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Old December 27th 05, 10:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old December 28th 05, 01:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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Old December 28th 05, 01:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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