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BigBlue1 · Sep 17, 2019

k0ua said:
You sir are very well spoken.

Thanks. I try.

/pine said:
IMO the premise that nomenclature is part of the issue is bunk...Yes a lot of firearm enthusiasts freak out when a news / media person or a protestor etc., etc...incorrectly identifies or describes a firearm's capability or accessory...but it's insignificant...what the anti-gun public and the media think/say does not matter...

...What does matter is the writing on the wall...it's only a matter of time...

Fighting tooth and nail against any new infringements will be futile...if "they" are not steered in the right direction (by targeting kooks and not guns)...it could be like the way the health care act was passed...with a 100% partisan majority, behind closed doors in the middle of the night...without any bipartisan debate what so ever...signed, sealed and delivered....It could happen, the writing is on the wall read it and weep...!

I do agree with /pine here about needing to change the conversation to focus on the people causing the problems and not the gun. Bad people will do bad things regardless of what tools they have access to. We need to figure out why they want to do those bad things and address that.

Sigarms · Sep 17, 2019

k0ua said:
Nope. I have a state issued license for selling Health and Life insurance... But the "engineer" title was handed to me by my previous company on a platter when I was hired. "Yesterday I could not even spell engineer, now I are one! " There were probably about 30 of us "engineers" scattered over the country in the states we served. No one had any actual state licenses for said same.

Do you know what a petroleum distribution engineer is?

BTY, my father was an "engineer" as well in the state of Pennsylvania after being a lifer. Never had a college degree to boot.

I work with engineers myself on a daily basis. I agree with atsah.

k0ua · Sep 17, 2019

Sigarms said:
Do you know what a petroleum distribution engineer is?

BTY, my father was an "engineer" as well in the state of Pennsylvania after being a lifer. Never had a college degree to boot.

I work with engineers myself on a daily basis. I agree with atsah.

I reckon you spent that summer as a "gas pump jockey" or "grease monkey'

k0ua · Sep 17, 2019

I do think I was a pretty good "engineer". I worked on a lot of deals up to about $750,000, and managed to help sales bring them home. I was very well paid both as base pay and bonuses for correctly "engineering" the communications systems (telephony and data) we sold. I also trained a lot of technicians on how to program and maintain those systems. So after a while I actually thought of myself as a real engineer. Minus degree and licensing. I saw one of our experienced engineers make a $100,000 mistake on a system about the million dollar level, he engineered. I never had to swallow anything like that. One of the biggest fears we all had was of making an expensive mistake, and on the other hand, over engineering a system and putting in too much fat so that you didn't win the bid. It was a juggling act. So Was I an engineer? I think so. Others may disagree.

hunt4570 · Sep 17, 2019

Sigarms said:
During my college summer breaks, I worked as a "petroleum distribution engineer". Kids today would have no clue what that job actually is:laughing:

Generally speaking, the question is if you're licensed by the state you reside in to practice work as an engineer in your field?

I pumped a lot of gas in my day too!!

widefat · Sep 17, 2019

hunt4570 said:
Did you come from the Midwest? Its all pop there, that's where I grew up.

Actually, no - I grew up in SW Va.

/pine · Sep 17, 2019

Sanitation engineer = garbage man

Domestic engineer = maid or housewife

Sigarms · Sep 17, 2019

hunt4570 said:
I pumped a lot of gas in my day too!!

And I remember the first time I got gas in Jersey. I was like "WTF?" I sincerely thought I was on some kind of hidden camera show.

Ironic, back in the 80's in Pa, gas stations did a lot of "cash discount" pricing (paying with a credit card cost more at the pump and if you paid with cash). Last I remember, only SC seemed to play that game. I generally always pay with a credit card as I like to fill up and never know the exact amount I'm putting in.

Jstpssng · Sep 17, 2019

Up here there still are a lot of places which offer a cash discount. One company even offers 7 cents off for using their debit card. I’m not sure if it takes it out of your checking account or if you need to put a sizable deposit with them, but there’s no way that I will be doing it.

At least now most pumps are computerized and the discount is automatically calculated. In the ‘80s they would calculate it after pumping... except that often it didn’t happen unless you reminded them. No doubt the difference went into the attendant’s pocket.