One for all you Engineer types:)

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> Comprehending Engineers - Take One:
> Two engineering students were walking
> across campus when one said,
> "Where did you get such a great bike?"
> The second engineer replied, "Well, I was
> walking along yesterday minding
> my own business when a beautiful woman
> rode up on this bike. She threw the
> bike to the ground, took off all her
> clothes and said, "Take what you want."
> "The second engineer nodded approvingly,
> "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have
> fit anyway ."
> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Two:
> To the optimist, the glass is half full.
> To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
> To the engineer, the glass is twice as big
> as it needs to be.
> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Three:
> A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were
> waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of
> golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with these
> guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!"
> The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but
> I've never seen such ineptitude!"
> The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the
> greens keeper. Let's have a word with him."
> [dramatic pause]
> "Hi George. Say, what's with that group
> ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"
> The greens keeper replied, "Oh, yes,
> that's a group of blind fire-fighters. They lost
> their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last
> year, so we always let them play for free
> anytime."
> The group was silent for a moment.
> The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I
> will say a special prayer for them tonight."
> The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to
> contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's
> anything he can do for them."
> The engineer said, "Why can't these guys
> play at night?"
> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Four:
> There was an engineer who had an
> exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical.
> After serving his company loyally for over 30
> years, he happily retired. Several years later the
> company contacted him regarding a seemingly
> impossible problem they were having with one of
> their multimillion dollar machines. They had tried
> everything and everyone else to get the machine to
> work but to no avail. In desperation, they called
> on the retired engineer who had solved so many
> of their problems in the past.
> The engineer reluctantly took the
> challenge. He spent a day studying the huge
> machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small
> "x" in chalk on a particular component of the
> machine and stated, "This is where your problem is".
>
> The part was replaced and the machine
> worked perfectly again.
> The company received a bill for $50,000
> from the engineer for his service. They demanded an
> itemized accounting of his charges.
> The engineer responded briefly: One chalk
> mark $1. Knowing where to put it $49,999.
> It was paid in full and the engineer
> retired again in peace.
> ________________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Five:
> What is the difference between Mechanical
> Engineers and Civil Engineers?
> Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil
> Engineers build targets.
____________________________________

Comprehending Engineers-Take Six
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Seven:
> "Normal people ... believe that if it
> ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that
> if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features
> yet." -
> Scott Adams,
> The Dilbert Principle
> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Eight:
> An architect, an artist and an engineer
> were discussing whether it was better to spend time
> with the wife or a mistress.
> The architect said he enjoyed time with
> his wife, building a solid foundation for an
> enduring relationship.
> The artist said he enjoyed time with his
> mistress, because of the passion and mystery he
> found there.
> The engineer said, "I like both."
> "Both?"
> Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a
> mistress, they will each assume you are spending
> time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab
> and get some work done."
> ______________________________________
> Comprehending Engineers - Take Nine:
> An engineer was crossing a road one day
> when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss
> me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess".
> He bent over, picked up the frog and put
> it in his pocket.
> The frog spoke up again and said, "If you
> kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess,
> I will stay with you for one week."
> The engineer took the frog out of his
> pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.
> The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me
> and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you
> and do ANYTHING you want."
> Again the engineer took the frog out,
> smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
> Finally, the frog asked, "What is the
> matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess,
> that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything
> you want. Why won't you kiss me?"
> The engineer said, "Look I'm an engineer.
> I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking
> frog, now that's cool."


Jeff
 
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Must of been edited out before I got it. I don't write 'em...I just forward 'em./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Jeff
 
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Jeff396 here is the missing part..

Comprehending Engineers-Take Six
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"
The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

But my all time best reply to the half full/half empty in step two is:

Take 2.50: To the engineer, the capacity of the container has been over designed by a factor of approximately 1.905 assuming a 5% volume for the sloshing volumn safety factor.
 
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I love it! It has been amended./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Jeff
 
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Jeff,

Thank you for the great post.... I know a lot of engineers and they WILL be getting these for their reading pleasure. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Terry
 
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Too true Jeff /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
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Jeff,

To funny and so true/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Phred
 
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Keyword or Phrase: Translation:

Major Breakthrough: It didn't blow up

The results of years of intense research: Discovered by accident

Project behind schedule due to unforeseen problem: Didn't feel like working on it

Customer satisfaction guaranteed: We are the only supplier

The design will be finalized in the next reporting period: We hope to get started on the project next week

The test results are extremely gratifying: We don't have a clue as to why it works

A fresh approach to the problem is being taken: We hired a new guy

The entire concept will have to be abandoned: The only guy who understood the whole thing just quit

Preliminary results are inconclusive: It blew up

Results are mixed: It blew up again

Manufacturer's data sheets are incorrect: No matter what I try, it always blows up

Layout errors require redesign to correct the problems: Someone spilled coffee on the photo plot

