How many Big Brained members do we have here?

[Louie Detroit]

I’m talking doctors and lawyers and dentists and veterinarians and engineers and other associated smart guys and gals? Who are VBOT’s brain trust here?

[LATB]

I reject the premise.

[Aerovette]

No brain shaming.

Stop Brain Supremacy.

[Yadkin]

Larry is the smartest guy here. Just ax 'im.

[DAB]

i know how to make a table.

[vettemed]

I can make a shoe smell.

[Datawiz]

Not sure if my qualifications count, but I've been handsomely rewarded for my brain and extreme uniqueness over my career. Hell, I just had an interview TODAY with a new opportunity that's 50% higher paying than I'm already at with my current employer. :)

Interviews are so easy at this point in my career. Track record and results speak louder than words.

Push that aside, let's simply have another beer and do some laughing. Life is too short to worry about the little stuff.

[KenHorse]

I hold a Bachelors in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science but still, nobody likes me

[Datawiz]

I hold a Bachelors in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science but still, nobody likes me

I like you. :cert:

[Bruze]

As most of us blue-collar types knew for a long time, Covid exposed the old news that people with the highest level of formal education were and are the most easily duped and gaslit.

[IB4TL]

I hold a Bachelors in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science but still, nobody likes me

You should ask The_Dude as he's really good at making friends :yesnod:

[IB4TL]

As most of us blue-collar types knew for a long time, Covid exposed the old news that people with the highest level of formal education were the most easily duped and gaslit.

My BIL (PhD from ND) still gets booster shots & has nothing but respect for Fauci :spdchk:

He can read a book & ace a test but other than that he's retarded IMHO.

[Yadkin]

Smartest guys I ever knew or know.

1. My Dad. Was rewarded a full academic scholarship to Boston College High School. Then two years of EE at Northeastern. Then joined the Army where they assigned him stateside to teach math. Then finished off his degree, night school, while working a full-time job for a military contractor.
2. A college roommate. Rarely studied. Chess master. Used to play three guys working three different boards behind him (so blind, memorizing called-out plays) while watching reruns of Gilligan's Island. He built some of the first paperless fast-food ordering systems (early 80s).
3. My son. Graduated HS with 18 college credits. Mined Bitcoin while in college with a PC running five video cards and plugged into campus electricity. Has 12? patents (hard to keep track). Currently provides logistical services for a top tier university, aerospace related.

[Mick]

I've been trying to learn to play guitar since 2006. So far, I've learned that when I get the fingernails on my left hand short enough to fret properly, I have a lot of trouble picking my nose with that hand.

I'm pretty sure I'll be giving Eric Clapton a run for his money sometime real soon!

[LATB]

Larry is the smartest guy here. Just ax 'im.

If this post is directed at me it could not be more wrong. Your post is classic projection. And of course trolling.

[Big bob]

It's all relative of what you wanted. My goal was not to have to work past fifty. I was still in my 40's when I retired. :hurray:

[higgyburners]

If this post is directed at me it could not be more wrong. Your post is classic projection. And of course trolling.

It's what he does:yesnod:

[Unsuspicious]

By many measures, I'm pretty gifted but as the second child, I was mostly ignored so I've got shit for self esteem.
This means I expect everyone else to be at least as good as I am at everything I'm good at, so I am often disappointed and also unfairly critical of people who are less capable. I conclude most people are trash and I'm the average, because I don't know how to acknowledge I am maybe big brained.

[slewfoot]

Smartest guys I ever knew or know.

1. My Dad. Was rewarded a full academic scholarship to Boston College High School. Then two years of EE at Northeastern. Then joined the Army where they assigned him stateside to teach math. Then finished off his degree, night school, while working a full-time job for a military contractor.
2. A college roommate. Rarely studied. Chess master. Used to play three guys working three different boards behind him (so blind, memorizing called-out plays) while watching reruns of Gilligan's Island. He built some of the first paperless fast-food ordering systems (early 80s).
3. My son. Graduated HS with 18 college credits. Mined Bitcoin while in college with a PC running five video cards and plugged into campus electricity. Has 12? patents (hard to keep track). Currently provides logistical services for a top tier university, aerospace related.


OP is talking about VB'rs genius.

[Bruze]

As most of us blue-collar types knew for a long time, Covid exposed the old news that people with the highest level of formal education were and are the most easily duped and gaslit.

My BIL (PhD from ND) still gets booster shots & has nothing but respect for Fauci :spdchk:

He can read a book & ace a test but other than that he's retarded IMHO.

