You might be a shop rat if: (three per contestant, please)

Ptah

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Tue Oct-04-05 11:25 PM
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You might be a shop rat if: (three per contestant, please)

1. You have dried your coffee cup with an air hose.

2. You cleaned that cup with Borax.

3. There were more than ten congealed welding globs
in that cup before you started.

:silly:

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Ptah

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Wed Oct-05-05 12:03 AM
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1. Shirley, I am not the only shop rat DUer. n/t

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yorgatron

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Wed Oct-05-05 01:51 AM
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2. 1.my coffee mug is shaped like a Stromberg 97 carburetor.

2.i drove my brother's '51 Hudson to the grocery store tonight.
3.i would have driven my '54 Oldsmobile,but i don't know how much gas it has :shrug:

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SeattleGirl

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Wed Oct-05-05 01:54 AM
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3. You might be a shop rat if

1. You think Grease Off is a beauty treatment.
2. You make your significant other park in the rain and snow so your shop equipment can stay dry.
3. Shop towels are the #1 item on your Christmas wish list.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Oct-05-05 10:28 PM
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6. No you aren't, and stop calling me Shirley!

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Ptah

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Thu Oct-06-05 03:39 AM
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7. OK Shirley, here's how it is:

You might be a shop rat if:

1. You are more intelligent than any engineers.

2. You can make a widget from scrap that's laying around.

3. You can fabricate a component
faster that an engineer can describe it.

4. You will not let an engineer touch any of your tools.

5. You quit engineering school to get a job in the real world.

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Ptah

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Wed Oct-05-05 10:25 PM
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4. One more try:

Edited on Wed Oct-05-05 10:26 PM by Ptah

You might be a shop rat if:

You know engineers make funny papers.

You know engineers have no concept of the real world.

You understand that an eengineering degree is a waste.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Oct-05-05 10:27 PM
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5. >>>

1. You clean your hands with Goop.
2. Your favorite phrase is: "If all else fails, get a bigger hammer."
3. Your favorite scent is WD-40.

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Ptah

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Thu Oct-06-05 03:54 AM
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8. wow, did this turn out to be a misdirected thread.

I was hoping to bring ot some skilled tradesmen
or tradeswomen.
Something along the lines of:

Skilled Craftsmen (Craftswomen) are lightyears
ahead of any college educated engineers.

We manufacture/fabrictae the components/widgets
that make the world go round.

Journeypersons rule!

:bounce: :silly: :hi: :shrug: :pals:

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