I'm sorry, Mitchell I totally dropped the ball on this one despite thinking 24/7 before I called it a day and hit the hay. I thought I would get my act together the next day, so went back to the drawing board as soon as I had my first cup of joe. To make a long story short, I found this task no piece of cake and no lightbulb went off in my head, so I sadly I pulled the plug on this effort. I hope someone else has a brainstorm and posts their thoughts, but if not cut your readers some slack because they may have bigger fish to fry this week!
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Becky Waldrup, P.E., M.ASCE
Senior Manager, Government Engineer Programs
American Society of Civil Engineers
Reston, VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-07-2022 12:06 PM
From: Mitchell Winkler
Subject: What's Your Favorite or Most Used Idiom from the World of Engineering?
Here's a potentially fun topic for a Monday. What's your favorite or most used idiom from the world of engineering and why do you like it? Conversely, what idioms do you find annoying or over used? We had a moderator call last week and the idiom "grease the skids" was used prompting this post.. An idiom (I had forgotten and had to look up) is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
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Mitch Winkler P.E., M.ASCE
Houston, TX
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