| I was sitting at lunch at the company I worked at. We made aircraft and aerospace electronics and EMUs (Extravehicular Mobility Units, or "spacesuits" for the Boomers here...). They had a TV in the cafeteria, but usually either had the news or company propaganda video tapes running. This one particular day they were showing a video of a shuttle launch.
I said to the people at the table, "One of these days one of those things is going to blow up." They asked me what I meant, and I explained: "Every other spacecraft made has been assembled from tested pieces. They make a part, test it, assemble it with another part, test it, assemble a subassembly, test it and then put it together and test it again. NASA decided this was too expensive, so they made the parts, put them all together, and burned up three sets of engines before they got one that worked. And they were trying to SAVE money?"
I looked at the clock and it said 12:38. I had about 7 minutes to suck down a ciggie, so I went outside. I came back in, sat down and was waiting for the clock to start again, and one of the guys at the table said, "Nice work, Steam" and walked away. Huh> WTF was that? A minute later another one came up and said, "You sure know how to call them, don't you?" HUH?!?! WTF are they YAMMERING about?!?! A few minutes later the old woman that sat next to me came in and said, "Wasn't it a shame about that poor teacher?" (Huh? has the whole world gone nuts?)
Then the announcement came over the company PA system. Wow. I was on my way home at 5 when I saw it in a store on the evening news...knock me down with a feather...
__________________ Do you mind if I STEAM?!
"well, you see Steam, we never had a rule about it because we didn't think anybody would ever DO it!"
I'm one lab accident away from being a supervillan. I knew that a hole wasn't from jersey...
Now will you all please leave while Dr Berger and I make out the Death Certificates!  | 
01-28-2011, 06:25 PM
