By personal observation, I think that a certain element of crankiness prevails in members of this profession.

-- (Paracelsus@Pb.Au), June 30, 2001

Answers

You want cranky? I'll give you cranky, dipshit.

Patent for Contrail Generation Method by DONALD WERLE ET AL

Patent for (invention) relates to method and apparatus for contrail generation and the like----------

---- Inventor(s): Werle; Donald K. , Hillside, IL Kasparas; Romas , Riverside, IL Katz; Sidney , Chicago, IL

Applicant(s): The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC

Issued/Filed Dates: Aug. 12, 1975 / July 22, 1974

Application Number: US1974000490610

IPC Class: B64D 1/16;

Class: Current: 244/136; 040/213; 116/214; 241/005; Original: 244/136; 040/213; 116/114.F; 241/005;

Field of Search: 244/136 040/213 241/5,29 222/3;4 239/171 116/28 R,114 R,114 F,114 N,124 R,124 B,124 C

Legal Status: Gazette date Code Description (remarks) List all possible codes for US Aug. 12, 1975 A Patent July 22, 1974 AE Application data

Abstract:

Light scattering pigment powder particles, surface treated to minimize inparticle cohesive forces, are dispensed from a jet mill deagglomerator as separate single particles to produce a powder contrail having maximum visibility or radiation scattering ability for a given weight material.

-- (EnjuneerTed@nuts_n.butts), June 30, 2001.

Paracelsus:

Are engineers cranks?

Did you mean besides Lars? *<)))

Best Wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), June 30, 2001.

Yes Z, I have noticed that Lars has his cranky ways. It never occurred to me it was an engineering affliction. I figured it was Indianapolis. Poor guy.

-- (Paracelsus@Pb.Au), June 30, 2001.

No, engineers are not cranks you idiot.

Cranks are just one of the many things engineers design. Some engineers can get cranky if their cranks don't work right, but they themselves are not cranks.

-- (parasleazy@demonstrates.stupidity), June 30, 2001.

Cranks.

That reminds me of a true anecdote that always made me chuckle. I worked in automotive. I once read a technical article that had been written in Japanese and translated into Englih by a Japanese.

The article referenced the engine's crank shaft. Except it was spelled "clank" shaft. In other words, the misspelling was phonetically accurate to the Japanese pronounciation of the word "crank".

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 30, 2001.

Are engineers cranks? Typically certain careers attract certain personalities. But it's dumb to generalize about a million people.

Still, if one does engineering (successfully) over many years, one becomes more realistic, more rationalistic, more obsessive-compulsive and more cranky (clanky in Japan).

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 30, 2001.

Lars:

While my comment was a joke it is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. I was one before I kicked the habit and went to grad school. We made rolled steel of all kinds. Much of it for the auto industry. While we made steel for the big three, we were at one time the sole supplier for VW. I always wondered why they bought our Zinc plate in the US rather than buying it in the home country. I guess it was because at the time we had the only computer-controlled, continuous, galvinize line in the world. This was back before computers were king.

Best Wishes,,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), June 30, 2001.

Z

Oh I didn't take offense. I think I should have become some kind of scientist too but that is spilled milk over the dam.

I really do think our jobs shape us. I know a former cop who has gone to great lengths to move past the edgy toughness he developed during police work.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), June 30, 2001.

Sorry Dan, I really am, you didn't tell anyone that you love them.

I love you Dan.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), July 01, 2001.