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Brandy7
Automotive
- Apr 27, 2007
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You know you are an old Draftsman when...
1. You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.
2. You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language
exam.
3. You've erased sepias with chemicals.
4. You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.
5. You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of
electronic file.
6. You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.
7. You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North
Pole.
8. You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.
9. You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape
again.
10. You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.
11. You've etched your initials into your tools.
12. You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.
13. You've come home with black sleeves.
14. You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.
15. You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.
16. You've used "fixative" spray.
17. You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.
18. You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.
19. You could smoke in the office
20. You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no
one complaining
21. There were a lot of 'cowboys' but now it's all Indians
22. You'd change jobs for an extra 25 cents
23. You'd be able to speak to the engineers in English
24. They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after
lunch
25. You learned to fold a drawing to get the title on the front
26. You also were accurate from 100 paces with an rubber band.
27. You got your check on Friday before lunch and didn't come back ?til
Monday!
28. There used to be contract work whenever you wanted it
29. The work week was 56 hours and you had to work 6 on Saturday to get
it.
30. You have draftsman elbow.
31. You extended your brush with a used cardboard tube.
32. You knew you were working on the original because it was Mylar.
33. The Boss would call from the Bar to lay people off.
34. Linen sheets were stolen to use as pillow cases....
35. You actually drew something without a computer.
36. A detailer wasn't waxing your car for $50 he was filling the tank
and getting it washed for you on the clock.
37. You know what onion skin is.
38. The runners worked at Tycoons on Eight Mile Rd. at night.
39. You moved to a new shop because it had Board-co.
40. You didn't need a resume.
41. You were interview at a bar, got a raise all at the bar at 2:00 in
the afternoon.
42. A Douche bag was not the guy in the next cube.
43. On Holiday weekends you wouldn't get paid on Friday until after
lunch.
44. You know that a scale isn't something in your bathroom to weigh
yourself....
45. You know that body rings aren't for piercing....
46. You've actually stayed at work all night to get a job done....
47. You know how to cut a section without a computer....
48. You actually know how to apply trigonometry....
49. You know that electric erasers actually do exist....
50. At one time you owned a mertz-o-matic....
51. You've been hired over the phone....
52. Tel-Way was a Saturday ritual (like white castle)
53. Papercuts didn't hurt
54 You could read someone's printing and knew who it was....
55. Programs you worked on in the past are now part of the Henry Ford
Museum !
56. GD&T was not used except at the Best Company's.
1. You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.
2. You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language
exam.
3. You've erased sepias with chemicals.
4. You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.
5. You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of
electronic file.
6. You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.
7. You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North
Pole.
8. You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.
9. You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape
again.
10. You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.
11. You've etched your initials into your tools.
12. You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.
13. You've come home with black sleeves.
14. You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.
15. You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.
16. You've used "fixative" spray.
17. You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.
18. You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.
19. You could smoke in the office
20. You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no
one complaining
21. There were a lot of 'cowboys' but now it's all Indians
22. You'd change jobs for an extra 25 cents
23. You'd be able to speak to the engineers in English
24. They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after
lunch
25. You learned to fold a drawing to get the title on the front
26. You also were accurate from 100 paces with an rubber band.
27. You got your check on Friday before lunch and didn't come back ?til
Monday!
28. There used to be contract work whenever you wanted it
29. The work week was 56 hours and you had to work 6 on Saturday to get
it.
30. You have draftsman elbow.
31. You extended your brush with a used cardboard tube.
32. You knew you were working on the original because it was Mylar.
33. The Boss would call from the Bar to lay people off.
34. Linen sheets were stolen to use as pillow cases....
35. You actually drew something without a computer.
36. A detailer wasn't waxing your car for $50 he was filling the tank
and getting it washed for you on the clock.
37. You know what onion skin is.
38. The runners worked at Tycoons on Eight Mile Rd. at night.
39. You moved to a new shop because it had Board-co.
40. You didn't need a resume.
41. You were interview at a bar, got a raise all at the bar at 2:00 in
the afternoon.
42. A Douche bag was not the guy in the next cube.
43. On Holiday weekends you wouldn't get paid on Friday until after
lunch.
44. You know that a scale isn't something in your bathroom to weigh
yourself....
45. You know that body rings aren't for piercing....
46. You've actually stayed at work all night to get a job done....
47. You know how to cut a section without a computer....
48. You actually know how to apply trigonometry....
49. You know that electric erasers actually do exist....
50. At one time you owned a mertz-o-matic....
51. You've been hired over the phone....
52. Tel-Way was a Saturday ritual (like white castle)
53. Papercuts didn't hurt
54 You could read someone's printing and knew who it was....
55. Programs you worked on in the past are now part of the Henry Ford
Museum !
56. GD&T was not used except at the Best Company's.
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