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Mr. George Watson, P.E., M.ASCE


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

Posted By George Watson 03-20-2022 12:20 PM
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"Cut to fit, weld to hold, paint to match" is an old one I heard over the years. "The cost savings will more than offset the loss of human life." I believe this was from National Lampoon of from Ford vehicle managers when they used the top of the gas tank as the bottom of the trunk in the original ...

RE: How Has Engineering Changed Over the Years

Posted By George Watson 03-15-2021 07:46 PM
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Willard, you brought back memories. Before I started in 1973, colleagues told of hand drafting in the old building without air conditioning in downtown hot and humid Houston. The drafters worked on paper with a lead holder and had to wear sleeves over their arms to keep from sweating on the paper. ...

RE: How Has Engineering Changed Over the Years

Posted By George Watson 03-14-2021 10:47 PM
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The basics never change. I began college in 1967 and learning to use a Slide rule was a required college course. I had used one in High School for the basics. Beginning Physics was the flunk out course to see who was going to last and who was going to Vietnam. I made a grade on the final exam just ...