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What's Your Favorite or Most Used Idiom from the World of Engineering?

Mitchell Winkler03-07-2022 12:34 PM

Here's a potentially fun topic for a Monday. What's your favorite or most used idiom from the world ...

Rebecca Waldrup03-09-2022 07:51 AM

I'm sorry, Mitchell I totally dropped the ball on this one despite thinking 24/7 before I called ...

Dudley McFadden03-14-2022 10:43 AM

Whew, Becky, you hit the ball out of the park! ------------------------------ Dudley McFadden P.E...

Sarah Simon04-08-2022 10:14 AM

now there's some government work (thinking?) for you. Thank you ------------------------------ S...

Reed Brockman04-22-2022 08:02 PM

Hi Becky! Your response is the bee's knees! Put a feather in your cap and pat yourself on the bac...

James Williams03-10-2022 02:11 PM

Mitch, thank you for picking up my slack. I have lost track of time travelling and working between...

James Williams03-10-2022 02:11 PM

Get your ducks in a row! One of our department's most favorite engineers would walk by someone's...

James Williams03-10-2022 03:24 PM

Calls to the service or "help" desk. After any engineer spent more than 3 minutes on the phone with...

Thomas Walski03-14-2022 09:47 AM

"At the end of the day..." Why do so many things happen at the end of the day? Why can't they happe...

Michael Shirk03-14-2022 10:58 AM

Thomas hit that nail on the head. That was the first thing that came to my mind as well, and fo...

Angela Hintz03-21-2022 10:46 AM

I wholeheartedly agree with you, I hate business buzzwords, and have more than one coworker who t...

James Williams04-05-2022 05:12 PM

I will not begin to travel the path of understandings between generations. I watch TV with closed...

Mary Loden03-14-2022 10:35 AM

I had a boss that used to say "the juice isn't worth the squeeze". I now use that as often as I ca...

Joseph Reichenberger03-14-2022 12:35 PM

"There is no such thing as a 'small change'." I tell my students this every year in my capstone "De...

Erik Brown03-28-2022 10:12 AM

That is some powerful wisdom right there. Thank you for articulating that thought so well. I am de...

James Williams04-09-2022 10:05 AM

Reminds me of those request to rerun analyses with lots of elements and 15 or more load cases. It ...

George Watson03-20-2022 12:20 PM

"Cut to fit, weld to hold, paint to match" is an old one I heard over the years. "The cost savings...

Alex Thomas03-21-2022 10:01 AM

While studying my friend's College mate said observe everything you see is civ engineering think ov...

Jeffrey Rice03-21-2022 02:07 PM

I started working on a survey crew at my father's consulting firm, in central Illinois, in the mid-...

Michael Kozinetz03-21-2022 06:32 PM

Speaking about a particularly slippery client rep who would never make a decision or respond in a ...

Sarah Simon04-08-2022 10:13 AM

What a wonderful idea - Must be older, because everyone knew about the Roundhouses in the train y...

Eldon Jacobson03-27-2022 09:44 AM

When I was studying Civil Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA the student AS...

Thomas Halmi03-28-2022 07:44 AM

"Sure we can do it, it only takes time and money." or On Friday, when the project isn't done, but...

Joseph Harrell03-28-2022 11:14 AM

As a bridge engineer, I can't pass up "That's water under the bridge" and "We'll cross that bridge ...

Sarah Simon04-08-2022 10:13 AM

and water over the dam. Although people like to say "under", but that's an issue costly to fix. ...

James Williams03-30-2022 08:01 AM

Uncertain as to the origins but when there is clearly a lack of communication between the managemen...

Perry Cole03-31-2022 07:48 AM

When I hear that one, I recall the words of Marilyn Vos Savant (Spelling?), the famous MENSA colum...

Edward Fischer03-30-2022 12:19 PM

Measure twice, cut once. ------------------------------ Ed Fischer, M.ASCE Hydrologist, Retired Io...

Jeffrey Paradee04-04-2022 03:07 PM

How about..."Close enough for government work" Jeff Paradee P.E. JBLM, MAMC , FMD ---------------...

Alex Thomas04-05-2022 01:00 AM

Similar idiom for grease the skid , pour oil to the fire. Most probably the earlier may be the id...

James Williams04-05-2022 05:12 PM

Mr. Paradee, I have never understood this one given that most government work I was associated wit...

James Williams04-09-2022 10:04 AM

By the way, how long is "Two shakes of a lamb's tail"? ------------------------------ James Willia...

Michael Kozinetz04-11-2022 09:17 AM

James, I'm not sure, but it's a question of fact if it's quicker than a "New York Minute"....... ...

James Williams04-11-2022 11:41 AM

First LOL of the day. That's funny!!!! ------------------------------ James Williams P.E., M.ASC...

Joshua Reidhead04-13-2022 05:40 PM

Old timers around me always say "They want belts and suspenders on this one!" For higher than nece...

Gregg Freeby05-03-2022 10:45 AM

"Strength is essential, but otherwise unimportant" - Hardy Cross ------------------------------ Gr...