+ quoththeraven Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Bit of engineer-specific humor. A real picture, btw, not Photoshopped. Not an engineer, but wtf?!! Who designed this? mike carey 1
AdamSmith Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Not an engineer, but wtf?!! Who designed this? I don't know the story. But renovations / revamps of existing structures (80% of global construction spending is on so-called brownfield work, i.e., modifying something that already exists, as opposed to "greenfield" new construction) are plagued with these "field clashes" between new work and the "existing conditions." Usually they are resolved more intelligently than this, if only barely. + quoththeraven 1
+ quoththeraven Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Usually they are resolved more intelligently than this, if only barely. Let's hope! AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Let's hope! The offshore-platform construction biz, where various components are often fabricated by different suppliers far distant from one another, has a saying when it comes time to assemble everything: Beat it to fit, and paint it to match! + quoththeraven and Kevin Slater 2
bigvalboy Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Now see, I thought it was rather clever, which is why I am not an engineer, and I spend my days posting here. + quoththeraven, + azdr0710 and AdamSmith 3
AdamSmith Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 MsGuy, + quoththeraven, BabyBoomer and 1 other 4
Guest Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 TruHart1 Reminds me of this rum they sell in the Cayman Islands.... http://www.home.earthlink.net/~mlangsam/images/P8257090.jpg
Guest Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 http://38.media.tumblr.com/68d8ba5040f34927137e790a447f05c1/tumblr_inline_mspxhyIHKA1qz4rgp.jpg
Guest Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 http://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/1583638/size/tl-horizontal_main/38-new-animal-walks-into-a-bar-jokes-because-puns-are-awesome
Guest Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 On the subject of disappearing... http://www.toryanderson.com/sites/default/files/descartes.jpg
AdamSmith Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) http://i.stack.imgur.com/UwVEq.png Little Sally took a drink But she shall drink no more For what she thought was H2O Was H2SO4! http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/h2so4/bart.gif Edited January 17, 2016 by AdamSmith bigvalboy, TruHart1, + quoththeraven and 1 other 4
+ quoththeraven Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Unicorn - Those puns are all groanworthy. Well done! AdamSmith 1
bigvalboy Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Someone didn't get the memo.... Sorry...but this just made me crack up this morning, and yes, they're still selling these things. AdamSmith and + quoththeraven 2
+ honcho Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 QTR must think I'm stalking her since we like so many of the same things. But I do, honest ... and even though it brought smiles to my face and I'm not being critical, I did hear this one when I was in high school, c. 1967: Little Sally took a drink But she shall drink no more For what she thought was H2O Was H2SO4! AdamSmith and + quoththeraven 2
AdamSmith Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 and even though it brought smiles to my face and I'm not being critical, I did hear this one when I was in high school, c. 1967: I heard it age six when my father told it to me in 1965. He had just gotten me a chemistry set I had coveted for months. I thought that rhyme was the most hilarious thing ever. (It did disappoint me that the kit contained hydrochloric acid but not sulfuric acid. ) + honcho and + MasssageGuy 2
+ quoththeraven Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Someone didn't get the memo.... Sorry...but this just made me crack up this morning, and yes, they're still selling these things. I don't know who is more foolish: the people who manufacture and sell the things, or the people who buy them. They seem like a product liability lawsuit waiting to happen. QTR must think I'm stalking her since we like so many of the same things. But I do, honest ... and even though it brought smiles to my face and I'm not being critical, I did hear this one when I was in high school, c. 1967: That we like the same things I take as flattery, not stalking. I heard it age six when my father told it to me in 1965. He had just gotten me a chemistry set I had coveted for months. I thought that rhyme was the most hilarious thing ever. (It did disappoint me that the kit contained hydrochloric acid but not sulfuric acid. ) I've heard that rhyme too, but it was later in life from my ex. It was probably a blessing that the kit did not contain sulfuric acid. Please don't take this the wrong way, but given the mischievous nature on display in some of your posts here, I suspect that as a child you bore some similarity to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, who would be a menace with any form of acid. AdamSmith and TruHart1 2
AdamSmith Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 It was probably a blessing that the kit did not contain sulfuric acid. Please don't take this the wrong way, but given the mischievous nature on display in some of your posts here, I suspect that as a child you bore some similarity to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, who would be a menace with any form of acid. You know me too well. Most of my experiments were off-label as it was. + quoththeraven 1
TruHart1 Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 Those wily rednecks!!! :rolleyes: TruHart1 AdamSmith, + quoththeraven, instudiocity and 3 others 6
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