On 2015-10-06 6:02 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-10-06, Embudo > wrote:
>
>> I'd agree on nerdy, but I find them in many cases to be engineering
>> -minded and practical.
>
> You've obviously never worked with engineers. "Engineering-minded and
> practical" is an oxymoron.
>

My late brother in law was a engineer. He loved to plan things. He would
spend hours and hours and hours making scale diagrams and writing out
detailed plans about how to tackle a simple project that a competent
handyman could have completed in less than an hour.

As an example.... he spent more than a day on a plan to install a roof
peak ventilation thingamabob on his ski chalet. He bought a saw with a
special diamond studded blade to slice a line through the shingles. Then
he spent four hours sketching and writing plans on how to best cut the
straight line to remove the shingles. When his plan failed he finally
agreed to my plan which was to simply pop off the cap shingles and cut
though the exposed plywood. My plan involved less than an hour of work,
less than a quarter the time he spent on his useless plan.