On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:23:27 -0500, George Shirley wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> Is he an engineer by any chance?
>>> Asamatta'o'fact, he was an aircraft engineer (in WW II) <g>
>>
>> Case closed.
>> "I'm like that because I'm an engineer."
>> "No, you're an engineer because you're like that."
>
> More than 25 years ago I was an engineering superintendent with a major
> oil company. One of my young mechanical engineers and I were discussing
> some details on a print and he turned and asked me where I got my
> engineering degree. Told him real fast that I had a "real" degree and it
> was in Behavioral Science, mainly sociology and psychology. He was
> amazed that I would know much about many engineering disciplines. He
> felt better after I told him I worked the first eighteen years of my
> career sans degree and with my hands.
>
> I only ever met two engineers in my 47 year career in the oil patch that
> could spell, and both of those actually kept dictionaries on their desks.
>

that's a good sign, actually. many engineers wouldn't bother, since
'spelling doesn't matter.'

your pal,
blake