Do I Need to be an Engineer to Hang Out Here?

Lordy!! You shoulda warned us this was comin', Mr. Pink!!! I nearly drowned before I found my waders. Ain't talkin' 'bout no water, either.

You had nothing to worry about as long as Steve S is around. He's 15 feet tall and can hear a mouse's footsteps from two continents away. If you're ever in trouble just call out and he can be anywhere on the planet in 10 seconds on account of his long stride.

How come you guys always have to come from someplace called Far Far Away? Like, aren't really funky alien life forms possible within, say, five light-years of Earth? Why's it always gotta be so frickin' far? What happened? Did Local Color suddenly fall out of fashion and now everyone's gotta come from some frickin' galaxy halfway across the Universe? Even worse, some of you heavy breathers not only come from Far Far Away, but from Long Ago! And what is that? Some kind of interstellar Sailor-Wanna-Hump-Hump bar or something? Oh, please! Say you're from Mars!! That Long Ago and Far Far Away crap is just so..so...yesterday!

I am here , now

hey spock where are you ?

And are from the 2nd rock from sun (or it is liquid and gas) - and that is why .

bs sb signs: "They put me in cars, they put me in yer tv. They put me in stereos and those little radios you stick in your ears. They even put me in watches, they have teeny gremlins for your watches."

Okay, so you provide a little Local Color, but Where -- and Who -- are They? Take your time, please. This should be really interesting!

Were you ever kid ? I don't think so (Any way you will be in future)

Unlike living creatures - radioactive elements like Eu- gets smaller as it ages - and thus unages with aging . So may be in acouple of million years you may get it.

Whenever I do something - they (children) say - I have not done it he has done it (that he also is a similar/dissimilar earthling)

Now as he ages - the level of violence increases - simply because the toys become larger so my small tinkering has a more violent effect.

Let me give an example- in a toy car i just modify the remote connection and the dad/mom breaks his/her leg. The child says innocently with remote in his hand - not me, sis did it.

When you are teen, and I do the same thing with your car accelerator- now you go to court with manslaughter charges (which unfortunately your/ rather the earlier earthlings dad didn't bring) and what you say ?

I didn't do it they did it (that they may be the mechanics, pedestrians whom you have slaughtered or any other)

And now you are further grown and you bringdown the 747 into hudson river - now the they can be mechanics/ATC/birds/sometimes a lion on the run-way ask craigza and anything.

So as the earthlings grow, so does the size of they.

In brief the they means anybody other than the accused.

Now do I get some OT points for the scientific explanation ?

Possibly the most incoherent thing I've ever read.

Ah you just have to read more posts by sb, eventually they get easy to read and you actually understand what he is saying, scary thought that.

Indeed! sb's posts are an acquired taste to be sure, but enjoyable nonetheless. Still, sb might do a few things to facilitate communications with us lesser mortals:

1) Write his posts exclusively in Latin, or,

2) Force the Admins to issue Universal Translators to everyone. This shouldn't be too hard as he could hold the Admins' keyboards hostage until they comply (not necessary on Vista-encumbered systems, as they are self-mutilating. Ain't that right sb? How much did M$ pay you for that feature, anyway?).

I use a Babel Fish

LOL! High Five!

Your welcome , glad to add a giggle

Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake

Mistake my webbed toes. I did it to her gun. She wanted to stop her as she put the muzzle in her mouth and pressed trigger.

Now who are She, her, She, her .

I am glad you found it so. One has to try.

and more surprising you have read it (the person meant for didn't since he never responded )

Dunno. Whatever happened to the Martians and Venusians of your solar system?

The Borg pinched 'em. All we have left now to keep us company is some asthmatic guy who bills himself as Dark Helmet DVader and a gremlin with feelings.

Bog Almighty! What is this #$%#$# Universe coming to?

Isn't there a Vulcan here as well?

Here? Where do you think you are, the Philippines?

It was elementary my dear Watson Europium.

I think they used to hang put you in the screens. Now with the LCDs you must be out of job.

Gremlins got to have feelings we are not that bad.

In the darkness of the machines without the help of the power with us how do you thing we repair your precision machines and circuits ? it is only by feelings. And people blame us. Coudn't you put some lights inside them ? then we don't have to short the wires and get the spark .

Well we have to do our job

Coudn't you put some lights inside them ? then we don't have to short the wires and get the spark .

Now, it wouldn't do any good to put lights inside electronic devices. Everyone knows that electronics actually work on smoke. Ever notice that something electronic stops working when you let the smoke out of it? Isn't that your job, to let the smoke out of electronics?

Gremlins....? Hell, all this time I thought it was the magic smoke inside the components.

people don't believe in us

then they can go with the hammer on their computers and never blame the poor .

It is always like this - we try and you succeed _{(in destroying your machines).}

never mind. We are not like your boss I will permit you to take the credit. All the credits.

I've no fixed location, actually. As I've stated, my present location is wherever I'm assigned.

Yes, my Dark lord of the sh..sith, your reply confuses me.

Vulcan where? in star trek?, in Japan?, in a F15 strike eagle?

From the planet Vulcan.

3 1/2 OK ?

And while you're at it, please nix those anal probes. Turns out the procedure was simply the result of a little misunderstanding and not at all what the boss ordered. I distinctly heard him say, "Go find out what those assholes are up to!"

GA to you for the clarification.

My boss also told me to fix their machines. hammer ot into them about the procedures. And I am doing it.

"You ask this of the person who tends to drive the Vegas without stopping?"

Hmmm ... <trying to reconcile above with love of off-roading> ...

a. You love off-roading in Colorado and enjoy watching others do it on TV.

b. You off-road to Vegas without stopping and avoid Eisenhower Tunnel at all costs (how's that hernia?)

c. You occasionally and unwittingly off-road enroute to Vegas, stopping only when reaching the bottoms of Colorado's dangerous passes by unorthodox means.

