The 12 Days of Engineering - Contest

1 Easily Googled Question Posted on CR4

2 Anonymous Posters

3 Good Answers

4 References to Wiki

5 Why can't you help me's

6 References to LynDoor

7 Comments About Google

8 Angry Guru's

9 Latin Tag Lines

10 Where have you looked's

11 Quit being Mean's

12 Seriously Sarcastic Replies

It's a pity the song isn't longer as you could add "x questions on bus bar sizing"

Well, where did she get all that stuff?

"Well, where did she get all that stuff?"

At the Zazzle store.

[SPLARFFF!!]

12 Designers designing

11 Plumbers piping

10 Levers lifting

9 Laptops Downloading

8 Metals melting

7 Servers serving

6 Geeks playing

5 Grids of relays

4 Calculating binary

3 Fans humming

2 Trig derivatives

1 Point on a parabola

12 Customers waiting

11 days to go

10 sets of data

9 software glitches

8 schematic drawings

7 design revisions

6 pages of notes

5 training sessions

4 spreadsheets working

3 printers printing

2 managers asking and

1 Engineer to save the day

12 Eager sales reps.
11 Specs' additions.
10 Silly deadlines.
9 Unproductive meetings
25 Prototype boards, 'cos 25 were as cheap as 8
7 Software itterations.
6 Target markets.
5 Supplier problems
4 Units on test
3 Burnt out linear PDUs
2 needed for trials
1 Switched mode power supply
... and it's all forgotten at the Christmas party

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, Spousey took it all back to Boots' and Marks', and got a refund.

Here are one dozen of the many possible days my work-life could give me during the Christmas Season, which include but are not limited to one of:

One General Construction Contractor who ''knew'' he bid too low..., or

Two ''inspired'' Architects with conflicting ''visions'' of what the project should look like..., or

Three nervous Client contacts that don't talk to each other, at all..., or

Four Lender Reps who keep insisting that things be done even more cheaply..., or

Five Designers that can't agree on how much of what should go where in what order..., or

Six Plancheckers that insist on enforcing conflicting sections of different Building Codes, at the expense of the others..., or

Seven Permit Office workers who won't issue Permits because of applications with minor typos, unfamiliar but commonly used terminology, etc., and/or ''improperly'' folded plansets..., or

Eight ''sidewalk superintendants'' that keep distracting workers by asking them semi-relevant questions, instead of just letting them get their work done..., or

Nine public interest groups who continue to question the configuration of the project even though the Environmental Impact Report process, as well as the public hearings, were fully accepted before the project first broke ground..., or

Ten Inspectors that don't show up until after the installation of their parts of the facility have been completed and ''sewn-up''..., or

Eleven Sub-Contractors show up, wanting to be paid for additional over-runs..., or

Twelve Politicians that try to claim credit for a successful ''build''.

In any case, happy holidays to all, whatever your holidays might be.

First day an road project awarded Two estimators without a clue Three project designs Four SWPPP revisions Five environmental reports Six broken pencils Seven crying project managers Eight violations Night broken pieces of equipment Ten outside agents Eleven weather days Twelve design revisions

At the end of the song, you will have 364 gifts from your true love as follows:

12 partridges in a pear tree

22 Turtle Doves
30 French Hens
36 Calling (Colly) Birds
40 Gold Rings
42 Geese a-laying
42 Swans a-swimming
40 Maids a-milking
36 Ladies dancing
30 Lords a-leaping
22 Pipers piping
12 Drummers drumming

That's 140 people, 184 animals and 40 gold rings and 12 pear trees.

Time to find another true love

Time to find another true love

That shouldn't be too hard after your true love finds out how much you spent when all they wanted was what they have been dropping hints for for the last two months.

"30 lords a-leaping? What on earth were you thinking!!! "

If you want to hear what that does to a person try this