Re: Re: pIPING THICKNESS CALCULATOR

On Dec 23, 2005, at 6:53 AM, George McKinney wrote:

> And so typical of industry today - the worker on site gets the can,
> whether
> he had anything to do with it or not, while the
> directors/board/accountants
> who created the policy behind the situation, get a bonus for
> meritorious
> service.

That's always been the case. The golden rule is that the guy with the gold makes the rules. (Don't I just sound like the Bolshevik, though ;->) It wasn't the stokers who ran the Titanic into the icefield or even the captain, it was Bruce Ismay who wanted the ship into New York ahead of schedule for better press coverage. He also managed to get into one of the boats, leaving his female secretary (and a lot of other women and children) behind.

I hasten to add (before sounding too much like a bitter old fart) that I wouldn't trade private engineering practice for any management job in the world. Yea, they shall have their reward, and it won't be half so fine as as doping out a design for a big acrylic submarine window, watching it come through hydrotesting and looking out at the sea bottom from inside.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.

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