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blackarcher256 · 61-69, M
My dad’s engineering books. He was a self-taught mechanical engineer and inventor. The books have notes he wrote to himself, expanding on concepts, ideas for things he was working on. When I see them on the shelf…flip through them… it helps solidify my memories of him…and miss him just a tiny bit less.
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SandWitch · 26-30, F
@blackarcher256
When you say "self-taught mechanical engineer", did your father hold Engineering Credentials that he wrote engineering exams for to achieve those credentials?
When you say "self-taught mechanical engineer", did your father hold Engineering Credentials that he wrote engineering exams for to achieve those credentials?
blackarcher256 · 61-69, M
@SandWitch Back in the day engineering professional groups credentialed individuals based upon proven aptitude and experience. My dad had those. But your comment implies your perception that he couldn’t do engineering work unless he wrote engineering exams, that is factually incorrect. In my dad’s case specifically, he worked in the design departments of Pratt and Whitney, General Electric, and Ford Motor Company. A number of things he invented were patented by those companies. He also patented several inventions on his own. So my statement was accurate.
I can also tell you, based on personal experience, that just because you went to school and got a degree in engineering, and have a professional license, doesn’t make you a functional engineer. I am an engineer…and yes I have requisite degrees and licenses, and 38 years of design experience. During my career, I have encountered degree’d engineers that I wouldn’t trust to design a dog house. I’ve also encountered contractors and CAD designers that knew more about real engineering than some of those aforementioned degree’d engineers.
I can also tell you, based on personal experience, that just because you went to school and got a degree in engineering, and have a professional license, doesn’t make you a functional engineer. I am an engineer…and yes I have requisite degrees and licenses, and 38 years of design experience. During my career, I have encountered degree’d engineers that I wouldn’t trust to design a dog house. I’ve also encountered contractors and CAD designers that knew more about real engineering than some of those aforementioned degree’d engineers.
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@blackarcher256
[quote] @SandWitch "When you say "self-taught mechanical engineer", did your father hold Engineering Credentials that he wrote engineering exams for to achieve those credentials?"[/quote]
[quote]@blackarcher256 "Back in the day engineering professional groups credentialed individuals based upon proven aptitude and experience.[/quote]
That demonstration of competency still applies to this day, not just "back in the day" in your father's case. Let's be clear on that.
[quote]@blackarcher256 "But your comment implies your perception that he couldn’t do engineering work unless he wrote engineering exams, that is factually incorrect.[/quote]
I never made a comment. I asked you a question. My question implied nothing. Your perception of what I allegedly wrote to the contrary is factually INCORRECT. Let's be clear on that one too.
YOUR perception that I said your father couldn't do engineering work unless he wrote engineering exams came straight from your highly defensive posturing; it did not come from from my question. My question made no such inference, implication or suggestion in support of your perception of what I said.
Because of your highly defensive posturing to defend your father's credentials as a "self-taught mechanical engineer", are you implying that your father is a Mechanical Engineer?
[quote] @SandWitch "When you say "self-taught mechanical engineer", did your father hold Engineering Credentials that he wrote engineering exams for to achieve those credentials?"[/quote]
[quote]@blackarcher256 "Back in the day engineering professional groups credentialed individuals based upon proven aptitude and experience.[/quote]
That demonstration of competency still applies to this day, not just "back in the day" in your father's case. Let's be clear on that.
[quote]@blackarcher256 "But your comment implies your perception that he couldn’t do engineering work unless he wrote engineering exams, that is factually incorrect.[/quote]
I never made a comment. I asked you a question. My question implied nothing. Your perception of what I allegedly wrote to the contrary is factually INCORRECT. Let's be clear on that one too.
YOUR perception that I said your father couldn't do engineering work unless he wrote engineering exams came straight from your highly defensive posturing; it did not come from from my question. My question made no such inference, implication or suggestion in support of your perception of what I said.
Because of your highly defensive posturing to defend your father's credentials as a "self-taught mechanical engineer", are you implying that your father is a Mechanical Engineer?
meggie · F
@come2gether she died a long time ago
come2gether · M
@meggie Ah, ok, I was confused then. Sorry!
meggie · F
@come2gether no worries
AlchemyFox · 36-40, F
PhoenixPhail · M
@AlchemyFox I'm glad you're not willing to give it away. But you [i][b]will need[/b][/i] it. Either that, or explode in about a week. 💥
Nimbus · M
@AlchemyFox I'm assuming you don't mean a water one 😆
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WandererTony · 56-60, M
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Havesomefun2 · 56-60, M
Havesomefun2 · 56-60, M
@Nimbus hey iam an Leeds supporter we shall see what happens
Nimbus · M
@Havesomefun2 lol,
Great battles with Leeds so many years ago!
When footballers didn't cry when the got kicked, lol
Great battles with Leeds so many years ago!
When footballers didn't cry when the got kicked, lol
Havesomefun2 · 56-60, M
@Nimbus to yeah fu in true got straight back up and Leeds were a dirty team
akindheart · 61-69, F
PoetryNEmotion · F
@akindheart I hear you. No one even uses them anymore. And china cupboards? Same thing.
akindheart · 61-69, F
@PoetryNEmotion right! i don't have the real silver. i have good stainless steel i guess it is and Noritake china. yeah out of style.
4meAndyou · F
@Nimbus The thing is, I had so many photo albums, which I inherited from my mother that there was no room for them in my apartment. I filled up the trunk of my car, and passed most of them over to my son, and he just leaves them in his basement. Most of them are water damaged now, and when I ask for something that is in his basement, he won't get it for me. I would love to photograph some of the photographs and digitize them.
So...my own family photos, which are few, are NOT going over there to be mistreated while I am alive.
So...my own family photos, which are few, are NOT going over there to be mistreated while I am alive.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
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exexec · 61-69, C
The list is long. I have been thinking about it as I consider what my children will have to dispose of when we move to the old folks' home or die. My books that even a library won't take. Our photo albums since all the photos have been scanned. My antique turpentine tools. My metal file cabinet full of genealogy research material.
Sojournersoul · M
Nimbus · M
@Sojournersoul An antique?
Might be valuable.
Might be valuable.
SilkenHippie · 51-55, F
Bull calf the market drop and no one wants them
Donotfolowme · 51-55, F
Nimbus · M
@Donotfolowme I'm reluctant too also.
Enjoy ;)
Enjoy ;)
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