Mike:
Good Point!
Actually the seasoned electricians/techs are worth their weight in spare modules. Provided they are good. Various times over the years I would get stuck with a guy or two out of the maintenance pool, who typically went from coffee machine to coffee machine to make sure that they were working okay.
I have had some that were dynamite, too! Gave some of them keys to my desk, access to my secret stash of modules, processors, and other toys. One day, one said they really needed an analog vom. No probem, sent out the purchase req for the best Simpson I could find. I had a key to their sercret stash locker, and that is were I kept it, some they would have regular access. The day I determined I was going to be cut, I told them to hang onto the meter, there were only three of us that knew it existed. They were sharp and went the extra mile, and helped me out a lot. Wish I could have took them with me.
Then there are the new electricians/techs, that if anything was older then the text book, it should be replaced, not even touched. And just hope you are not around when they get their first jolt of 120vac. I love being told "I don't work on old stuff". Typical response, boy are you in the wrong place.
Enough rambling for now.....casey