I am now old. My oldest grandson just got his learners licence today. When he was asked if he had any disabilities that would affect his driving a car, he said no. The lady looked at his wheelchair and said you are in a wheelchair. He said yes but with hand controls that will not affect his ability to drive. Another lesson taught to me by him.
Moving on to more modern songs....In 1972 I was an engineering student working for the summer at a mine in N Ontario. To make a little extra cash I took a part time job in a bar, where I first heard this song by a well known singer. It was quite popular that summer so I heard it many times, and it forms my impression of that era.
My bills always have detailed notes, I get what you're saying about billing hours and such.
I agree, shops shouldn't be charging for a tool purchase. Our policy at the restoration shop was that, if the tool could only be used on that particular vehicle (30s Lincoln wheel wrench for example) then that tool was billed to the customer and left in the vehicle for future use. If the tool would be used for other things then it's a shop purchase and gets amortised over many jobs (that's why there's a "shop supplies" charge).
Clients get their phone time put on their bill, I keep a whiteboard on my shop and each job gets a section of the board. I clock in and out on the job as needed. We had a customer who would call and chat about his project whenever he was feeling bored. Those calls stopped when there was a line on his bill "phone time, 1 hour" because it took someone away from another customer's job.
I'm just about done tooling up the shop. I brought home a distributor synchrograph yesterday, put a deposit on a lathe and my Bridgeport comes home next month.
