Date:         Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:06:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '88 GL Muffler Change - a big PITB!!!
Comments: To: Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com>
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Hey, that's Felder Industry's patented intellectual property Time
Estimation Configurator !!!

: )

Jim


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/13/2013 1:32 AM, JRodgers wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> This job should have taken only an hour - maybe hour and a half.
> But with the fits and starts - it's gotten spread over four days.
>
> No way that should be done in an hour.  I have a very smart cousin whose
> formula for calculating household or automotive jobs is:
> Take your best estimate, double it, then raise to the next increment of
> measurement.  So your 1 - 1 1/2 hours becomes 2 - 3 days.  OK, you're
> still over that, but the procurement issues weren't figured in.
>
> You did fine.
> gp
>