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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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Unhappy Truckless...

Well I've been without both of my Superdutys for a week now and am having withdrawls. My mechanic has had my F-350 for a while now...it usually spends the summer with him fixing eveything I break plowing in the winter. He is in the process of removing the very rusty exhaust to get to the manifold bolts that are broken. No big deal as I drive the F-250 in the summer--until last week when it spit out the #3 sparkplug!! (only 60,000 miles on it) so now I am waiting for my CalVan insert kit. Sorry for the vent but I really like driving my trucks...just want to choke a Ford engineer right now though
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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I know your pain, engineers might be smart, but sometimes they are pretty dumb.

Good luck.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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It should be required that a person be a "Mechanic" before being allowed to be an "Engineer."
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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The before and after doesn't work. They forget about having to put it together, take it apart and keeping it going after a while.

It reminds me of a poor joke.

A great king calls into audience A mathematician, A physicist and an engineer. He shows them a red rubber ball and request to know the volume of it.

The mathematician, takes the diameter, divides it by two. Then inserts the radius in to 3/4(PI)r^3 and gives the king the answer.

The physicist submerges the ball into a known volume of water and measures the displacement. This is his answer for the king.

The engineer goes to his book shelf, removes the book of red rubber *****, looks up the model and reads the volume to the king.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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LOL! That was funny!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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.... well actually, I think its four thirds pi R square, not three quarters.......
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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You're right. I don't have many science jokes in my repituar so I forget some of the details. I looked it up, it's 4/3 pi r cubed according to wiki and another site.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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My grandpa was to say
'they know a whole lot,,,it just aint about nothing"
 
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Engineers wont remember much even if they worked on the cars. Architects and building engineers are the same way. "But it works on the drawing" Uh yeah, now step out of your little cubicle, come out to the site and show me.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 05:41 AM
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The Drawing is fiction,,,,,But it don't fit,,,is a Fact !!
 
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