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 Jul 20 2004, 04:02 AM
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batmobile  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 89 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Central FL Member No.: 386  |
Junior in College Majoring in Aeronautical Science (Professional pilot). I'm your future Jet Pilot. Hoping to get a job as a flight instructor by the end of next year or so to build some time. Funding is tight since school is very very expensive.
How do I pay (or at least attempt to) for this hobby, odd jobs here and there, also a beach lifeguard. I'm a handy man and a mechanic without official schooling or a license (I bet we have a lot of these on this board), that was brought up on Corvettes and old classics such as a '57 bel air. My other current project ('23 T Bucket) has run out of funding for now (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . There are a lot of people with interesting professions here on the board. |
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Jul 20 2004, 04:30 AM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 50 Joined: 19-July 04 From: Kitchener/Waterloo Member No.: 412 |
QUOTE (RegaMaro @ Jun 29 2004, 07:44 PM) Hey George, nice to see ya over here... I'm in the same boat as you expect I'm about to drop a new powerplant in but the brakes and tranny will still need overhaul. We'll for sure have to hookup soon for some track time! What's the next event you plan attending? Hey dudes! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Nice to see youzz! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Justin is my protege on the Ontario side and George is another web based fbody fanatic we all know up here! I work as a machinist in a CNC machine shop. I supervise the afternoon shift and I generally don't get along with engineers! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) . But engineers have their work cut out for them with me (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ....Its all good! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jul 20 2004, 12:25 PM
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Seeking round tuits Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,522 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Kentucky Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (1997Z4CSS @ Jul 19 2004, 11:30 PM) I generally don't get along with engineers! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Not many people do (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) We're a contrary lot .... |
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Jul 20 2004, 02:08 PM
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Nothing says 'I love you.' like a box of Hydroshoks Group: Moderators Posts: 5,284 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 4 |
I can't resist ... true story ...
I work at a nuke plant ... An engineer was attempting to measure a distnace between a pipe run and a support column to design a pipe hanger. It was about 30' above the floor. He set his flashlight on the floor underneath point A and then again at point B and measured. A friend of mine walked over to him and commented on how ingenious this was, but asked if his flashlight had been calibrated. Almost all measuring devices have to be calibrated at a nuke plant. He replied, "No." Friend told him to take the flashlight over to the Cal Lab and they would fix him right up. Off he went and we never heard what the Cal Lab guys said to him. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) |
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Jul 20 2004, 02:28 PM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 50 Joined: 19-July 04 From: Kitchener/Waterloo Member No.: 412 |
(IMG:http://users.pandora.be/eforum/emoticons4u/happy/072.gif) Nice one!
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Jul 20 2004, 09:46 PM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 62 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Irvine, CA Member No.: 334 |
(IMG:http://members.cox.net/sihraa/gifs/jest.gif) Classic!
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Jul 20 2004, 10:23 PM
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Seeking round tuits Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,522 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Kentucky Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jul 20 2004, 09:08 AM) I can't resist ... true story ... A more experienced engineer would have known to simply line up the flashlight, mark it's position, rotate it 180 about it's long axis, mark again, and split the difference, thus cancelling out any angular misalignment between the beam and base of the flashlight. Of course, someone with common sense would have made the bracket adjustable. |
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Jul 21 2004, 01:08 AM
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Nothing says 'I love you.' like a box of Hydroshoks Group: Moderators Posts: 5,284 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (sgarnett @ Jul 20 2004, 04:23 PM) Of course, someone with common sense would have made the bracket adjustable. A design change at a nuke plant? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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Aug 20 2004, 04:31 AM
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Extinct Group: Advanced Members Posts: 182 Joined: 7-July 04 From: Lynchburg, VA Member No.: 390 |
OK, late to this party, but here goes.
