>
>
>> lthough I have seen managers become
>> a little unnerved by maintenance staff who can refer to the standards,
>> briefs and reports.
>
>
> I'm proud of my son Peter, who is working for a big tough real estate
> firm this summer inventorying hazardous conditions in their 40+
> million square feet in NYC (the liability exposure of hiring a 19 yo
> to do this is interesting).
>
> What I'm proud of is
>
> a) he used the word "ubiquitous" in a report (the first time I suspect
> that word has ever been used in one of their documents
>
> b) he invented a term for the damage on a wall left by ripping out a
> beautiful old fixture and replacing it with some cheap crap:  "fixture
> wound".  I thought that was a cool coinage.  How do others refer to it?
>
> Christopher "Preservation-L" Gray

Good, very good for fathers to be proud of daughters & sons. Aha... so
where is the alluring older sheila? Been wondering what Peter was up to.
Has he been writing, or only coining? Peter should be exeriencing and
then writing. I've never had to consider fixture wound... I'll file it
somewhere nearby with the House of Fifteen Bathrooms. Is there a
copyright, patent, trademark and legal action pending re: use of the
term "fixture wound" in common parlance? What has Safire said? Liability
exposure for the tough RE firm is like Kelvin.

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