!
> >On the other hand, one man's "easy" question is another man's
intractible
> >dilemma.
> Well put. I think the bigest problem with the so-called 'stupid'
> questions is the assumption that the person hasn't bothered to
get a
> little background in the subject before posting. All the flaming
about
> horse's ass engineers and CAD monkey designers and fitter apes
is a
> little distressing, even after hearing it all from time to time
over 35
> years in the biz. Anyone making blanket statements like that is
sticking
> a poker right up his own kilt because we all depend on each
other. If I
> tell a welder to stop asking dumb questions and get on with his
work one
> day, there's a good chance I'll get 'I dunno' for an answer when
I need
> help with a fab problem the next. You never know when a returned
favor
> will pull your butt out of the fire.
>
> Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant from
> chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of
Gen.
> ___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)
> http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw
Received on Sat Sep 29 03:22:00 2001
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