Former next door neighbor is an engineer, does “forensic commercial HVAC” work for an insurer, whatever that is.
Wandered over one day to hear him fussing over a weed wacker he had disassembled. He’s trying to thread the flat spring for the recoil starter back into the cup that contains it. He says he’s been trying to do this for the better part of an hour, but can’t get it stuffed all the way into the cup. I take it from him, coil the spring down tightly into the smallest possible coil it can be, place it inside the cup and let go. Voilá! He is amazed. That’s the difference between an engineer and someone with practical experience. -D On Apr 23, 2018, at 10:24 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> Educated Engineering Students did that? >> Educated engineer != common sense. > > True dat. Same variety of practical don't-kill-yourself abilities in > engineering school as anyplace else. > Only would have taken _one_ person on that trip to have any experience > properly loading trailers, or else > boats or aircraft, to prevent that. Ultimately, blame the driver. Likely > those kids would have managed > a perfect loading, if only they'd known that it was something you needed to > do. > > My son and I were driving (him at wheel) and were on the road behind a > motorcycle where the guy > had 'cleverly' arranged for his golf clubs to ride pillion. I remember > thinking to myself that the situation > looked dicey to me. As our speeds increased I could see the bike start to > go into a death wobble. > The guy salvaged the situation and was able to slow down, and pulled off. > > "Did you see that?" "Yes". "He almost died right there." That led into a > little discussion of centers > of gravity, and loading. Those club heads were a couple of feet above head > height, the weight was > all in the _worst_ possible place. I felt sorry for the guy, having > invested all that effort into making a > custom carrying bracket/suicide machine. Glad he didn't lose his bike, > clubs, and life, nor take > anybody else with him. > > -- Jim > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
