I once worked in a building full of lubrication scientists. All the door hinges squeaked.
I now work in a building full of heat transfer engineers. The lunch refrigerator freezes everything.
Our bank's stock is worth less than two dollars a share.
When I was in college, one of the course catalogs was printed with "MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERISTY" on the cover.
I just finished a full rebuild on a complicated piece of electronics. I replaced 16 transistors, 30 capacitors, a bunch of resistors, the line cord, fuses, etc. It's now running like a top. Except for the light bulbs. The simplest circuit in the whole thing, the illumination for the meters, refuses to stay working. It flickers and goes out. I'm damned if I can figure out what's wrong with it. I think it's mocking me.
ReplyDeleteThe other day I plugged in a brand new large outlet strip with a built-in surge suppressor. The breaker tripped. I disassembled the strip and found a blown capacitor in the surge suppressor circuit. I removed the circuit (with a hacksaw), reassembled it, and now it works fine....
ReplyDeleteI noted the other day that our modest retirement account has lost in the last 12 months exactly the amount of money that I earned in that time period, inviting speculation on who, exactly, I was working for for 52 weeks.
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