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Air Ministry .:
Excellent Alexey .
An Engineers someone who can do for ten shillings what costs anyone else five pounds . Neville Shute .
Dave Hull:
After many years of working for many, many managers I can see the underlying truth in the following story:
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below says: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 38.85 and 38.89 degrees N. latitude, and between 77.02 and 77.03 degrees W. longitude."
"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.
"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost.
"The man below says, "You must be a manager."
"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
AMV:
John Eyer:
Engineer
People who confuse an Engineer with the gentleman who chaffers the locomotive have a one-track mind.
ASME
Robert Zambelli:
This says it all!!!!
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