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    Maybe another rule should be if you haven't done something in 15 years plan on having to give yourself remedial training before you waste a bunch of time screwing things up...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Giger View Post
    "There comes a time in every project where one has to shoot all the engineers and just build the d*mned plane."

    - My brother-in-law, who was an engineer at Boeing at the time.
    Beat you to that one Frank. If they had shot all the engineers a few years earlier they might have actually gotten the 787 out on time and budget.
    Unfortunately in science what you believe is irrelevant.

    "I'm an old-fashioned Southern Gentleman. Which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-***** when I want to be."- Robert A. Heinlein.



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    Quote Originally Posted by CharlieF View Post
    And one of my favorites:

    To the optimist, the glass is half full.
    To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
    To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
    To the opportunist, its a drink!
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