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Old 10-22-2010, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Fatboy 04
I have one to add. Using the word "DIE" to explain when a engine stops running.

Something has to be "ALIVE" in order for it to "DIE"
An engine will "Quit" when it stops running not "DIE"
("DIE" refers to death, unless you use it under the other definition)
So my first wife will then "quit" someday?
 
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wingnut51
...I wanted to submit a pre-rant but that would be normal operation so I guess I'll have to leave a post-rant which must mean I'm just a little too late to rant properly!!
I think you're getting your terms mixed up. If you submitted a pre-rant, nobody would hear it (it's silent) and it would just burn a hole in the conversation anyway. I think you're correct in submitting a post-rant because you're basically knocking the OP's original rant.
 
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:19 PM
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So my first wife will then "quit" someday?

One can only hope for such luck , I have one of those too .
 
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:25 PM
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So my first wife will then "quit" someday?
I felt a bit of a chill....
 
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:34 PM
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I prefer using the proper technical terms as well. For instance the best lubricant has the greatest "sliptivity"
 
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Originally Posted by schumacher
So my first wife will then "quit" someday?
Only if she's running!
Speaking of running. Is your refirgerator running? If it is you better go catch it. Sorry I couldn't resist old humor

We are a alive, therefore one day we will "die".
 
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:35 PM
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Wonder if he knows what an engineer uses for birth control?

His personality !

I just put gas in the damn bike and ride it. I tell the mechanic , it sounded like two skeletons on a tin roof using a tin can for a rubber. He usually knows what I mean.
 

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Originally Posted by FBRR
I can easly accect poor spelling and grammer. ( I'm guilty of both without the use of spell check.)

I do however CRINGE when folks insist on using or improperly using real engineering "defined" terms.
Ok, well I had dinner tonight at an Italian restaurant where they served me an ANTI-pasta salad with PRO-velone cheese. So, should I be FOR velone or AGAINST pasta?
 
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Schu,

My wife got one of those damn things made out of plastic she bought at some home specialty store. She loves it and when she uses it , the shirts all come out the same size, neatly folded. When I use it they come out looking like I folded them blindfolded.

I think she paid about 10 or 15 dollars for it
 
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Here's another way of folding a t-shirt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFwn...has_verified=1
 


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