if you are a mech engineer does it mean...

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A mechanical engineer with small but strong hands and fingers, can usually fix more stuff, easier, than one like myself with large hands. You've really got it made if you have a kid who listens well, has aptitude and dexterity to be discovered, at your disposal. Especially if their homework is done.. Or your girl if she has small hands..cuz they can get in there to reach what you can't. Not without a lot more removal, which = time which = $.
 
FullMotoJacket said:
Half of the ones I know can't figure out why after 4 years of school, they still haven't had the chance to drive a train yet.
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Ha Ha, That's awesome.

I had an old boss who once told a customer that he was an engineer (he was a pattern maker by trade, and as dense as a block of renshape) in front of a few other employees. Somebody brought in a conductors hat, and left it on his desk. Every time he walked by after that they would make Chooo Chooo noises. I havn't thought about that in a long time, thanks for reminding me of a good laugh.
 
It's always popular to trash the "smart guys" who can't differentiate between their "*** and a hole in the ground"... The "smart guys" quietly laugh it off after the "*** and a hole in the ground" guys leave.. :-)
 
nesobriquet said:
A mechanical engineer with small but strong hands and fingers, can usually fix more stuff, easier, than one like myself with large hands. You've really got it made if you have a kid who listens well, has aptitude and dexterity to be discovered, at your disposal. Especially if their homework is done.. Or your girl if she has small hands..cuz they can get in there to reach what you can't. Not without a lot more removal, which = time which = $.
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lol I was wiring a sound system in to a boat a couple weekends ago, I could just barely not get my shoulders past the opening I needed to reach the wiring to feed it through... but if there was a 5 year old kid around he would have been perfect to toss in the hole and feed the wires around lol.
 
invictus43 said:
Not necessarily..although most do have some inclination toward practical mechanical knowledge..
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I know a couple iron-ring wearing graduates that I wouldn't trust to know a flat-head from a Robertson but I also know others that did a full restoration on a vehicle.

CruiserGoneSport said:
As one of my profs explained: "Engineers design, Technologists roll up the sleeves and get dirty."
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Your prof was right. I did the Mechanical Engineering Technology program (College) AND a Bachelor of Engineering (University)... Now my job has me doing tests / calculations on some days, and wrenching on engines on other days.

As far as wrenching on vehicles (bikes, cars, etc)... I don't do much on my bike, nor my subie. My Jeep is another story though. Brakes, clutches, u-joints, electrical, etc...
 
It has crossed my mind a time or two to get in to some form of mechanical engineering. Simply because I have a fairly lengthy back ground with wrenching and coming up with lots of cool ideas and how to get them to work properly... I would just hate to quit what I'm doing to go to school and then worry about finding another career... But a civilian job sure would be nice!
 
rmemedic said:
It has crossed my mind a time or two to get in to some form of mechanical engineering. Simply because I have a fairly lengthy back ground with wrenching and coming up with lots of cool ideas and how to get them to work properly... I would just hate to quit what I'm doing to go to school and then worry about finding another career... But a civilian job sure would be nice!
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Just as the forces are closing their doors while the civvies are desperately trying to get their butts in any which way they can - for the bennies and pension :cool:
 
FiReSTaRT said:
Just as the forces are closing their doors while the civvies are desperately trying to get their butts in any which way they can - for the bennies and pension :cool:
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I ain't gonna lie, this job security is nice... But there is a LOT of BS behind the scenes civvies will never ever have to put up with...
 
rmemedic said:
I ain't gonna lie, this job security is nice... But there is a LOT of BS behind the scenes civvies will never ever have to put up with...
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There's a lot of bs behind the scenes of ANY job. Can't make a living without eating a lot of excrement. Bennies, pension, salary increases on par with the cost of living - most can't get that in the private sector. Private sector employees have to compete with slave labour in China and India.
 
Engineers makes, the mechanic fixes...

With any complex machine, you need both of them around.
 
Jinster81 said:
Engineers makes, the mechanic fixes...

With any complex machine, you need both of them around.
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Engineer designs. Technicians put it together and fix it.
 
I don't know if being an engineer helps you in anyway when it comes it applied mechanical skills, but I can tell you one thing for a fact, that it does mean that you have god like skills when it comes to pleasing women in bed.
 
Freestyle72 said:
I don't know if being an engineer helps you in anyway when it comes it applied mechanical skills, but I can tell you one thing for a fact, that it does mean that you have god like skills when it comes to pleasing women in bed.
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You shouldn't believe everything you hear from a Thai hooker, especially:

1) Anything related to your skills in bed
2) The gender "she" was born with :D
 
I don't wear my ring. I don't share the elitist arrogant douchebaggery attributes commonly found in most ring-wearing individuals. I had actually found that it attracts more negative attention than positive.

There were a lot of people I went to school with, who did better in school than I did, that don't know "righty tighty, lefty loosy" or that when solving a dynamic problem for time if their answer is a negative value that means they probably make a mistake.
 
rmemedic said:
lol I was wiring a sound system in to a boat a couple weekends ago, I could just barely not get my shoulders past the opening I needed to reach the wiring to feed it through... but if there was a 5 year old kid around he would have been perfect to toss in the hole and feed the wires around lol.
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Yup, a good reason to have kids, lol

Years ago, I was helping a friend install a wind deflector on top of the roof of his big truck. We needed to access an inside part of the roof that we couldn't reach which happened to be above one of the tool boxes. He asked his 8 year old daughter if she thought she could get in there and get the bolts started. He held her up so she could see. "Sure Pop, no problem!" and in she went.
 
caboose483 said:
I don't wear my ring. I don't share the elitist arrogant douchebaggery attributes commonly found in most ring-wearing individuals. I had actually found that it attracts more negative attention than positive.
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I wear my ring all the time. I never wore any kind of ring before getting my iron ring. Usually if I meet a woman in a bar or something and the topic of careers come up, they usually ask to see the ring to confirm. I've never had any "negative" response to the fact I wear my iron ring. It also is really convenient to have when popping open beer bottles when no opener is available.
 
Freestyle72 said:
Usually if I meet a woman in a bar or something and the topic of careers come up, they usually ask to see the ring to confirm.
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The right response to that question is: Come over to my place, you show me yours and I'll show you mine

C'mon people, it ain't rocket surgery :cool:
 
Freestyle72 said:
I wear my ring all the time. I never wore any kind of ring before getting my iron ring. Usually if I meet a woman in a bar or something and the topic of careers come up, they usually ask to see the ring to confirm. I've never had any "negative" response to the fact I wear my iron ring. It also is really convenient to have when popping open beer bottles when no opener is available.
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You - I'm an enginerd
Her - Prove it

Do I have that right? I ain't sayin she a gold digga.

Older engineers seem to all have the same opinion of the younger ones. They're mostly a bunch of arrogant yet useless douchehammers that think they know everything. Further, my career plays a very small role in how I would describe myself so I actually prefer not to broadcast that fact to strangers. That's just me though.
 
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caboose483 said:
You - I'm an enginerd
Her - Prove it

Do I have that right? I ain't sayin she a gold digga.
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I hate to break to you, but there is no worthwhile woman on earth who will look at a deadbeat the same way she looks at a financially stable partner. Conversation goes more like this

Me- I am a ninjaneer
Her- you are a god in bed aren't you?
Me- Let's go back to my place and do some finite element analysis
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