MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Where in the world did you get the idea I took offense?
I just find it difficult for my fingers to connect wires together with no clue as to the possible outcome. PS: The most challenging of all my curriculum was Celestial Mechanics. The dullest was forensic auditing. The most tedious was chemistry.
Then I found chemistry and electrical melded perfectly with lead acid batteries the MBA reined in a proclivity to expend tempting over-budget dollars for even more test equipment and Celestial Mechanics piped in when I peered outside and found the stars in the wrong place (spending all night on a stool crunching numbers).
My economics exposure led me by my nose on a trail to the Skunkworks auction buried deep in a technical magazine -- .50 pound for brand new space shuttle wire (Just a guess but 5-7 tons total wire purchase would be a fair estimate*) and of course the 15Kw PW+Analog generator waveform generator. The penalty for nerdiness was 100% devotion to educating myself with full-time work and no play except for horsepack trips.
*I sold perhaps 1-1/2 tons of brand new Teflon FAA/PMA certified wire at $4.00/lb. 800% markup. And a job with Lockheed unsnarling a bogus maintenance battery charger for their lab power supply.
The net sum total? Caution. Not some gyro gearloose attitude.
Kelley's Law
Murphy Was An Optimist
As I read your experience, we may have a few friends in common. And I do love Kelley's Law!
