"Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from becoming a three day ordeal” is a saying that has been printed on many images. This plaque (listed on Etsy) either coined or popularized the saying.
“EVERY TWENTY MINUTE JOB IS ONE BROKEN BOLT AWAY FROM BECOMING A THREE DAY ORDEAL” was posted on Twitter by Scott Ferguson on March 21, 2018. “Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from being a three day ordeal” was posted on Twitter by Ben Alden on March 22, 2018.
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Scott Ferguson
@ghostt_scott
EVERY TWENTY
MINUTE JOB IS ONE
BROKEN BOLT AWAY
FROM BECOMING A
THREE DAY ORDEAL
8:42 AM · Mar 21, 2018 from Kentucky, USA·Twitter for Android
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Ben Alden
@benjiridah88
Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from being a three day ordeal
1:20 AM · Mar 22, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
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MCP Consulting
@ConsultingMCP
#quoteoftheday
Every twenty-minute job is one broken bolt away from becoming a three-day ordeal!
#quote #insight #Maintenance #ManufacturingHappiness #quotesoftheday
5:26 PM · Mar 28, 2018·Twitter Web Client
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AutoWise
May 25, 2018 at 6:00 PM ·
Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from becoming a three day ordeal.
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
EVERY TWENTY
MINUTE JOB IS ONE
BROKEN BOLT AWAY
FROM BECOMING A
THREE DAY ORDEAL
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John Z. Hossler
@ProfHossler
“Every twenty-minute job is one broken bolt away from becoming a three-day ordeal.” -Unknown #QOTD
9:39 AM · Nov 13, 2018·Twitter Web Client
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Adam8sixty
@Adam8sixty
Fact: Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from a three day ordeal.
11:59 AM · Jan 8, 2021·Twitter for Android
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Kaleb
@Lurkerlife
Every twenty minute job is one broken bolt away from becoming a three day ordeal
4:54 PM · Jul 3, 2021 from Indiana, USA·Twitter for iPhone
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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