Non-Residents be like Bud Bundy, "stop hurting me some more Western Big Game states!!!!" Western big game states be like the loose and abusive girlfriend, "jump out of an airplane for a less than 10% chance at a poke!!"
You are lucky, when this has happened to me the front wouldn’t pull me out. I or one time my dad dug out the big rock or tree stump. It sucks when one rear wheel doesn’t move, because all the power goes to the spinning wheel. A locker puts power to both wheels and you either get out, dig in...
I’ve needed it a few times when the rear differential gets stuck up on a tree stump, or one wheel spinning. It was and can be incredibly difficult to get the spinning wheel traction. That’s what’s great about an electric locker, you just push a button and lock or dig deeper into the mud...
I’m not a unicorn, but I’m extremely rare. I was part of a billion dollar construction program in the 90s and remember going to the big party after a billion dollars had been spent in 6 years. Our city was suied by the EPA and the director made a deal with the Justice Department to spend a...
1977 DIY Colorado OTC deer hunt, west of Crested Butte, by Ruby Peak, I think. We were living at the time in Bakersfield, CA and I was 15, and my dad flew us in his plane to Gunnison, Colorado. We’d been there before to Crested Butte to go skiing. They gas boy that fueled our plane, said we...
ALL engineers are neurotic, at least to some degree to almost debilitating in severity and generally cope in many ways, often amusing to sometimes shocking to non engineers and struggle with relationships, especially women. This is what I’ve read on the internet. :D
At least 2 years is good. I started out in the office as a designer, however, I spent a lot of time in the field with my plans during design and then during construction with the resident engineers. I was VERY hands on, always have been. I really enjoyed design, unfortunately it only lasted...
I had a professor in college tell us all to learn from experienced treatment plant operators when designing treatment plants. He pined what a great mistake it is not to seek advise from these people. I’ve sought the advice of intelligent Contractors, some of which are extremely intelligent...
The Rokslide and engineers
A Rokslide poster asks a favor from an engineer, "Can you please go to Scheels and buy one dozen arrows, and if they have 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges get 5 dozen!”
The Engineer goes to Scheels and half an hour later he returns with 5 dozen arrows.
The poster stares at...
Tighten it until it cracks then go back a quarter turn.
Don't force it, use a bigger hammer.
Always multiply the project cost by pi. That way, the budget is irrational.
There's 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Anyone can build a bridge
It takes...
Two engineering students were crossing campus when one asked the other, "Where did you get such a great bike?"
The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all...
An old engineer retires. A year or so later, the firm calls him up. They are having a technical issue with a machine he designed. No one else in the company can figure out what's wrong and they want him to help. He aggrees and comes in. He walks up to the machine, opens a panel, and stares into...