On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 6:22:53 PM UTC-4, 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.

What kind of engineer was he? Electrical? Mechanical? Chemical?
It makes a big difference.

Did he have much experience with house "stuff"?

Cindy Hamilton