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To: null and void

He wasn’t and engineer, just a simple mechanic with an incredible talent for making things.


5 posted on 12/26/2012 5:14:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The one thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that crminals will always get them.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"...He wasn’t and engineer, just a simple mechanic with an incredible talent for making things...."

Really hard to draw the line, isn't it...? Perhaps not an engineer by education/training...but certainly a designer with a vision. What are engineers after all if not designers with vision.

6 posted on 12/26/2012 5:23:58 PM PST by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Do you happen to know the origin of the word “engineer”?

Hint: It predates any engine depending on combustion, internal or external, by centuries...


9 posted on 12/26/2012 5:34:17 PM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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