Good to see 'Always Bleating' has his sense of humour fully intact (but obviously disconnected at present) and the 'smilie' blinkers fully down. Anyway, as you decided to go all serious here's a little trade group history lesson for you.
ALM's were originally drawn from the Supply trade, as were Movers at a later date. The primary reason for the split into separate trades wasn't down to the 'massive complexities' of your trade or due to main steam Supply wanting fully rid of the less intellectually developed Movers (counting blankets can prove too difficult for some folk), it was down to manning problems.
ALM and Mover qualified Suppliers were drawn from a stations main supply, so when the a/c went away on jollies overseas the Supply Sqn had to run short of personnel. As the requirements of the job increased and also time spent overseas a serious over-stretch was noticed so the creation of separate trades was put forward by the airships.
So here we are today, with muppets, stackers and loadies (the latter trade having at least one member with no discernible sense of humour). Hence the quip "don't forget you were all stackers once upon a time" has a historic grounding. I'm not trying to suggest one of the mighty such as you 'ABIW' came from such humble roots as Tech Stores. Obviously you are far superior to us hoarders, although lacking in the sense of humour us lowly folk need to cope in such a humble and unloved position.
Last edited by The Helpful Stacker; 13th Nov 2005 at 17:11.