One of my sisters was valedictorian in her HS class (1965) of 400+ kids, and she married the salutatorian in 1968; they are still married, they both have college degrees. In what, I have no clue.

Sis and hubby are both flaming libs and were totally scared of Covid. She has always hosted Easter and Thanksgiving dinners but not Easter 2020 nor anything after that until TG 2022. They were hiding under their bed the whole time I think.

Their daughter was more or less a permanent student (she will be 54 in a few weeks) has a zillion degrees in something, and now works at the University of Rochester. Doing what? -- I have no clue but I can assure you she does not produce anything. I got into a bit of a debate at Xmas dinner last year with her about Ivermectin, so then I knew for sure where she stood on it all.

If someone cannot explain their job to you in one sentence then you know they're in academics or some bureaucratic government job (sorry for the repetition).

My other sis (no college) is married to a retired cop (no college) he is a big Trumpist, and the rest of the family all carried on during that time as normal.

That ^ BIL was 81 in 2021 and in October he got the Delta variant, the deadliest of all the Covid strains. He's had emphysema for probably 10 years and was so sick from Covid that my sis had to put his shoes on for him when she took him to the doc. He pulled through "the deadliest virus to ever hit the planet" just fine.

I saw some asshole at our little grocery store last week, a 60-ish guy, with a face diaper under his chin. I ran into him again a few aisles over and he had it all the way up. Go figure.

[Frankie the Fink]

i know how to make a table.

I can install a driveway rock. Given enough time.

[KenHorse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrm-rPSCIBw

[Bruze]

The average intellectual:

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[dvarapala]

You should ask The_Dude as he's really good at making friends :yesnod:

That's because he's a lousy Software Engineer. :leaving:

:lol:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Annnnnnnd, I’ll just sit this one out.

🤣

[The_Dude]

You should ask The_Dude as he's really good at making friends :yesnod:

I'm a COBOL programmer. I have no friends.

[ratflinger]

I'm a COBOL programmer. I have no friends.




Could be worse, you could do Fortran too :lol:

[Datawiz]

Could be worse, you could do Fortran too :lol:

I was fluent in both back in the 80's. :yesnod:

Programmers need to adapt or die. I almost became extinct in 2014, but reinvented myself and flourished with what I do now. I'm fluent in most modern languages. I still have my favorites, and that's typically what I go to when I need to solve an impossible problem in this industry.

[IB4TL]

That's because he's a lousy Software Engineer. :leaving:

:lol:

We pretend to be his friend so he doesn't plow us with his Rustang :yesnod:
It's like being nice to the quiet kid at school that wears a trench coat :leaving:

I'm a COBOL programmer. I have no friends.

I'm your friend :seasix::grouphug:

[Taurus]

Yea, probably not going to contribute much to the cause, carry on. :D

[simpleman68]

My only claim to fame in this realm would be my Iowa test results from the 5th grade.

After my test results came in, the superintendent called my recently divorced parents and asked them to come to the school for a meeting. In later years, they told me it was a group of different types of "scouts" in the room.

They informed my parents that I had scored the highest they had on record for the state of MI.

For months after that meeting, Mom used to take me to some building at night and I'd sit for an hour or so doing tests and questionnaires with a few folks running around in white coats. It was really weird.

I suppose they may have been sizing me up for one of those jackets with the sleeves in the back. :lol:

In reality, I don't fancy myself as being super bright as I'm generally a bit of a social misfit and my brain is usually bouncing all over the place.

Scott

[Datawiz]

In reality, I don't fancy myself as being super bright as I'm generally a bit of a social misfit and my brain is usually bouncing all over the place.

Scott

Knowing you as a dear friend, other than Elon Musk, and my daughter, you are one of the smartest people I know. Daughter eclipses my capacity.

Your humbleness about it is the true charm to your personality.

[simpleman68]

Knowing you as a dear friend, other than Elon Musk, and my daughter, you are one of the smartest people I know. Daughter eclipses my capacity.

Your humbleness about it is the true charm to your personality.

Thank you for the kind words :blush:

[Datawiz]

In reality, I don't fancy myself as being super bright as I'm generally a bit of a social misfit and my brain is usually bouncing all over the place.
Scott

Welcome to my world, GA's world, and Elon Musk's corner on that market's world. :yesnod:

For those with those brains, the "noise" that never stops in the brain oftentimes yield amazing results. If you don't exercise a muscle, it atrophies. If you don't exercise a brain, the same thing happens.

When you have a hyper-sensitive creative brain, it never shuts off. You solve complex problems when you are sleeping (dreaming). Complex brains are the equivalent of Kaizen, the Japanese form of continuous perfection.