Not so fast, Louie. I'm still looking for it!

Two of my posts (#17 and #26) were each given one off-topic vote by some anonymous sourpuss, so I thought I'd help things along by voting my posts off-topic myself. Hey, it works! Not only does my diss count after the fact, it counts as five. The rest of you would-be sourpusses will have to be content with one OT vote each. C'est la vie!

We really need to lobby for an OT count to go along with the GA count.

OTs are normally more fun in any case

I must have bad Karma. I was expecting to enter OT Nirvana today.

I noticed you had an attack of 'gotta post' and it seems you get 5OY for each, well done. Working on running up the numbers again?

Well, if it don't enter OT Nirvana, it won't be for lack of trying. And yes, I've got diarrhea of the keyboard today. Blame it on a bad pedigree and too much time on my hands. I really need to get to work. I feel a guilt trip coming on ...

I am sitting in my shop watching CNN, have to wait for the west coast to open so I can talk to people about my next off road project. I am back in my cubicle, miserable government job Wednesday and Thursday this week. Still have nothing to do there, Was a case of going back or loosing the benefits, one nice thing with the clear head, love modern pharmaceutics, I get to play head games and they don't even realize i am doing it. This week IT panic, I will raise a ticket because half of a document goes to one printer, half to another, they should work on that for half a day before the figure it out.

Next time you drive to Vegas, stop in Grand Junction, Colorado (I'm assuming you've passed through there on I-70), for some awesome off-roading country near an area they call the "Book Cliffs." In front of the Cliffs there are miles and miles of hilly terrain like you see in the pix below. I haven't four-wheeled there but I've done some serious dirt-biking on those hills (in a few pix you can see the bike trails going up the ridges).

I have a very good friend who lives there, he knows all the trails and has been trying to get me to stop in for a weekend for years. I never seem to be in Grand Junction at the right time though. I have another buddy in Fruta as well, he isn't there much, being an off road instructor he is on the road a lot (something wrong with that statement).

Hi eropium,

The pictures you have attached is worth seeing locations, it look so beautiful . It appears it is desert. Is it Rocky Mountains - Montana to New Mexico/Arizona. Which is the exact location and how can I reach from West Orange NJ .Correct name of the place so that I can google the road route. While travelling from NJ to Atlanta I could see only mountain ranges covered thick forest all through my drive. while passing through the mountain ranges The Blue Ridge Mountians - North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvainia and
Smoky Mountians - Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia all covered with thick green carpet . That one journey I really enjoyed.

Regards

"how can I reach from West Orange NJ .Correct name of the place so that I can google the road route."

Grand Junction, Colorado is due west from West Orange, NJ. The two points are almost exactly 2000 miles apart. It's a beautiful place alright, and I didn't show an even prettier place nearby: The Colorado National Monument.

Been there done that too, fantastic place and worth the trip.

That whole 4 corners area is incredible. I lived there on the Navajo res when I was a kid. Took the trip down Canyon de Chelly to many times to count. We lived near the mouth in a town called Chinle. Sandstone and cottonwoods bring on the wave of nostalgia every time. Oh, and I'm not an engineer, either, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

Four corners is on my schedule for this years 'walk about'. I am planning : Oct 17-18 Speedworld Motorsports Park, Wittmann, AZ, SEMA Show Nov 3-6 Las Vegas NV, Nov 14-15 Primm Valley Motorsports Complex, Primm, NV, so I will have some time to kill between events, and time in the wilderness is a great way to clear one's head.

Hi europium,

Thanks I got it . It is near to Elpaso . My buddy is there , and I have a long pending invitation and have to visit him . So I can combine the visit with that trip.

Regards

Hi V.I.Abraham,

El Paso, Texas is 650 miles south of Grand Junction, Colorado (see below). IMHO, this route passes through some of the most beautiful countryside in the continental U.S.

Please note; through careful experimentation I have determined that it matters not if you turn left or right in Albuquerque. Buggs missed the point apparently

Hi europium,

Thanks for the information and route.. It will be great pleasure . Hope I can make this trip in this summer.

regards

Hi europium,

Forgive me...........I am but a mere boy (68yrs), from down under............is this where you go when you go off road?????..............I have been down the hole (engine room for a long period of my life and didn't get to see much daylight!!!!!!

By the way they don't use cars down the hole!!!!!!!!

............or is this really........... off the rails???????????

Have you noticed what a mess it makes of your hair?

"Hat Hair", its really bad with aluminium foil. Not sure about Tin Foil, maybe I should try that?

Al is such a good conductor so I just thought it would be better, at least it is cooler.

By the way, welcome aboard Giorgia. Keep your hat on and the salt close handy.

BAB

cat-guardians .

Nice to know you're watching my back .
Welcome aboard.
Del

" I am an old tomboy who has always regretted"

Notice the number of threads on this? Sure brings out the Tomcats. Probably going around peeing on her windows like they do at my house at times.

No mistake, I like Bach (though we've never met personally). I just happen to ELP's version of T & F better. Too bad the dude didn't have one of these (or all of them):

ELP, nice. I actually fancied Yes a bit more. Loved the stuff Wakeman did, and Steve Howe was just incredible on the guitar. That's what I play. Tried keyboards, but I'm colorblind so the keys all look alike to me.

I was fortunate enough to see YES in November. They are still great.

In musical terms my life is a 'rest'

"I have restricted my Australian humor a bit, so, not to offend any others. Not because it is rude but easily mis-understood."

Please PM me some Australian jokes when convenient. I just got my hands on the 2009 Explanatory Supplement¹ and I'm now ready for anything.

^{1) (American) Idiot's Guide to Australian Humour, Vol I.}

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