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72 SMT007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2023 Editor's note: Indium Corporation's Ron Lasky continues this series of columns about Maggie Benson, a fictional character, to demonstrate continuous improvement and education in SMT assembly. Professor Patty was a little early for her flight home from SMTAI, so she sat in the waiting area by her gate. She was glad the Hal Lindsey episode was over. It should not have bothered her that he called her "Professor Fatty," con- sidering the source. But it did bother her, and she was even more embarrassed that when she had told her husband Rob about the incident, It's Just One of Those Days she burst into tears. at was the first time since she had met Rob that she got teary eyed around him. She asked him not to tell any- one about what Hal said or that she had cried about it. Anyway, since then she had lost nine pounds… only eight more to go. SMTAI was a great show, and she learned a lot listening to the technical papers. She also was able to congratulate Hongwen Zhang on receiving his well-deserved Member of Tech- nical Distinction Award. Her laptop's battery was quite low, and she was relieved to find a plug under the seat. But when she plugged it in, it fell out of the recep- Maggie Benson's Journey by Dr. Ronald C. Lasky, INDIUM CORPORATION