I gravitate toward smart people. :yesnod: VERY few people in my life are in that orbit.

[Yadkin]

Just follow the narrative, Larry.

I’m talking doctors and lawyers and dentists and veterinarians and engineers and other associated smart guys and gals? Who are VBOT’s brain trust here?

I reject the premise.

If this post is directed at me it could not be more wrong. Your post is classic projection. And of course trolling.

;)

[Yadkin]

That's because he's a lousy Software Engineer. :leaving:

:lol:

*technician

:D

[slewfoot]

https://i.imgur.com/7OXmgPN.jpg

[Datawiz]

https://i.imgur.com/7OXmgPN.jpg

Beer spew. :lol:

[Yadkin]

Beer spew. :lol:

That insult is like lint in my pocket. :Jeff '79:

[Datawiz]

Thank you for the kind words :blush:

You are more "well read" than any human I know. :yesnod: Forget the technical, and life experiences you have, your ability to spout off facts on nearly any subject is legendary.

Definitely NOT my area of expertise. :rofl:

[dvarapala]

Could be worse, you could do Fortran too :lol:

If he spoke with a Lisp that would be the absolute worst.

[Vince Clortho]

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[dvarapala]

*technician

:D

See? I knew you lied about putting me on your Ignore list. :D

[IB4TL]

See? I knew you lied about putting me on your Ignore list. :D

:funnier:

[99 pewtercoupe]

There are a couple of folks here that think they are a lot smarter than they really are but will be the last to recognize it …

[Bruze]

The smartest person I ever met is a buddy of mine, met him about 20 years ago, I'll call him "Tom." His brother used to fix my computer, but got away from house calls and said Tom would gladly take over.

So I met him and he was and remains one of the most humble and nicest guys I've ever met. Yes, he knew his way around computers.

Then he saw my shop and fell right into that, and bailed me out of endless problems with PCs, my CNC mill, and 3-phase wiring for motors and 3-phase converters.

After we became friends, it was hard to get him to take any money. But we always worked it out somehow, but I told him more than once that I always feel like I owe him.

He's in his late 60s now, no college degrees. But, aside from computers, he knows and can repair electronics, knows residential and industrial wiring, anything hydraulic, electric/hydraulic/servos, electric motors, mechanical, him and his brother raced hydroplanes and did everything themselves including building the insane 2 stroke engines, designed and built the exhaust systems, he had a SCUBA license at one time, single-engine airplane or whatever license, can do intermediate-level machining (no CNC) he knows everything about cars from front to back, has a very logical mind and could figure out anything I've ever thrown at him.

His brother told me a couple of years ago how he can't figure out how Tom has accumulated so much knowledge. I've thought that for years, I can't figure it out either. Most people do not have a broad knowledge of so many numerous fields.

Before I knew him, when my CNC mill went down, I had to call "the man." It was the company that built it; they were about 45 miles away. These prices would be much higher today, but 20+ years ago traveling time was around $90 per hour (as best I can recall) time in my shop was $125 or 150 per hour. So to get them to do even a simple fix was $500 or more.

Then I started using Tom, he would fix the mill and I could barely force a hundred dollar bill on him for being here all afternoon.

Oh well, it's all history now.

[Vince Clortho]

The smartest person I ever met is a buddy of mine, met him about 20 years ago, I'll call him "Tom." His brother used to fix my computer, but got away from house calls and said Tom would gladly take over.

So I met him and he was and remains one of the most humble and nicest guys I've ever met. Yes, he knew his way around computers.

Then he saw my shop and fell right into that, and bailed me out of endless problems with PCs, my CNC mill, and 3-phase wiring for motors and 3-phase converters.

After we became friends, it was hard to get him to take any money. But we always worked it out somehow, but I told him more than once that I always feel like I owe him.

He's in his late 60s now, no college degrees. But, aside from computers, he knows and can repair electronics, knows residential and industrial wiring, anything hydraulic, electric/hydraulic/servos, electric motors, mechanical, him and his brother raced hydroplanes and did everything themselves including building the insane 2 stroke engines, designed and built the exhaust systems, he had a SCUBA license at one time, single-engine airplane or whatever license, can do intermediate-level machining (no CNC) he knows everything about cars from front to back, has a very logical mind and could figure out anything I've ever thrown at him.

His brother told me a couple of years ago how he can't figure out how Tom has accumulated so much knowledge. I've thought that for years, I can't figure it out either. Most people do not have a broad knowledge of so many numerous fields.

