– when your wife was nearing the time to give birth, you already had mapped out, timed the signals on and tested the time for at least three routes to the hospital, and written a decision matrix for the best route for the time of day the labor begins.
You Might Be an Engineer If…
May 30, 2012
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May 16, 2012
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– you carry around any of the following in your pocket: 3 pens or pencils; a calculator; a small screwdriver set; a notebook with “cool” engineering sketches in it.
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May 9, 2012
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– you have ever taken a date to a great view of a landmark bridge, not to make out, but to impress her by pointing out and explaining the structural elements included in the design.
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May 2, 2012
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– At any time in your life you would have said that your longest lasting relationship was with Ohura, 7 of 9, or T’pol.
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April 25, 2012
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You’ve taken more time to decide to buy a car than you actually owned it.
You Might Be a (prehistoric) Engineer If…
April 18, 2012
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(This is the Tork version. Tork was a caveman and the very first engineer. He is the topic of all of this week’s posts.)
– you have ever tried to calculate the speed you would have to run so that you would not get eaten by a dinosaur only to get eaten by the dinosaur because you weren’t running while you were doing the calculations with your rock abacus.
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April 11, 2012
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– you’ve taken more than 10 minutes to answer a question asked by a 6-year-old, just to make sure the explanation was technically correct.
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March 28, 2012
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– you have ever corrected someone about a term people wrongly use, only to be told that it doesn’t matter. (I always correct people when they say the word “cement”, when the word they clearly should have used was “concrete”.)
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March 21, 2012
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– you have ever asked a girl out by reading from a script.
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March 14, 2012
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– you’ve ever sketched out a graph on a scrap of paper or napkin in order to prove a perfectly logical point to your spouse, or a total stranger, only to receive a blank stare.
Engineering Daze 