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[///M5 2,833]

It really wasn't worth linking, but considering it came up when I checked my email I had to click and it is so damn stupid I had to post. Truthfully CA at its worst or its normal but I guess they are the same.

[Acidburn 10]

It really wasn't worth linking, but considering it came up when I checked my email I had to click and it is so damn stupid I had to post. Truthfully CA at its worst or its normal but I guess they are the same.

it was slightly amusing to see what people think is cool these days

[DevilDriver 28]

Makes me think Zoolander.

[Acidburn 10]

one good thing about having a very foreign lab TA is that my sentence structure can be terrible, and he won't know the difference

[Acidburn 10]

Makes me think Zoolander.

derelick my balls

[topgun 262]

I think a lot of things are being missed in a regular book education for engineering. They are missing stuff that you can only learn by hands on work, you can't teach welding out of a book, you can't teach work site knowledge/safety out of a book. It is something that is overlooked to me that is a real necessity. I'm not real sure on the correct way to voice my distaste of the actual mechanical knowledge of a lot of the engineering students.

It might be that since I grew up in a very mechanical, hands on, family where we fix everything ourselves and had to learn how to take things apart, fix 'em, put them back together, etc, that puts me on a different playing field a lot of the other students.

Are you truly saying that you want to goto school for 16 years to use your hands for a living and not your brain?? I actually don't understand your point of view; however, I will agree that I find it really strange that people can have "mechanical minds" and not be mechanical.

Hell, I don't know what the fudge I want Sean. If I could use both hands and brain I think I could enjoy whatever I'm doing.

[topgun 262]

So yea, went and played some pool with a friend tonight. I got there a little before she did, she saw that I brought my own cue, and said that I was probably good then, I told her that no I wasn't good and the cue was a gift. First game, I break, then I proceed to run the table, much to her amazement and my own as well. Best pool I've played in quite awhile.

[Acidburn 10]

So yea, went and played some pool with a friend tonight. I got there a little before she did, she saw that I brought my own cue, and said that I was probably good then, I told her that no I wasn't good and the cue was a gift. First game, I break, then I proceed to run the table, much to her amazement and my own as well. Best pool I've played in quite awhile.

was there any ball action on her part?

[topgun 262]

Hate to disappoint you Tom, but there wasn't. She isn't really that cute.

[Acidburn 10]

oh well

pool is fun even when it's not the pocket version

[topgun 262]

Indeed. I do need to get my cue to a shop and get a new tip on it though.

[DevilDriver 28]

Just got a pool table at the house here. We've got a Wii and a NES hooked up in the living room, and then air hockey, ping pong, and pool setup in the main area. Good times.

[topgun 262]

I'm envious of you sir. I want a pool table in our house, I will only put a slate on in though.

[topgun 262]

I just looked up the 'correct' way to put a new tip on and it looks pretty dang easy so I will just do it myself.

[Acidburn 10]

Just got a pool table at the house here. We've got a Wii and a NES hooked up in the living room, and then air hockey, ping pong, and pool setup in the main area. Good times.

nice :cool32:

[Acidburn 10]

Sean, btw, today was one of the top 5 gloomiest days of the year, even though the temperature was still quite pleasant

[topgun 262]

You know your fudgeed on a test when 10min is called out and your still trying to figure out how to do 4 of the 6 problems.

[Acidburn 10]

ouch

[topgun 262]

Actually kinda curious to see what they write on the problem that I put " = I F'ed up " on...

[topgun 262]

And I was told Calc III was going to be easy. Liars.

[Acidburn 10]

And I was told Calc III was going to be easy. Liars.

easier than Calc II, DiffyQs, and Linear Alg, IMO

[Acidburn 10]

ooo, it's sprinkling!

[Godsmack 361]

No Rain here yet

[ramos 2]

I think they should make a shop safety, basic shop tools, intro to building chit, and welding classes mandatory for all engineering majors. The option to test out would be available, and it would be a no studying hands on only test. Come up with something and they have 2hrs to build it.

You misunderstand engineering. As an engineer you design, technicians build. It actually behooves you in your career to not be able to do stuff so that you won't get stuck diong it since you have no social skills since you are an engineer.

Sean thinks I have no social skills

Me either , but it seems the curiculum for structural engineering has changed in the past 20 years. I had to go through the math, and physics. But we also had lots of hands on projects. I enjoyed our little projects, and seeing different approaches ( some good , some not ) for coming up with a solution for the same problem.

[ramos 2]

I just looked up the 'correct' way to put a new tip on and it looks pretty dang easy so I will just do it myself.

Very easy , just make sure to clean the end of the ferrel , and make sure it is completely smooth before you put the new tip on. I use CA glue on mine, works like a charm.And make sure you keep good pressure on the tip until the glue fully dries