Before I knew him, when my CNC mill went down, I had to call "the man." It was the company that built it; they were about 45 miles away. These prices would be much higher today, but 20+ years ago traveling time was around $90 per hour (as best I can recall) time in my shop was $125 or 150 per hour. So to get them to do even a simple fix was $500 or more.

Then I started using Tom, he would fix the mill and I could barely force a hundred dollar bill on him for being here all afternoon.

Oh well, it's all history now.

Smart people use few words.

[Bruze]

Smart people use few words.

Feel free to edit my post, but leaving relevant content intact.

[dvarapala]

Smart people use few words.

Because they know most people in the audience have the attention span of a drunken gnat. :lol:

[tjfontaine]

I hold a Bachelors in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science but still, nobody likes me

I have a bachelors in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING and Computer Science - retired as a director at a fortune 100 company. But ... my greatest respect goes out to those that do the blue collar jobs - the trades - and our first responders ....

[Jeff '79]

There are a couple of folks here that think they are a lot smarter than they really are but will be the last to recognize it …

::iagree:

I developed the Saturn 5 rocket.
That would make me a rocket scientist.
Other than that, my goal was to retire by 55. I retired at 54.
Score !:D

[Datawiz]

I have a bachelors in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING and Computer Science - retired as a director at a fortune 100 company. But ... my greatest respect goes out to those that do the blue collar jobs - the trades - and our first responders ....

Word. :cert:

[Bruze]

Because they know most people in the audience have the attention span of a drunken gnat. :lol:

Bullshit! I read every post no matter how long it is!

[Anjdog2003]

I hold a Bachelors in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science but still, nobody likes me





Jews are smart :yesnod:

[Anjdog2003]

I can make a ship sail on dry land.

[Bruze]

I can make a ship sail on dry land.

Well sure, it would be a lot easier cutting and sewing up a sail on land than it would be on the water. :rolleyes:

[Bruze]

How vile is that vial?

Do we have parity with the parodies?

Should we let traitors be traders?

[higgyburners]

I feel smarter for reading this thread:D

[A/E]

As a Graduate from an Ivy League of the Corn Fields Public University

A Land Grant School established in 1869

One that has Awesome Colors of Black & Old Gold

A Prestigious Mascot with a Big Brained Fiberglass Head

The Cradle of Astronauts

ALL HAIL ~ PURDUE

Even as a Humanities School Graduate ~ They Make you have a Basic Understanding of Astro Physics

The Girls there aint the Prettiest . .

The Easy Sluts all down at IU so getting Laid, albeit a challenge, provided a young Student the wherewithal to tolerate less than desirable life circumstances and Ram them Head On like Steam Engine ( Also the School's Mascot )

So ~ A/E aint no Retard . . . GPA was Bottom Barrel but met expectations fro them to issue me a sheepskin degree of Authenticity with Dual Majors in the Study of Human Behavior and Societies . . .

Quality Life Skills required of any Car Forum's Off Topic Posting Legend . . .

[Frankie the Fink]

Could be worse, you could do Fortran too :lol:

I programmed in ADA for a while Ugh.

[Jughead]

The older I get the less I know.

:rofl:

[Yadkin]

Smart people use few words.

Correct. :D

[Mick]

Could be worse, you could do Fortran too :lol:

In the 70s, I could do Basic, Cobol, and Pascal, but was best at Fortran. Good thing too, as when I went to college in '82, it was ALL Fortran.

[TheHammer]

What I don't know, or can't do, I hire.

[Ronins2ndCuzzin]

I know enough to know that you should never stop learning.

[Vince Clortho]

I programmed in ADA for a while Ugh.
What did dentists have to do with computer programming?
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[DAB]

a few days ago my neighbor calls, he's in TX working, wife and daughter across the road. some workman clogged the master bath toilet, and they couldn't fix it/unclog it. "do you have a plumbing snake?" have 2 actually. be over shortly. bring a plunger too.

yup, clogged up nicely, good and brown. a few minutes of focused plunging, all was well. flushed 3 more times to confirm it was good. showed the daughter and later the wife how to properly do it. oh.

packed up and went back home.

knowledge is only useful if applied to problems in front of you.

[6spdC6]

There is both book knowledge smarts and common sense smarts.

A good mix of both goes a long way!

[MidLifeinMI]

There is both book knowledge smarts and common sense smarts.

A good mix of both goes a long way!

I was always pretty good on the book knowledge side, but didn't have much in the way of practical skills training, so still suffer a bit with "street" smarts. I was an "A" student through HS (actually skipped a grade), but started struggling a bit with higher math when I got into college. My study discipline took a hit too; in grade school I was used to having everything come easy, but when I got into college and actually needed to bear down & study, I struggled.

