SlideRuleEra

[BigH]

on being named TipMaster of the Week! (first half-April 2006) Well done!

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Thanks, BigH. "Engineering" has been good to me, I really enjoy participating, and now have the time to devote to it.

http://www.SlideRuleEra.net

 

[jdonville]

SRE,

Just wanted to add my kudos as well.

Good on you, cobber!

Jeff

 

[PEinc]

Yes, congrats! Well deserved.

By the way, when do you have time to actually do any work?

 

[SlideRuleEra]

PEinc - I retired from an electric utility as the Senior Corporate Engineer and as a US Air Force Reserve Officer. Do some part-time consulting work thru my one-person LLC, usually working directly with project Owners. Eng-Tips is how I try to keep from getting "rusty" - in that respect, I look at participation here as part of the job. Sure a good way to learn a lot and see the wide range of problems that y'all encounter.

http://www.SlideRuleEra.net

 

[jheidt2543]

Congradulations SlideRuleEra! I look forward to your comments and that huge library of info. you have.

I agree with your comment on "derustification" in these forums. Participaton is an education in itself! I still think there should be a way to claim professional developement credit for the time spent here.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Thanks jdonville and jheidt2543

Jeff - You added a new word to my vocabulary, "cobber" - I had never heard that before and had to look it up. See that it is used in Australia & New Zealand.

jheidt2543 - I know that you have a good library, too. When I first joined Eng-Tips you and I discussed the Hool & Kinne books. Did not know if I had a complete set (6 books) until you confirmed that.

http://www.SlideRuleEra.net

 

[jheidt2543]

Yes, Hool & Kinne's books are a great reference and fun to read just for the history of engineering. I had one of Kinne's sons as a prof. at the UW-Madison back in 1969-1971, so I feel a special connection to the set. Any book you haven't read is new, no matter when it was written!

 

[BigH]

And any book that you can even glean one thing of interest is a book worth having skimmed and read. I love the older books, as you likely know. Unbelievable what you can glean from Chellis' book on piles. I, too, am impressed by SRE's library but better yet his 'fingertip' control on the URL's !!!

Thanks, Jeff, I had to look up the word cobber too! I went crazy the first time I started looking up words in the Oxford - many that we don't use in the USA/Canada. The one I especially like is when someone says he is knackered!