Tomorrow is today's greatest labor-saving device.

Normal activity in any technical committee is focused on tasks relevant to the committee charter and goals. However, committee members are human, and at breaks discussions drift off into the 'wild blue yonder'.

About two years ago, the TC1 committee was settling down after a break and the discussion came back to the subject of how easy it is to postpone tasks until 'later'. At that point, one of our members quoted the old saying: 'Tomorrow is today's greatest labor saving device.'

Some of the younger members on the committee had never heard that inverted version of 'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today' and asked to have it repeated. Dick Ford (the Society's Photographer) suggested there was enough truth and humor in sayings like it to warrant their capture and publication for the edification and enjoyment of our members. We talked briefly about including it as a regular 'filler' in the Newsletter.

As usual with busy committees, other business took front stage and the idea languished until it re-surfaced at our next committee meeting in Montreal. Our chairman, Dan Hoolihan, proposed that we go forward on the idea, but with the addition of a cartoon to illustrate the saying.

After the meeting, we tracked down Tom Braxton of our Chicago EMC Chapter who is known to 'doodle' a cartoon now and then, and asked him if he would volunteer his talent to the project. The result is the cartoon and saying you see today.

We felt it would be an interesting addition to the Society's newsletter. We are very pleased with how it turned out. We hope you like it.

EMC