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    List lookup

    Doug, That is what I needed. Thanks a bunch.
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    List lookup

    I have a list of lets say a b d j k e I want a function to look on that list and return a positive if the letter I indicate is on the list. An if function would be =if(??="j","x"," ") with ?? being the cell that I put the lookup value in. I have a list an I want to see an X in a column if...
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    Best Practices, Inventor

    Having used SW you might be doing a number of these practices but I would still recommned looking at this post on the AutoDesk NG. Scroll down to the post from Walt Jaquith. IMO it is one of the best posts on the NG. I think it addresses your first question...
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    Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?

    I asked this question of a vendor several years ago and kept his responce in my email program. "One pumps and the other one lifts. They are typically interchangeable. But in my humble opinion, a lift station would refer to a sewage station, and a pump station would refer to a water booster...
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    two weeks notice

    I have quit two jobs as an engineer in my 10 year career. The first was in plant design for a manufacturing company and I gave two weeks notice and left on very good terms. Two weeks was a good time frame because I did not loose interest by the time the two weeks were up. I went to a small...
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    Wealthy Engineers

    A few great books on the topic of becoming rich are: 1) The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley 2) The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason 3) The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey The first is a study of who the rich are in America and how they got there. The other two are very...

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