For a variety of reasons, it took me 15 years to finally get a 4-year degree. I'm still really good with all the basics I picked up in grade school (spelling, grammar, history, geometry, trig, etc.), but don't expect me to help you gut a deer, pick a lure for smallmouth, sweat-solder pipe, or replace a head gasket.

[6spdC6]

I was always pretty good on the book knowledge side, but didn't have much in the way of practical skills training, so still suffer a bit with "street" smarts. I was an "A" student through HS (actually skipped a grade), but started struggling a bit with higher math when I got into college. My study discipline took a hit too; in grade school I was used to having everything come easy, but when I got into college and actually needed to bear down & study, I struggled.

For a variety of reasons, it took me 15 years to finally get a 4-year degree. I'm still really good with all the basics I picked up in grade school (spelling, grammar, history, geometry, trig, etc.), but don't expect me to help you gut a deer, pick a lure for smallmouth, sweat-solder pipe, or replace a head gasket.

:D Sounds like your doing all right!:cert:

As a pipe fitter I made a ton of money doing soldering!:)

[SteveOceanside]

I'm a COBOL programmer. I have no friends.

Sure you have. I "graduated" to COBOL after years of Assembler. Many years later I was headhunted by a former student whose firm was looking for COBOL skills in the runup to the dreaded Year 2000.

Made some good money out of that. We did such a good job that non-techie people still think it was a hoax. :funnier:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

About 15 years ago I went back to school with the intent of getting my private pilot license. I took, and passed the FAA written exam with flying colors. Shortly after that I went back to school and got my Masters/Contractors license here in MN which was a bitch of a thing. Took me 4-1/2 hours. I passed that also.

I was never much of a student in school. As a matter of fact I ****in’ HATED it. But the two examples above were kind of a personal victory for me. I proved to myself I could go to school, sit in a class room, pass a damn test - and do well. Something I never really had much confidence doing.

[Wathen1955]

I fell into a field by accident: Metrology - the science of measurement

But I actually started in a machine shop measuring tools that the machinist completed at the company. While I was doing this in the 70's, the Metrology piece followed with it. No only was I making measurements on a surface plate on tooling, I was also calibrating measuring tools.

I was then hired in a different company to create the calibration program. During this time in the late 70's early 80's, I learned some new skills in calibrating flow such as rotameters and mass flow meters.

The best part of this doing this job came in the mid 80's when I accepted an offer at a medical device company. I had to learn about other instruments and equipment I've never seen before, with a lot of it custom made. One of the best accomplishments I made was to create a new measurement tool called the Digital Thickness gauge. I won't go into too much detail, but an engineer wanted to use SPC on the production line, but the tool was not easy to use for the line assemblers and QC . So he came to me to see if it was possible to take his digital thickness gauge and mount it on an existing Mitutoyo handle that had a mechanical thickness gauge. Once I completed making 2 of these, he came back and wanted 20 more made. Eventually, this lead to a west coast rep for Mitutoyo coming to visit me at the company to see what we were doing buying all these digital thickness gauges. At this time, we had close to 400+. This lead Mitutoyo to finally offer one for sale in the coming years.

That is pretty much where I retired from that company at 65. During my time working there, I was able to create hundreds of calibration procedures, going into management as a supervisor and group leader, then going back as a principle engineer for calibration that included technical responsibilities for the other sites the company ran in Costa Rica, Ireland, and Puerto Rico, and the 2 sites here in CA.

I always enjoyed this Metrology field, and I found it exciting to learn new skills on calibrating equipment. Not bad for a guys with only a 2 year degree in computer science and math.

[Chiefttp]

I like Turtles

[Yadkin]

a few days ago my neighbor calls, he's in TX working, wife and daughter across the road. some workman clogged the master bath toilet, and they couldn't fix it/unclog it. "do you have a plumbing snake?" have 2 actually. be over shortly. bring a plunger too.

yup, clogged up nicely, good and brown. a few minutes of focused plunging, all was well. flushed 3 more times to confirm it was good. showed the daughter and later the wife how to properly do it. oh.

packed up and went back home.

knowledge is only useful if applied to problems in front of you.

That's a shitty job.

[lrobe22]

I was always pretty good on the book knowledge side, but didn't have much in the way of practical skills training, so still suffer a bit with "street" smarts. I was an "A" student through HS (actually skipped a grade), but started struggling a bit with higher math when I got into college. My study discipline took a hit too; in grade school I was used to having everything come easy, but when I got into college and actually needed to bear down & study, I struggled.

