:D funny how the piles and piles of code can culminate to happy endings everywhere.

Hey! Wait a minute...isn't that Psycho Betty? :eek:

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Sounds like a good plan to me. I have noticed alot of houston/woodlands pelicanites lately. Even better I have noticed alot of oil pumpers on the road lately. It would be cool to have some sort of drinking event thinly vieled as a car thing.

I'll PM you my info in a bit.

Todd, I agree with you almost 100%. The replies definitely turned this thread towards a positive. I don't think I've ever started a thread that disparaged anyone on any PP forum. I know I've apologized for a few outbursts however.

Gearya,

I have a BS and and MBA, plus several professional licenses and certifications, how about you? I can prove mine to an independent person on the board, who can attest to them, how about you? ;)

I suppose we proved the OP's point...we arrogantly dismissed his claims and went about having out own brand of fun.


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My old HP. I resisted for several semesters (of course I was poor and saving money for an HP meant I couldn't drink on weekeknds) thinking I can beat them dudes with their fancy graphincal calculators with a simple TI and my smarts...

What I fool I was...so I realized after I bought the HP. Having the right tool make s abig difference. I use to store phone numbers in this thing...the days before a PDA. :)

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Unfortunately at times I have to alter or reject the information provided by engineers. Nope... not a PE but rather 30 yrs in construction and 10 of that as inspector/plans examiner and what's called a Master Code Professional.
The same that there are egotistical codes guys the same goes with engineers. I've made a call more than a few times posed as "educate me here on what you are doing".... and gotten really great information when handled correctly. A few of those responses were so far over my head structurally I'm sure a "duhhh" came through the phone.
In the end if a project has their stamp on it it's their license not mine on the line.

Q: What do engineers use for birth control?

A: Their personalities.

Just when you thought you've made something idiot proof, nature goes and makes a better idiot.

I agree.

Ha! I have dual monitors in my cube! :D

Sook,

The s h I t e we give engineers at the office.... Thinking they are going to tell me where the oil is... The nerve of some people!

"A good contractor can fix almost anything a good engineer ****ed up" my now deceased ex-father in law used that quote many times.....He was a road builder....an old school road builder......

Seven pages and there isn't an engineer here that can tell me what they do. Didn't read one post, just sayin'.

A real thing of beauty is when the engineers and the tradesmen are a team. NOTHING is impossible! A great brain without a great set of hands is a waste of both.

Design the chemical and mechanical process to treat water, wastewater and storm water. How to bridge a gap using the least steel. Design the road cross section for specified life. Determine the proper mix design so the concrete bridge doesn't fall down. Understand where to notch the beam (clue, it is not in the middle and engineer's know why). Determine the proper number of pool cycle times to assure 99% bacterial treatment (or more commonly known as you don't need to run your damn pool pump for 8 hours). And that is the simple ****.

Nope... Strike 1

Really?...OK.. tell me what we do?

It's really quite simple...
Strike 2

Bob Slydell: You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Bob Slydell: Great.
Peter Gibbons: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.