"Michael A. Terrell" on Tue, 23 Sep 2014
13:25:54 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:26:31 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Larry Jaques wrote:

That's cool. I envy your vast knowledge/experience base. (I only made
it to half vast.) Had I wanted to go to college, I likely would have
taken both electrical and mechanical engineering courses. My parents
offered to pay the price. But I was too fed up with people, being a
hermit by nature. I chose auto mechanic tech school over college, as
machines don't talk back.


Sure they do. You can even carry on conversations with some of them.
I told more than one piece of equipment that if it didn't behave I would
scrap it for parts.

What I meant was that they don't talk back...much.


You've lead a very sheltered life.

It is okay to talk to the aircraft.
It is okay for them to talk back.
But, do not start arguing with them - that is a bad sign.

"true Story" - Capt Schiebe gets on his tanker, and checks the log
"repaired bullet damage". Asks what was the meaning of this - the are
in Eastern Washington. Well, seems that one of the ramp rats [pulling
guard duty] got into an argument with one of the planes and it said
something and he shoot. "But it wasn't our aircraft- we were just an
innocent bystanders!"
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."