For a variety of reasons, it took me 15 years to finally get a 4-year degree. I'm still really good with all the basics I picked up in grade school (spelling, grammar, history, geometry, trig, etc.), but don't expect me to help you gut a deer, pick a lure for smallmouth, sweat-solder pipe, or replace a head gasket.

Kudos to you for finishing the degree. I think that says a lot about character.

[PLRX]

A highly educated and experienced intellectual, deeply immersed in their specialized field, would likely remain unaware of the existence of this forum. Such individuals often focus on prestigious academic circles, leading research initiatives, or engaging in high-level discussions that may overlook more informal platforms where varied topics are exchanged among a diverse audience.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

A highly educated and experienced intellectual, deeply immersed in their specialized field, would likely remain unaware of the existence of this forum. Such individuals often focus on prestigious academic circles, leading research initiatives, or engaging in high-level discussions that may overlook more informal platforms where varied topics are exchanged among a diverse audience.

****in’ A.


🤣

[slewfoot]

That insult is like lint in my pocket. :Jeff '79:


Your ignore list needs some tweaking.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

::iagree:

I developed the Saturn 5 rocket.
That would make me a rocket scientist.
Other than that, my goal was to retire by 55. I retired at 54.
Score !:D

Bitch.

The last time the Saturn V was flown was 1973. You and I are essentially the same age so you were around 11 years old in ‘73.

🖕🏻😂

[LATB]

About 15 years ago I went back to school with the intent of getting my private pilot license. I took, and passed the FAA written exam with flying colors. Shortly after that I went back to school and got my Masters/Contractors license here in MN which was a bitch of a thing. Took me 4-1/2 hours. I passed that also.

I was never much of a student in school. As a matter of fact I ****in’ HATED it. But the two examples above were kind of a personal victory for me. I proved to myself I could go to school, sit in a class room, pass a damn test - and do well. Something I never really had much confidence doing.

I was actually a pretty good student but I never gave a chit about it all. Probably could have been a straight A guy but I half assed it and slid by with B's and C's. Meh

The most difficult test I ever taken was the FL State Contractors Exam. I got 96 out of 100 correct. Serious. I actually was surprised myself.

[KenHorse]

About 15 years ago I went back to school with the intent of getting my private pilot license. I took, and passed the FAA written exam with flying colors.

Congrats! One of the best things I ever did was get my license. Went on to get my twin engine and jet helicopter ratings. Also became 135 certified but never flew for money

All for fun :thumbs:

[Onebadcad]

No one impresses me with their college degree or profession.

I am impressed by those who work hard, and finish every task.

I unfortunately have dealt with many incompetent doctors and lazy lawyers.

[Bruze]

****in’ A.


🤣

I've wondered, ever since that saying came out (40-50 years ago) if there is, or was, a "****in' B"? Did I miss it or has nobody invented it yet? :confused:

https://i.imgur.com/6NdWTxX.gif

[Unsuspicious]

I've wondered, ever since that saying came out (40-50 years ago) if there is, or was, a "****in' B"? Did I miss it or has nobody invented it yet? :confused:

https://i.imgur.com/6NdWTxX.gif

It started in Canada as "****in eh"

[Over140mph]

All I have to say is that my neuron synapse activity of every metric known to man makes chemdawg cumdwg look like a Neanderthal.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Congrats! One of the best things I ever did was get my license. Went on to get my twin engine and jet helicopter ratings. Also became 135 certified but never flew for money

All for fun :thumbs:

Unfortunately, I never finished.

I was DEEP into my dog showing and handling at the time. I was gone most weekends with either my own dogs or client dogs. When I wasn't doing my dog thing I had a million things to do at home and on top of this I had/have a full-time job.

Flight training once or twice a month is not a good way to learn. I recognized this and had to stop.

[LATB]

No one impresses me with their college degree or profession.

I am impressed by those who work hard, and finish every task.

I unfortunately have dealt with many incompetent doctors and lazy lawyers.

I'm the hardest working person I know.
Not sure if that's a good thing or not. :rofl:

[Bill]

Bitch.

The last time the Saturn V was flown was 1973. You and I are essentially the same age so you were around 11 years old in ‘73.

🖕🏻😂

I think you misread that.

He had a 5 year old Saturn with a K&N air filter, fart can exhaust, and NOS stickers that RAN like a rocket. The term rocket being highly subjective, of course.

