Re: OT? Tales of induhviduals?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:35:27 -0700, in sci.electronics.design "Warren
Weber" <hiview68NO SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Rich, Under the Affluence" <nevermind@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:pan.2005.11.21.22.59.20.556948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> So, the boss comes into my office this morning, demanding to know the
>> coefficient of thermal expansion of steel. Well, I don't know the
>> coefficient of thermal expansion of steel off the top of my head, so
>> I get him to back off long enough to let me look it up, and it
>> turns out it's something like 6.8 ~ 8.6 ppm/deg F.
>>
>> He says, "That's not gooe enough! I have to have the formula!"
>>
>> I said, "That _is_ the formula. 8.6 parts per million per degree F.
>> I can't make it any simpler than that, except maybe translate parts
>> per million into thou and tenths, in which case it's not very many
>> at all..." And he says, "So, if it's 17.5 inches at 70 degrees, how
>> many inches is it at 55?"
>>
>> I made him a little spread***. I was tempted to make a chart,
>> but all he asked for was a "formula".
>>
>> It came out to somehting like 17.497" or something. They're obsessing
>> over a hole diameter in a weldment that has no other tolerance closer
>> than about 1/16". (about 1.3 mm).
>>
>> Thanks, just wanted to rant for a mo.
>>
>> ;-)
>> Rich
>>
> So, when I was still working for a electric utility company they hired a
>"electrical engineer" from Lithuania (spelling?) to be the superintendent of
>our 6 county division. He called me into the office and said a bedroom in
>his house had only a pullchain light in center of room. I would like to
>change this to a switch on the wall by the door. How do I wire this? I
>though he was pulling my leg so to speak. He was serious. His name was
>Geroge not Dilbert. After that I had fun. I could blind him with BS and he
>never caught on. W W
>
I've been caught out like that, expecting wiring protocols to be the
same as my home country.

Lithuania has some beautiful women BTW


martin
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