Some Light Through the Darkness

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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You’re doing this a lot lately.

My finger types faster than my frontal lobe processes.  I have often gone back and edited comments for fear of raising someone's ire.

Wish you could just delete.

I’ve seen a few of them in real time, you’re fine.

Legume

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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You’re doing this a lot lately.

My finger types faster than my frontal lobe processes.  I have often gone back and edited comments for fear of raising someone's ire.

Wish you could just delete.

I’ve seen a few of them in real time, you’re fine.

Except the ones you posted about @thetrim, those were kind of raw.

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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You’re doing this a lot lately.

My finger types faster than my frontal lobe processes.  I have often gone back and edited comments for fear of raising someone's ire.

Wish you could just delete.

I’ve seen a few of them in real time, you’re fine.

Except the ones you posted about @thetrim, those were kind of raw.

That was some of my best work.  Eddie Murphy and George Carlin would have been proud.

Botch

Eoin said:
Here in your last year of engineering school you take and pass an 8 hour test on everything that you have learned. That grants you the rank of Engineer in Training or approximately Apprentice Engineer after you graduate. Then you work for a licensed engineer for 4 years. At that point you can take another 8 hr test and if you pass call yourself a Professional Engineer. 

Ah, I remember the EIT test.  You could bring in as many textbooks as you could carry, to look things up.  First thing I remember was the Saudi kid, sitting next to me, who only brought his calculator, Solar Engineering text, and a Webster's Dictionary.  Second thing I remember is my HP calculator dying at about the 6-hour point, and having to use a Canon (not in reverse-polish, so I guess forward polish?) for the last couple hours.  Third thing I remember is about a dozen of us MEs deciding to meet at a bar after the test was over, and after about a beer and a half apiece, we decided to go home and go to bed!     

Gulfcoastguy

@Botch yep I had a moving box full of books. I also felt like a wrung out sponge afterwards. I do remember being surprised at what turned out to be the subjects that I remembered best. I think I had some bourbon afterwards. 

Roughly the same thing at the PE except I stayed at a fleabag hotel that night.

Botch

The US guv'mint doesn't seem to care about the PE designation, so I never pursued it.  

Gulfcoastguy

Botch said:

The US guv'mint doesn't seem to care about the PE designation, so I never pursued it.  

It was definitely important at the state government level. Mostly due to Federal regulations that all construction money be supervised by bonded PEs. Our promotion schedule and raises were dependent on passing. Basically raises froze at year 4 until you passed.

Dondgc

Botch said:

The US guv'mint doesn't seem to care about the PE designation, so I never pursued it.  

Definitely important in Louisiana. 

Botch

Whups, I mentioned I'd post this "OK Go" video last night at the Bar, almost forgot about it.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
 
Most of their videos are extremely creative and well-done.  

lousubcap

Here's quite a story out of Sioux Falls, SD  (home of @setdahook):
http://argusleader.sd.newsmemory.com/?publink=2497b7e07&utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email 

Eoin

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Eoin said:

YukonRon said:

Doing wings tonight for our neighbors daughter (her request), who had accepted a full ride to Portland State, for engineering. Unfortunately she found out, at the airport on her way west, "in school" classes have been cancelled due to Covid 19. Her orientation is tonight until 8:30 P.M., due to the east coast/west coast time difference.

(Her father, my next door neighbor, is the Math Chair at Bellermine, here in Louisville, and is freaking out because she is becoming a lowly engineer, like me, and fears she will never understand the real beauty of math. My Beautiful Wife was also a Math major as well as our two children, who both are double majors, and math is one of them. It can be, at times, insufferable around here, like everyday that ends in "day")

Very cool guided and guarded young lady who has done much voluteer and charitable work in communities across the country.

The least I could do is make my wings for her. For whatever reason, she loves them.

If I make it tonight it might be late, but I will try.

My maths studying son tells me that he can do a 1 year masters in engineering and that will make him an engineer. Had to pick my self off the floor after you take 

Here in your last year of engineering school you take and pass an 8 hour test on everything that you have learned. That grants you the rank of Engineer in Training or approximately Apprentice Engineer after you graduate. Then you work for a licensed engineer for 4 years. At that point you can take another 8 hr test and if you pass call yourself a Professional Engineer. Frankly I don't see where your son can  take materials science, dynamics, thermodynamics and numerous speciality classes in a year but I may be mistaken. I'm sure JIC will correct me if I am.

Owen’s son is effing high and I suspect Owen knows it.

He likes to joke about 'stupid engineers' to wind me up. 

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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You’re doing this a lot lately.

My finger types faster than my frontal lobe processes.  I have often gone back and edited comments for fear of raising someone's ire.

Wish you could just delete.

I try to be careful on here, Buffalo and all that. There's a certain level of alcohol consumption where the brain switches off the filter and the 'entertaining' posts flow. I save that mode for Twitter mostly.