"SPS 305.35(5) c indicates FIVE "5" years existing words do not specifically indicate bend test specimens but I feel they may be important."
Hmmm.. Sounds like that verse should make it to the cat herding procedure, or at the very least, a revision of the goat roping procedure.
5.0 Records
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5.2 All bend test shall be kept for five years unless any of the following conditions are met.
5.2.1 The bosses son's bends cracked in half. Discard immediately.
5.2.2 It is the opinion of the TPI that all bends shall be kept until the end of time. If such opinion is expressed, discard immediately.
5.2.3 If the bend test can be used by Al Moore as an example of what not to do, discard immediately.
5.2.4 If your snot has more consistency than the bend test, discard immediately.
5.2.5 If welder was tested post project and the bends resemble the surface of the moon, discard immediately.
5.2.6 When bending, the piece snaps and plants a chunk of it in the A.I.'s forehead, immediately melt down the evidence via oxyacetylene torch before the cops get there.
5.2.7 If for any reason, justification, flight of fancy, the bend may find itself the focus of litigation, stamp it with your competitors format for welder identification, mail it to the janitor of your nearest competitors shop with a 100 dollar gift card and a note that it is a reward for a good job. Send letter to lawyers that it was a competitors welder that made the weld.