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"Roger" wrote in message
Besides, engineers are the educated mechanics who put together the items developed by the scientists. :-)) "RST Engineering" wrote: Ya know, I never thought of it that way, but snipped. Thanks for your insight... Jim Really cornball old story (almost embarrassed to drag it out of the memory bank): God creates world, takes four people up on mountain top to show them what She's created & says, "OK, what do you think of it?" First person: "Wow, what a piece of real estate!" God: "OK, you shall be the Businessman, eternally buying and selling and pricing things" Second person: "It's beautiful!" God: "OK, you shall be the Artist, eternally seeking to create and appreciate beauty" Third person (after long pause): "How does it work . . . ?" God: "OK, you shall be the Scientist, eternally trying to answer that question." Fourth person (after taking an even longer look at what God has done): "I'd like to do that too . . ." God: "Ah, you shall follow the highest calling of all: The Engineer. Using all the knowledge of the Scientist; all the economic understanding of the Businessman; all the appreciation of elegance and beauty of the Artist -- your mission is to carry on the work of Creation." |
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AES wrote:
"Roger" wrote in message Besides, engineers are the educated mechanics who put together the items developed by the scientists. :-)) "RST Engineering" wrote: Ya know, I never thought of it that way, but snipped. Thanks for your insight... Jim Really cornball old story (almost embarrassed to drag it out of the memory bank): God creates world, takes four people up on mountain top to show them what She's created & says, "OK, what do you think of it?" First person: "Wow, what a piece of real estate!" God: "OK, you shall be the Businessman, eternally buying and selling and pricing things" Second person: "It's beautiful!" God: "OK, you shall be the Artist, eternally seeking to create and appreciate beauty" Third person (after long pause): "How does it work . . . ?" God: "OK, you shall be the Scientist, eternally trying to answer that question." Fourth person (after taking an even longer look at what God has done): "I'd like to do that too . . ." God: "Ah, you shall follow the highest calling of all: The Engineer. Using all the knowledge of the Scientist; all the economic understanding of the Businessman; all the appreciation of elegance and beauty of the Artist -- your mission is to carry on the work of Creation." I thought I had seen them all, but I haven't seen that one before. Excellent! Except for that She part... :-) Matt |
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("AES" wrote)
[snip] God creates world, takes four people up on mountain top to show them what She's created & says, "OK, what do you think of it?" [snip] Fourth person (after taking an even longer look at what God has done): "I'd like to do that too . . ." God: "Ah, you shall follow the highest calling of all: The Engineer. Using all the knowledge of the Scientist; all the economic understanding of the Businessman; all the appreciation of elegance and beauty of the Artist -- your mission is to carry on the work of Creation." ?SongID=2980 Words and music by Peggy Seeger - 1970 [various verses snipped...catchy tune] I'M GONNA BE AN ENGINEER When I was a little girl I wished I was a boy I tagged along behind the gang and wore my corduroys. Everybody said I only did it to annoy But I was gonna be an engineer Mamma said, "Why can't you be a lady? Your duty is to make me the mother of a pearl Wait until you're older, dear And maybe you'll be glad that you're a girl. Then Jimmy came along and we set up a conjugation We were busy every night with loving recreation I spent my days at work so he could get an education And now he's an engineer! Every time I turn around there's something else to do Cook a meal or mend a sock or sweep a floor or two Listening to Jimmy Young - it makes me want to spew I was gonna be an engineer. Well, I listened to my mother and I joined a typing pool Listened to my lover and I put him through his school If I listen to the boss, I'm just a bloody fool And an underpaid engineer I been a sucker ever since I was a baby As a daughter, as a mother, as a lover, as a dear But I'll fight them as a woman, not a lady I'll fight them as an engineer! Montblack made out of ticky-tacky |
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