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/saturn/ion/2007/oem/2007_saturn_ion_sedan_3_fq_oem_2_1600.jpg


Hope this helps.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

I was actually a pretty good student but I never gave a chit about it all. Probably could have been a straight A guy but I half assed it and slid by with B's and C's. Meh

The most difficult test I ever taken was the FL State Contractors Exam. I got 96 out of 100 correct. Serious. I actually was surprised myself.
Formal schooling just wasn't a thing for me. I did pretty good in trade school, but didn't really hit my stride until I got on the job. I figured some shit out about where my capabilities lied and that was that.

[NEED-A-VETTE]

How many Big Brained members do we have here?

Big brain people don’t need everyone to know that they’re big brain people. ;)

[LATB]

Formal schooling just wasn't a thing for me. I did pretty good in trade school, but didn't really hit my stride until I got on the job. I figured some shit out about where my capabilities lied and that was that.

I didn't like school because it was very click-ish and I never fit in to any of them. Although by HS the stoners were very accepting. :rofl:

[KenHorse]

Unfortunately, I never finished.

I was DEEP into my dog showing and handling at the time. I was gone most weekends with either my own dogs or client dogs. When I wasn't doing my dog thing I had a million things to do at home and on top of this I had/have a full-time job.

Flight training once or twice a month is not a good way to learn. I recognized this and had to stop.

Good call. If it weren't for the fact a good friend of mine owned a local aviation company and I didn't have to pay for ground school and only paid for the aircraft fuel, I may have never followed through either :D

Had to buy my own Jeps though.....

[OnPoint]

I hold a 9th degree black belt in pizza eating and beer drinking.

:yesnod:

[Bruze]

No one impresses me with their college degree or profession.

I am impressed by those who work hard, and finish every task.

I unfortunately have dealt with many incompetent doctors and lazy lawyers.

I was at my doc's a couple weeks ago for a routine visit.

He was going to draw blood for a bunch of normal tests and I asked him if he would also order a fasting insulin test (I'd been fasting for about 15 hours).

He was dumbfounded, said he'd never heard of it. :shrug:

Aside from trauma, surgeries, joint replacement etc., which they're good at, we're pretty much on our own. They're good at treating symptoms (more pills) but they're 30-40 years behind the times on a lot of things -- especially diet related.

[dvarapala]

I programmed in ADA for a while Ugh.

APL is a fun language. :yesnod:

[dvarapala]

Big brain people don’t need everyone to know that they’re big brain people. ;)

And yet it's usually pretty easy to tell who has big brains and who doesn't.

:yesnod:

[dvarapala]

I didn't like school because it was very click-ish and I never fit in to any of them. Although by HS the stoners were very accepting. :rofl:

* clique

[the new me]

APL is a fun language. :yesnod:

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=118189&d=1734742265


There are two things a man must do
Before his life is done:
Write two lines of APL
and then make them run.

[Dan47]

Yes.

[dvarapala]

There are two things a man must do
Before his life is done:
Write two lines of APL
and then make them run.

BTDT :yesnod:

Back in high school our computer club took a tour of the IBM building in downtown Chicago. Our docent set up a video projector and keyboard as a mainframe terminal in a conference room; the terminal was running an APL interpreter. As he was explaining some of the basics of the language, I walked up to the keyboard and wrote my first APL program.

The first line was:

⎕←'Stephan is a sucky computer club president'

After 40 years I can't remember the exact syntax of the second line, but the effect was to print the string in the first line in an infinite loop. :shrug:

The room erupted in laughter. Even the IBM docent had a smile on his face.

Stephan - a good friend and who was completely cool with my good-natured ribbing - tried to stop the infinite loop, but was unsuccessful. More laughter ensued.

That was my first - and last - experience with APL. ;)

[donuts]

Has anyone defined big brained yet?

[Unsuspicious]

Big brain people don’t need everyone to know that they’re big brain people. ;)

The big headed big brain people do

[owc6]

Yes.

Never confuse big-headedness with big brained.

[WydGlydJim]

I reject the premise.

yep, the smartest guy I ever met, had no degree
:yesnod:

[owc6]

Also, never confuse degrees with intelligence.

[WydGlydJim]

Also, never confuse degrees with intelligence.


I try to explain this to people all the time.............you will never be any more intelligent, or smarter, than the day you fall out of yo mamas vajay jay..........you may become more educated, but never any more intelligent......people don't seem to grasp the concept. All one has to do to figure it out, is look at all of the educated idiots we have out there.
:yesnod:

[owc6]

*edicated ijuts.

[Mick]

I was at my doc's a couple weeks ago for a routine visit.

