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You are dead wrong fungus......

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I come from a Family of Engineers, my Granddad, His Brother, My Dad, His Brother & My Sister. You've never had a good time until you've participated in a Nightly Algebra Pop Quiz at the Dinner Table or the mandatory reaming out of the Check-out Person when Dad thought it was a Penny too High! Then I come along and turn out to be an Artist & Musician...believe me, they do not Mix Well!
 
Had a "Sled Dog" Flash me once in the Smoky Mountains. years ago, who's Biker Boyfriend looked like that guy, he walked over & said "Nice ain't they, you can take Her for a Ride if you want"...I managed to say...you mean your Bike? "NO! Talking 'bout My Ol' Lady, I don't want you near My Bike!" LOL!
 
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Work around the Army Corps of Engineers sometime. You'll kiss the ones you work around and buy 'em lunch, trust me. There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Army way. PITA.

I've had to teach a few college boy engineers how things work in the real world on several occasions. Elliptical wall layout was one. Poor guy came out with a transit and a helper. Took them two hours. I did mine in a half hour with two concrete nails and a length of thin steel cable. Old school wins.



we did some concrete work at McConnell AFB in Wichita when they converted the base over from KC 135’s to B1’s

we had to add 12 inches of concrete to the runways

Army Corps of Engineers were in charge of the job

and like you said , as long as we done what they said and brought them donuts and coffee , the job went smooth

never argue or disagree with them , they are gods on the job

only other group that was a strict or stricter were the NRC…..we poured concrete at the Blackfox Nuclear Plant just outside of Tulsa and those were some interesting times

the FAA inspectors were also real strict

all those rules and regulations never really bothered me…by the time I got my Journeyman’s card I was already a Masonry Specialist in the 138 TAC Fighter Group Combat Engineers so I was used to the strict guidelines of the Corp of Engineers
 

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