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> There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing
> all things
> mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30
> years, he happily
> retired. Several years later the company contacted him
> regarding a seemingly
> impossible problem they were having with one of their
> multimillion dollar
> machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to
> get the machine to
> work but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the
> retired engineer who
> had solved so many of their problems in the past.
>
> The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day
> studying the huge
> machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "x" in
> chalk on a
> particular component of the machine and stated, "This is
> where your problem
> is."
>
> The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly
> again. The company
> received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his
> service. They demanded
> an itemized accounting of his charges.
>
> The engineer responded briefly: One chalk mark $1.
> Knowing where to put it $49,999.
>
> It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in peace.
>