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Zero999:

--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on December 07, 2019, 02:44:41 am ---According to the dictionary, an engineer is, among other things, "a person who operates or is in charge of an engine".

When you drive a car, you are essentially operating an engine. So you're practicing engineering. And you even need a license to do it.
--- End quote ---
This made me laugh. What a load of shit!  :palm: Keep the comedy gold coming.  :-DD

Cubdriver:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on December 07, 2019, 01:54:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on December 07, 2019, 02:44:41 am ---According to the dictionary, an engineer is, among other things, "a person who operates or is in charge of an engine".

When you drive a car, you are essentially operating an engine. So you're practicing engineering. And you even need a license to do it.
--- End quote ---
This made me laugh. What a load of shit!  :palm: Keep the comedy gold coming.  :-DD

--- End quote ---

Yeah, he certainly dug deep and stretched for that one.  I still fail to see any benefit to metric vs inches and feet when I'm driving, though.

-Pat

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on December 07, 2019, 01:54:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on December 07, 2019, 02:44:41 am ---According to the dictionary, an engineer is, among other things, "a person who operates or is in charge of an engine".

When you drive a car, you are essentially operating an engine. So you're practicing engineering. And you even need a license to do it.
--- End quote ---
This made me laugh. What a load of shit!  :palm: Keep the comedy gold coming.  :-DD

--- End quote ---

Ahah, well, this would be a pretty old definition, and completely irrelevant nowadays, but even so - back in the day, what it meant is basically someone who was REALLY in charge of an engine, in a train or boat for instance, in which engines required constant maintenance and care, and a fair bit of knowledge for doing so. A car driver is definitely NOT in charge of an engine in that sense anyway. :-DD
Not any more that you're in charge of the CPU when you're using a computer.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 07, 2019, 04:22:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on December 07, 2019, 01:54:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on December 07, 2019, 02:44:41 am ---According to the dictionary, an engineer is, among other things, "a person who operates or is in charge of an engine".

When you drive a car, you are essentially operating an engine. So you're practicing engineering. And you even need a license to do it.
--- End quote ---
This made me laugh. What a load of shit!  :palm: Keep the comedy gold coming.  :-DD

--- End quote ---

Ahah, well, this would be a pretty old definition, and completely irrelevant nowadays, but even so - back in the day, what it meant is basically someone who was REALLY in charge of an engine, in a train or boat for instance, in which engines required constant maintenance and care, and a fair bit of knowledge for doing so. A car driver is definitely NOT in charge of an engine in that sense anyway. :-DD
Not any more that you're in charge of the CPU when you're using a computer.

--- End quote ---
I suppose, in the old days operating a computer was a skilled job.

There are all sorts of archaic definitions of words which sound very silly by today's standards. For example do you know what a gay house is in old English? A brothel for straight men. An archaic definition of the word gay is engaging in risky or immoral behaviour.

bsfeechannel:

--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on December 07, 2019, 05:04:34 am ---It is happening.  Too bad everyone is not happy with the pace.

--- End quote ---

Now we're talking. The only sensible answer to the OP's question is: Yes we know about metrication and we're doing what we can to adapt. Just give us time.

End of discussion.

Responses like "we'll never metricate our road signs because we don't care" serve the US no purpose and make the country look like a land of morons.

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