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2005-03-17 Europe

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Posted by Tom 2005-03-17 9:15:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The EU is gonna lawsuit its client members out of the Union if they keep this crap up.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-03-17 10:22:24 AM|| 2005-03-17 10:22:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 He cited a draft EU law regulating the size of coffee and chicory packs as the ultimate idiocy and questioned whether the EU really needed "58 directives on tractors..."

Sounds like the way the U.S. military used to do their procurement. Pages of specs were devoted to gum and t-shirts. Don't know what the deal is now whether it's changed or not.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-17 10:31:23 AM|| 2005-03-17 10:31:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the few good things the Clinton's ever did for the military was the Perry Iniative, which in 1994 "eliminated" military specifications. Like most things, it is taking a while to be implemented, but if you want to find mil specs for chewing gum, etc. you'll have to look on the internet because the government doesn't have them any more.

Posted by RWV 2005-03-17 11:56:01 AM|| 2005-03-17 11:56:01 AM|| Front Page Top

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-17 2:12:44 PM|| 2005-03-17 2:12:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Regulating the size of coffee and chicory packs" isn't the ultimate idiocy; at least they're man-made, so it's possible to meet the regulations consistently. Difficult and costly, perhaps, but possible.

Regulating the curvature of a banana is the ultimate idiocy.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-17 7:46:33 PM|| 2005-03-17 7:46:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Lol, Barbara!

Posted by .com 2005-03-17 7:50:55 PM|| 2005-03-17 7:50:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Regulating the curvature of a banana is the ultimate idiocy

or a quest for Levitra!

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-17 7:52:54 PM|| 2005-03-17 7:52:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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