCENE AGAIN, BUT WITH STONE TABLET PM. It's SPRING IN THE HILLS OF THE SOUTHWEST ... ... AND A YOUNG BRAVE'S FANCY HAS TURNED TO ROMANCE. HE US ATTEMPTING TO TELL SUE ON A DISTANT HILL "I LOVE YOU." HE HAS HER ATTENTION, BUT WILL A LACK OF BLANKET PM LET HIM DOWN? GOOD PM CAN PATCH A BROKEN ROMANCE, TOO. RUN UP THE "WE ARE FRIENDS" SIGNAL FLAG, BOS'N... ... AND LET 'EM KNOW WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY! AYE, SIR! IT LOOKS LIKE A LACK OF FLAG PM MAY HAVE GARBLED THIS MESSAGE. LET'S SEE IF THAT'S THE CASE A LACK OF PM WILL LEAVE YOU UP TO YOUR NECK IN HOT (OR COLD) WATER! IN THE AGE OF IRON SHIPS, FOG IS THE MENACE THIS FOG IS THICKER THAN PEA SOUP. WHERE IS THAT DURN durn Chiefly Southern & South Midland U.S. interj., adv., adj. & v. Variant of darn2. See Regional Note at damned. LIGHTHOUSE LIGHT? AT THE LIGHTHOUSE ... ... THE KEEPER IS HAVING PROBLEMS. I SHOULD'VE REPLACED THESE BURNED-OUT BULBS BEFORE YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT WITHOUT PM ON COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. PULL UP! STAY DOWN! PULL UP! PULL UP! STAY DOWN! STAY DOWN! P- PULL PM! MAYBE IF I'D PULLED PM ... ... I WOULDA NOTICED MY BROKEN MICROPHONE CABLE WHEN PM TAKES FLIGHT YOU DON'T! EVER SINCE CELLPHONES BECAME POPULAR, IT'S BECOME SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CALL THAT WE'VE CUT OUR CONTEST TIME DOWN TO ONE MINUTE! WHO'S TODAY'S LUCKY LISTENER? IT'S JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape DOE OF BOGOTA, NEW JERSEY Bogota is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,249. Bogota was formed on November 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon, based on the THAT'S ME!! OKAY, JIM ... GOTCHER CELLPHONE (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. ? YOU HAVE SIXTY SECONDS TO CALL US AND WIN $10,000! STARTING ... ... NOW!! HOLY MACKERAL! I BETTER PULL OFF THE ROAD! HELLO! IT'S ME! JIM DOE! HELLO?? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PHONE? NOOOO! THE LEAST A LACK OF PM WILL COST IS MONEY. THE MOST? WELL ... YOU FILL IN THE BLANK. THE LAST CHAPTERS OF THIS COMMUNICATIONS STORY HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN. THEY ARE BEING LIVED OUT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, BY YOU, THE FRONT-LINE SOLDIER, EVERY DAY. ONE THING WE ALL CAN BE CERTAIN OF: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IS NOT AN OPTION. PM MUST BE DONE AND DONE WELL IN ORDER TO ENSURE SURVIVAL ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT, UNLIKE THESE LAST EIGHT PAGES, A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE IS NO LAUGHING MATTER No Laughing Matter is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It was the 74th episode produced for the series, although it is listed as the 71st episode on the Garfield and Friends DVD. It originally aired on October 21, 1989. . |
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