But maybe it's just my bad english that make me misunderstood the real meaning of the answer.
Not the language. The culture. More likely it was being resident in a nation (Denmark) that prides itself on its agnosticism.
May seem far-fetched, but I am being serious.
Milacron asked "the world at large" for cost guidance because the very day he needed a price happened to be "Good Friday".
US or Continental Europe (he's dealt with Franz Singer for long years..), most businesses are CLOSED for said holiday, whether the players are religious or not.
Erik - closer to the market Franz serves the MOST,
knew there would be an advert running, Franz in the office, on hols or "wherever".
And numbers were found.
You got a PROBLEM with that functional model? You've simply overlooked the astonishing breadth of PM's vast resource set.
He could as easily have posed a query about stem cells, dental implants, eye operations, preservation of Diesel fuel, or astral navigation.
And found the expertise to respond rapidly just as easily.
"Right here on PM."
Might as well call it "Practical Polymath, haven for the Rennaisance Man" for how wide and deeply PM can dig.
EVERYONE HERE - even HS dropouts - has a high level of expertise at SOMETHING. Most at several things.
Our founder and mentor high on that list in his own right, BTW.
How about yerself? What bring ye to this "stone soup party"?
The "Troll-from-Denmark" job slot is already filled by an experienced professional in that very speciality. No turn un-stoned as it were.
No need to remain a mere passenger.