When I was in college, I interviewed with Pratt and Whitney. They shot turkeys at the engine at 400 mph. After thawing. They didn’t let a turkey thaw enough once and the results were “interesting”. They also intentionally blow up blades at 110% power, and the blade isn’t allowed to leave the casing of the engine.

Nope, never entered his mind to think twice. Dude was funny as hell, if he wasn’t so dangerous.

I learned the longest time ago that what sorts good project engineers from bad ones is communication. 9 times out of 10, the Craft has the best ideas and solutions. A good project engineer can translate engineering concepts into Craft Speak, and thus explain what they want to do to them. Then work together to find a…

There is a difference between intelligence and wisdom.

We had a neighbor that was like that. He was good enough in his field that he went to the Whitehouse to talk to the President about it many times. But...

What I’ve seen in my career is that a lot of very smart people aren’t aware of the fact that they aren’t smart in all things.

Totally agree. Below is a famous picture of the USS Yorktown after Midway. She had taken 3 bomb hits and 2 torpedoes during the battle. Without power and listing at 23 degrees, the ship was abandoned and left as a hulk.

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Totally agree. With the society switching to more and more dogs and less and less kids, a vehicle like the Element might be a hit today.

The thing that Iacocca was good at is seeing what we coming. He saw that women were entering the work force instead of going and becoming Suzy Homemaker and with the advent of the Pill, they didn’t have to become a mom of 6 like their parents. So, he made a vehicle that appealed to single or childless women that…

I don’t know, Telsa sure wants a crap ton of money for parts.  Wouldn’t be surprised if there is a black market for them.

Depends on the condition of the underwear. Any skidmark is going to be an issue for a thief. A bloody skidmark, is REALLY going to throw someone off their game.

It’s just the on-going internet joke. There are basically three kinds of thieves.

The Delta thing was frustrating. We told our supplier to ship via company XYZ and they knew better. And it got lost for a week.

I think I’m going to make a product that sticks a fake one of these on the center console as a theft deterrent. But you don’t have to wait, I think most of the recommendations above are available with it as a factory option.

Wrong. I’ve been around enough to know that the real solution isn’t motorcycles, but mobility scooters. Americans are a bunch of aging lard-asses (myself included) and they need to take their mobility scooters to the Walmart to stock up on Little Debbies and Diet Cokes. Why not cut out the big vehicle with the lift on…

Yes.  Insured and freight.  Amazing how fast they found it after the insurance value was known.  I learned a lot about freight in the last year.  Like calling the FBI on a company that decided to hold a shipment hostage over a $300 bill dispute.  The entire shipping world is corrupt as hell.

Fun story.  A couple years ago, we were shipping stuff from Germany and Delta lost the shipment.   Said they looked everywhere and couldn’t find it.   Just make a claim.  So we started a claim.  $15 million of equipment for a certain box.   Delta magically found the box within an hour.

20+ years ago, that place was famous for great deals. Little city in nowhere Alabama that had a ton of stuff to sell and not many customers. Over time, it got a reputation and attracted people. Then the internet and e-bay and facebook marketplace and the like.

The biggest estates were from the early industrial giants. They are the ones that went insane with stuff during the Victorian era.