On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 18:22:46 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.

A perfect example right there