Golfing in India

I meet Harvey in the lobby at 8am for an Indian golf adventure. Our guide for this event was Rahul, Ramesh son who had moved back to India from the US to work for GE Medical. The course is located off of the race track in Mysore and some of the holes go across the track. The cost of golf was very reasonable, with a caddy it was about $12. Purchase price parity did not happen until we had to buy golf balls. Three top flight 3000 balls cost $9, which in the US, for another $3, I could have purchased a dozen balls. My caddie had a 12 handy cap and did a great job helping me read the greens and directing me around the course. It was not my best round but golfing in January was treat.

We rushed from the course and headed to the hotel to catch the buss for AT&S, a circuit board factory.

AT&S is a high tech, circuit board factory or (PCB), the factory was very loud and I could not hear the person giving us the tour, however I observed them making boards of all sizes, from cell phones to computer servers. Depending on the customer the boards even included precious metals such as gold. One of the most interesting facts that impressed me was their quality control area. To determine if the PCB had the appropriate holes punched into it they had a template that was held over light with the PCB and reviewed. That was incredible, for someone to sit and review this all day long and be 99.9% accurate. With inexpensive labor, there is no need to automate this process.