Re: OT? Tales of induhviduals?


"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


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