Fry recalled how his mother had back in the 80s asked him to help her operate a fax machine, and that she had found the contraption a remarkable feat of human achievement.
For if a new wrapping machine did not operate as efficiently as anticipated, or if a slogan failed to capture the imagination of shoppers, there would be no escape from shuttered houses and despair in the suburbs of nearby Verviers.
The labor- and money-saving efficiency of a private jet makes the decision to own and operate one similar to deciding to buy a new CNC machine or an integrated computer system.
Meanwhile, he grabbed an old thread-rolling machine out of a nearby factory and wired it to operate very slowly to let him observe exactly what was happening.