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   Hi, Paul Quinn! ->Ardith Hinton   
   I read your message from 08.12.2019 12:22   
      
    PQ> That was all so long ago. In the early 80s typists were being   
    PQ> phased out as fodder to provide 'balance' in pay increases deals   
    PQ> won by unions. Supervisors and clerical staff were expected to   
    PQ> produce their own formal output via automation (early computers),   
    PQ> while skilled staff were converted or 'let go'. Later, the clerks   
    PQ> became the fodder. I got on my own terms.   
      
   Why "fodder"? Is it food for cattle?   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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