He was going to draw blood for a bunch of normal tests and I asked him if he would also order a fasting insulin test (I'd been fasting for about 15 hours).

He was dumbfounded, said he'd never heard of it. :shrug:

I've never heard of that either, and I've been diabetic for over a decade. I have heard of a fasting glucose test though.

[Mick]

Also, never confuse degrees with intelligence.

:iagree:

I think I've told some "Steve T" stories on here. He was a guy I worked with who had the same degrees I have, but was a complete moron. Seriously, we were working in finance, and he couldn't figure out what 6% of $100 million was in his head. He had to put it in a spreadsheet, and then made a spreadsheeting error so he got the wrong answer. The guy was worse than useless.

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[Bruze]

I've never heard of that either, and I've been diabetic for over a decade. I have heard of a fasting glucose test though.

Yeah, if you're in the "standard of care" for diabetes your doc probably hasn't either. The medical establishment is a generation or two behind the actual science in diabetes treatment.

This is the same establishment that said during Covid: [We've forgotten how to treat respiratory viruses so] "Stay home until you can't breathe, then go to the ER."

High glucose levels are a symptom of insulin resistance. IR can show up in a test years before an abnormal glucose or A1C test. High levels of fasting insulin (assuming you're not injecting it) means you're insulin resistant -- which is the cause high blood sugar levels.

Being insulin resistant is what type 2 diabetes is. High sugar levels are the symptom. Treating symptoms is about all modern medicine knows or cares about.

"We don't know or care anything about diet or lifestyle because we never learned anything about that in med school [truth]. Take these pills, STFU and don't question it, because I'm a licensed physician and I know everything."

[MidLifeinMI]

Also, never confuse degrees with intelligence.

:iagree: My first "real" job was with a company that made automated machining lines for the auto industry; I was in the electrical "engineering" department. I put engineering in quotes, because not a single one of us in the dept. had a formal engineering degree - the majority had come up through the shop floor as electricians or panel wirers.

We all had fun ridiculing the first EE grad that we hired; one of his first acts was tipping over a PLC rack in our lab when he tried to stretch a 6 ft power cord to reach 8 ft. :rofl:

[KenHorse]

:iagree: My first "real" job was with a company that made automated machining lines for the auto industry; I was in the electrical "engineering" department. I put engineering in quotes, because not a single one of us in the dept. had a formal engineering degree - the majority had come up through the shop floor as electricians or panel wirers.

We all had fun ridiculing the first EE grad that we hired; one of his first acts was tipping over a PLC rack in our lab when he tried to stretch a 6 ft power cord to reach 8 ft. :rofl:

I had a similar situation when I was managing an engineering dept for a private company. I had hired a couple of just graduated BSEEs and ended up firing them both within a month.

A degree without experience is just that, a degree

[NEED-A-VETTE]

The big headed big brain people do

Narcissists. The absolute worst. :ack:

[slewfoot]

My kid got lucky.

Right after college a family friend who had been working in DC, had a buddy who worked at Livermore. Gave him a shot and he's been there 15 years now.

Pretty squared away kid.

[roadpilot]

It is impossible to measure intelligence on the internet and in a
forum. We are either all big brained or none of us are big brained.
The question does allow some to brag about their accomplishments
and perceived importance.

[dvarapala]

Never confuse big-headedness with big brained.

:iagree:

They probably have Hydrocephalus. :yesnod:

[dvarapala]

Also, never confuse degrees with intelligence.

Licensing correlates poorly with intelligence as well. :D

[KenHorse]

Licensing correlates poorly with intelligence as well. :D

So does political party affiliation :D

In fact, the only true markers of intelligence are love of classic rock music and a great sense of humor!

[PLRX]

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=118191&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1734744422

That thing looks like the "one-eyed monster."

[KenHorse]

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=118191&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1734744422

That thing looks like the "one-eyed monster."

Not familiar with Star Trek TOS?

[Unsuspicious]

Licensing correlates poorly with intelligence as well. :D

"I know a guy who has a driver's license and he curbed his rims once, therefore driver's education is a complete waste of time" -Non big brain hyperbolic anti-intellectuals all up in this thread

[Bruze]

I don't know about intelligence (there's no real way of measuring that) but I do know that Trump is the epitome of the "Alpha male."


https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/07/14/USAT/74398032007-20240714-t-001600-z-1427579274-rc-2-mu-8-adfccz-rtrmadp-3-usaelectiontrump.JPG?crop=2452,1377,x0,y0&width=2452&height=1377&format=pjpg&auto=webp