Old Engineer Memories – Number 7: Simple And The Best
Can you remember being a young Engineer many years ago and listening to the old Engineers talk about how things have changed over the years? Old Engineer Memories – Number 7: Simple And The Best takes you on a journey back to Engineering in the 1960’s/70’s/80’s
And now it’s your turn to look back on your Memories.
If you are a younger Engineer wondering what things were like – all those years ago – Ask one of the older guys to explain.
You Know That You Are An Old Engineer …..
- When you can vividly remember your love affair with “Beam Analysis by Moment Integration”.
Old Engineers will remember this machine
- When you can remember the room of clerks with flying fingers tapping away on the “adding machines with handles”.
- When you can remember your first encounter with the Union rep. You were keen, eager and enthusiastic on your first project. The Union rep was the sour faced old guy who had been around forever and seen it all – including plenty of young engineers just like you and he saw it as his job to “put you in your place” – so that you knew who really ran the job. It was a test of wills, which got the heart pumping. But when you stood your ground – you knew that you had passed your first real test.
- When you can remember that a Gay guy was a happy person and that Dykes were barriers built by the Dutch to keep the ocean at bay.
- When you can remember that your first thought train for the design of control and feedback of machinery was by levers and cables.
- When you can remember Pneumatic Logic being the height of machine control and intelligence – way before plc’s took over.
- When you can remember your first Transistor Radio.
Old Engineers will remember that Slide Charts covered a whole range of technical areas and would give quick accurate data
- When you can remember the only Robots you ever saw were in the science fiction comic books.
- When you can remember automobiles without synchromesh gear boxes and needing to master the art of double de clutching.
- When you can remember all of your key engineering data being on Slide Charts and you always kept your favorite one in your top pocket.
Not Only Old Engineers:
When there is a need to take a deep breath and take a break
- Go to List Of Pages – Engineering Nostalgia for more pages of memories
- Regardless of your current status – always ask the question – Is there a Better Way and
visit the 3R web page for an overview of the 3R Philosophy Review – Refresh – Reset - Whenever possible – always follow the KISS Principle
- Challenge yourself and your colleagues with an Engineering Quiz