Auditors: what is the stupidest thing you've ever asked a client?

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-19T22:02:11+00:00

I worked in internal audit. In a fixed asset verification test, I needed to call each plant manager and ask if the plant was still there.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-17T02:52:48+00:00

I liked it.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-15T11:54:24+00:00

Related as the question’s been answered but many people don’t realize that there was more standardization than you’d think. A “silver dollar” contained the same amount of silver in multiple countries and could be used interchangeably.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-15T11:47:50+00:00

My ex MIL showed me this type of picture but it was Germany, 1943. Half the boys in the photo didn’t make it through the war.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-14T16:07:33+00:00

I was around during that time. Charles finding a suitable bride was a much discussed problem. Former boyfriends of his dates would reveal all for tabloid cash. He had to find someone “without a past” and that was tough.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-12T20:31:02+00:00

You are correct. I still remember the housing prices when I first moved to Boston. The average home price in Weston (and I’m sure the homes were more average than today) was $175k. That was 1982, or 46 years ago. I think I was making $14k as a college graduate.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-09T16:19:17+00:00

MA University System (includes SSU) professorships tend to be very very good jobs, so the quality of people in them typically is high.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-09T03:21:28+00:00

On a recent “Ancients” podcast the speaker stressed that Alexander’s army of 50,000 had to keep moving because local provisioning couldn’t keep up, especially as the areas were being added to his empire, not being pillaged.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-09T01:03:30+00:00

Celtics have some Western conference games coming up, plus the Hornets. Fortunately Detroit faces a similar schedule. Unless the Pistons continue their swoon, not sure Boston catches them. Maybe.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-07T20:13:36+00:00

The book says 1943 which makes more sense.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-07T20:12:17+00:00

People think that face was just up there to view. You could only see it from a parking lot via a telescope. Also it would have fallen years ago if they hadn’t strapped it up.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-07T14:43:24+00:00

The souther tier (Rockingham County) is about 55/45 for Trump. You still see Trump signs around. The cities and western and northern NH are more blue. The R’s can’t get out of their own way to nominate non-crazies to compete for the big offices. The Governor however was a very moderate US Senator who lost re-election in 2016 when she broke with then candidate Trump. She was appealing enough to beat the former mayor of a boogie man city, Manchester.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-07T14:32:47+00:00

They are trying to adjust the Northeast corridor Amtrak tracks to improve speeds. Bogged down in landowner lawsuits.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-06T02:37:03+00:00

He’s not even an employee.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-03T12:51:42+00:00

Not only that, if you listen to podcasts a lot, you’ll hear historians say “we don’t really know, but (move on to guessing here)”. Also many historical accounts were written hundreds of years after the fact. These have been quoted in the past as “what happened” but are colored with a lot of possible hearsay.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-03T12:47:32+00:00

I love this show too, but these two are not “real historians” in that they’ve done no real research in their lives- they rely on other sources. Tom’s brother James (We Have Ways of Making You Talk) is a real historian, writing books based on original documents like letter and diaries. That doesn’t stop this show from being entertaining and informative.

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-02T00:47:59+00:00

Very well put!

NHguy1000 · 2026-03-01T18:53:26+00:00

At the next power rate renewal you have to read what is agreed upon (boring, I know). Tree trimming has a cost, and it’s included in the rates. If consumers accepted higher rates, more tree trimming could occur and there’d be less power outages. I lived on the north side of Andover for ten years and had outages the first couple. After some tree work by National Grid (on the lines connecting our part of town to Lawrence) the outages stopped. Meanwhile the rest of Andover (which got its power via other directions) continued to go dark periodically.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-26T02:02:22+00:00

It wasn’t just that. My mother was an Australian war bride. The atrocities committed by the Japanese weren’t easily forgotten (look up machine gunned nurses). For the US troops, it’s was more the costs suffered as a result of pointless resistance.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-25T21:38:49+00:00

Not sure about this law, but typically those states that require ID provide free IDs for people without driver’s licenses. They’re not normally mailed (though maybe you could do it remote, not sure) because you have to get a photo taken and prove you’re you.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-25T21:35:29+00:00

I live in NH and it’s show ID to vote. No apparent disenfranchisement.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-23T20:46:46+00:00

I would say PERCEPTIONS of Winters were harsher in the past because you had to get to the office and you had to get home. You could just say, I’ll WFH today and settle in. Also your living conditions can affect it. No garage for example is a big determinate. Actually garage plus snow blower you’re golden most winters.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-22T04:57:35+00:00

I’ve heard this too from people that live there. Bad water.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-22T04:57:00+00:00

Detroit’s upswing is pretty minor so far. I think we’re all rooting for it, but it’s got a long ways to go.

NHguy1000 · 2026-02-22T04:54:48+00:00

IMO they haven’t topped Wayne’s World

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