[SEL] New Toy

[Elden DuRand]

Dolly:

And that is why most of the recent graduate engineers I worked with didn't have any real mechanical aptitude.  Just about none of them worked on cars or even had an interest in mechanics.  Oh, yes - if they needed an answer, they could rely on the books to tell 'em but I found that I came up with ideas that were just as good (and often used) right out of my head and a sketch pad.

AND I ain't even got no freakin' degree!

Take care - Elden
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>  Behalf Of Jim French
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> 
> In the old, old, old days, when engineers were 
> trained to be ... well, 
> engineers, colleges had engines for the students 
> to work with, measuring 
> power, calorific burn of fuel, efficency ... 
> basically anything which 
> could be measured.  The specially made college 
> engines had extra 
> adjusters on just about everything.  They were 
> discarded as a learning / 
> teaching tool when it was discovered that 
> everything can be learned from 
> a book!
> 
> Dolly