Amem!!!
Could not have said it better.
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From: A. M. Finke [mailto:twobarb@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:54 PM
To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=8HIP_aenBZCiAh-VFqbkTsIFQ_g5-JJlNcQyk_T3pLyqLa1QTY_DKxRTrOjvngnhSYBq6ecxdrM0CyAvrlwPxjGReA">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a>
Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] moderate this
What's the take off for the branch on a 2" 3000lb Socket Weld Lateral? Happy now?
There is a reason I quit engineering school and opted for my job in the field. And it was not my grades, my ACT scores or my IQ. It was however because I don't much care to work with pricks. So I chose a different path I worked hard all day fitting, welding, and generally busting my ass. In the evenings I sat alone in hotel rooms and taught myself trig, calc, and statics.
Now I spend my days as a foremen, owner, designer, and fitter. I sit in my truck and draft piping on my laptop over coffee before my crews start for the day. I deal with problems that some of you could only dream of and I enjoy what I do.
I am not some whining socialist complaining about how hard its been for me. On the contrary I have enjoyed every minute, I like my rough life. I like the fact that we don't have petty little arguments about helping someone that asks a question no matter how simple. In fact I don't think I have ever had a petty argument in the field. We instead have real honest to goodness fights With broken noses and terminations.
My advice at this point is to put up or shut up. Several times this subject has come up on the list and I would like to know what makes these "pompous asses" worthy of there own praises. I would like to know, in case I should change religious affiliations, if they really are that great. I think possibly the point of this list has been missed. I am here as I assume a good portion of the rest of you because I enjoy piping. As lame as that sounds I eat sleep and live it. I can't watch a movie without without noticing the piping, and the occasional Macintosh in the background.
This might be a good time to sit and think about our motivations. Are we here to help one another and further our craft, art, skill, profession in the process. Or are we here on the off chance that we might be able to solve some pivotal problem and be hoisted up on the shoulders of our peers and written about for ages to come.
When you have thought about it I would like to see a show of hands as to where we all stand. I will then decide if the list is worth the hard drive space and bandwidth it occupies on my machine.
That is all
A.M. Finke
Owner
Lion Heart Welding
People who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety,
Benjamin Franklin
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