Another mechanical engineer. I currently manage a new product development department for a manufacturer of aerosol spray dispensing systems - pumps, valves, etc. Have previously worked as engineering manager of a number of different manufacturing companies, including die casting, tubing, textiles, and circuit boards. I've raced cars and bikes, drag and RR, always find a lot of engineers at the events. |
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Aug 20 2004, 04:44 AM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,957 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Utah Member No.: 317 |
Electrical engineers are to electronic's techs as mechanical engineers are to machinists. At the place where I work, the techs are always giving us engineers hell (and some of us deserve it, but not me! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) )
Anyway, the lead tech has a sign above his desk that reads: "TALKING TO AN ENGINEER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DIFICULT THAN COMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD." |
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Aug 20 2004, 10:55 AM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 52 Joined: 15-August 04 From: Ramstein Germany Member No.: 434 |
USAF 15ys w/ 5 and a wake up. Service, ie Food Service, Lodging, Mortuary affairs, Honor Guard, Fitness, and accounting. I'm a certified pastry chef but don't practice but instead currently work as WGM.
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Aug 20 2004, 11:33 AM
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Seeking round tuits Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,522 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Kentucky Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (Cal @ Aug 19 2004, 11:44 PM) "TALKING TO AN ENGINEER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DIFICULT THAN COMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD." And not all that different ... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 22 2004, 08:35 PM
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CMCer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,932 Joined: 12-February 04 From: the sticks near VIR Member No.: 194 |
QUOTE "TALKING TO AN ENGINEER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DIFICULT THAN COMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD." (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif) So true! You should have seen my Dad (aeronautical engineer) explaining math to me for my elementary school classes! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Aug 26 2004, 09:06 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,957 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Utah Member No.: 317 |
QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Aug 22 2004, 02:35 PM) QUOTE "TALKING TO AN ENGINEER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DIFICULT THAN COMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD." (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif) So true! You should have seen my Dad (aeronautical engineer) explaining math to me for my elementary school classes! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Yeah when our kids need help with their algebra, I'm not alowed to talk! My wife helps them, but she doesn't know much math, so first I have to show her, then she shows them what I showed her! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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Aug 26 2004, 11:10 PM
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Seeking round tuits Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,522 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Kentucky Member No.: 33 |
Once, and only once, I was invited to a "career day" by a friend who was a teacher. It was either elementary or middle school.
The horror ... for me, and for them ... the horror .... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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Aug 27 2004, 01:34 AM
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No El-Use-O. Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,368 Joined: 27-December 03 From: SW Michigan Member No.: 52 |
QUOTE (Cal @ Aug 26 2004, 03:06 PM) QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Aug 22 2004, 02:35 PM) QUOTE "TALKING TO AN ENGINEER IS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DIFICULT THAN COMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD." (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif) So true! You should have seen my Dad (aeronautical engineer) explaining math to me for my elementary school classes! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Yeah when our kids need help with their algebra, I'm not alowed to talk! My wife helps them, but she doesn't know much math, so first I have to show her, then she shows them what I showed her! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I guess Carter is screwed. I'll hav to have him call his uncle, my brother, mr calc boy. Maybe with my interest in soc, and psych, and criminal justice, I could tell him why some people are such a damn PITA but.......NEVER MIND........ |
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Aug 27 2004, 02:16 AM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,290 Joined: 4-May 04 From: Kenvil, NJ Member No.: 331 |
So is this why I think my professors are horrible teachers?
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Aug 27 2004, 11:06 AM
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Seeking round tuits Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,522 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Kentucky Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (slowTA @ Aug 26 2004, 09:16 PM) So is this why I think my professors are horrible teachers? Only if you have trouble communicating with the dead (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 28 2004, 02:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 545 Joined: 19-June 04 From: Zanesville, Ohio Member No.: 369 |
Doc #2 on the list (hence the username). I cant believe how many engineers there are here! Of course, the two guys I race with are both engineers, go figure. I'm now in year 12 of post high school education, thankfully my last year, working up to 120hrs/wk and making about 3 dollars/hr. Lived in a roach infested apartment all this time and maxed out my school loans so I could spend every last dime on my car...money well spent. Cant wait to graduate this year.
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Aug 28 2004, 03:57 PM
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Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,640 Joined: 25-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 40 |
That reminds me how my supervisor (mechanical engineer) told me the reason he got so much further than other engineers that were more taleneted than him. You guess it he communicates well with the people here. I do my best ot have a good relationship with our maint. crew and permanent contractors (welders, fabricators, etc.). Actually I get along better with them than some of the engineers.
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