Under consideration: Looking for the files for it

Expect action to be taken immediately: Don't call me, I'll call you
 
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Re: One for all you Engineer types:), take II

YOU MIGHT BE AN ENGINEER
>>
>> If you introduce your wife as "mylady@home.wife"
>>
>> If your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner
>>
>> If you can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie
>>
>> If you want an 12X CDROM for your birthday
>>
>> If Dilbert is your hero
>>
>> If you can name 6 Star Trek episodes
>>
>> If the only jokes you receive are through e-mail
>>
>> If your wrist watch has more computing power than a 486DX-50
>>
>> If you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys
>>
>> If you use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car
>>
>> If you have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than
>> hanging coats and taping ducts
>>
>> If, at Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to
>> find the burnt-out bulb in the string
>>
>> If you window shop at Radio Shack
>>
>> If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest
>> sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies
>>
>> If you have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area
>>
>> If you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test
>> that actually takes five minutes to run
>>
>> If you are convinced you can build a phazer out of your garage door
>> opener and your camera's flash attachment
>>
>> If you don't even know where the cover to your personal computer is
>>
>> If you have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven
>>
>> If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush
>>
>> If you own "Official Star Trek" anything
>>
>> If you have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside
>>
>> If a team of you and your co-workers have set out to modify the
>> antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception
>>
>> If you are currently gathering the components to build your own
>> nuclear reactor
>>
>> If you own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts
>>
>> If you have never backed-up your hard drive
>>
>> If you are aware that computers are actually only good for playing
>> games, but are afraid to say it out loud
>>
>> If you truly believe aliens are living among us
>>
>> If you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance
>>
>> If you have ever purchased an electronic appliance "as-is"
>>
>> If you see a good design and still have to change it
>>
>> If the salespeople at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions
>>
>> If you still own a slide rule and you know how to work it
>>
>> If the thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters
>> your mind
>>
>> If you own a set of itty-bitty screw drivers, but you don't remember
>> where they are
>>
>> If you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile
>> tires
>>
>> If you have more toys than your kids
>>
>> If you need a checklist to turn on the TV
>>
>> If your I.Q. number is bigger than your weight
>>
>> If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush
>> up to the front to fix it
>>
>> If you can remember 7 computer passwords but not your anniversary
>>
>> If you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery channel
>> and have seen most of the shows already
>>
>> If you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what
>> RPN stands for
>>
>> If you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting
>>
>> If people groan at the party when you pick out the music
>>
>> If you can't remember where you parked your car for the 3rd time this
>> week
>>
>> If you did the sound system for your senior prom
>>
>> If your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone
>>
>> If you have more friends on the Internet than in real life
>>
>> If you thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission
>> controllers
>>
>> If you think that when people around you yawn, it's because they
>> didn't get enough sleep
>>
>> If you know what http:/ stands for
>>
>> If you've ever tried to repair a $5.00 radio
>>
>> If you have a neatly sorted collection of old bolts and nuts in your
>> garage
>>
>> If your three year old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to
>> explain atmospheric absorption theory
>>
>> If your lap-top computer costs more than your car
>>
>> If your 4 basic food groups are: 1. Caffeine 2. Fat 3. Sugar 4. Chocolate
 
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Re: One for all you Engineer types:), take II

Both of those are very good. I'm gonna send them back to the guy I got the one I posted from./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Jeff
 
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Re: One for all you Engineer types:), take II

Here are some more for the engineers....

Engineering Units for specific applications

365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling = 1 lite
year
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
2000 mockingbirds = Two kilomockingbirds (work on it....)
1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
1000 cubic centimeters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour =Knot-furlong
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
1000 aches = 1 kilohurtz
Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line. (think about it for a
moment)
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
1 million bicycles = 1 megacycle
52 cards = 1 decacard
1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C-ration
3 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital =
1 I.V. League

I responded to my engineering friend. Engineers have too much free time .... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Terry
 
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Re: One for all you Engineer types:), take II

Excellent Terry but if engineers have too much free time why aren't I getting more tractor time?!? Here's the mathematical formula:

(too much rain) + (TBN time) + (non-tractor jobs to do) = insufficient tractor time

I'm hoping to disprove this formula this weekend /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
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Re: One for all you Engineer types, take III

Hot Air Balloon

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help? I promised a friend I would meet him
an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.

"I am," replied the woman. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."

The woman below responded, "You must be in management."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

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Re: One for all you Engineer types:), take II

A slight correction on your list: One million microphones would only equal one phone. One million phones equals one megaphone. Therefore it would take one trillion microphones to make a megaphone./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I know... I have way too much free time on my hands.
 
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Arguing with an engineer is a lot like wrestling in the mud with a pig. After a few hours, you realize that he likes it.
 
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Responses to this thread may be a little slow because all the engineers are over helping <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=nhown&Number=155654&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1#Post155654>DVerbarg</A> figure out how to move his new custom NH tricycle to get it serviced.

No offense, Dave; just a little levity.
 

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