They were ugly. The only real competition for the Citroen (in terms of ugliness) would have been the Yugo. The flap down windows on the Citroen would be perfect for a world in which the producers have shrugged.

Is WI becoming Starnesville, Robbie? Atlas Shrugged Now Non-Fiction strikes again (pun intended).

I would say you were riding shotgun in the 1800s sense, but you're a driver.

Can do. I also carry everywhere I go and also know a few in the Gulch who admire weapons as I.

Agreed.

Maybe we'll need you to transport some of Ragnar's "recovered" Au.

Black Suburbans everwhere everwhere.

I meant to say work in the same building. That is just so weird. It does kinda remind one of the opening scene of a movie though. Only in the movie somehow they turnover counterfeit because the "real " truck was ambushed on a remote stretch of highway. I assume you have protections in place for your valuable or senditive cargo.

Many of us will be competing to benefit from your valuable experience, Notperfect. I am also not perfect, but do the best I can. If people aren't happy with that, oh well.

The first delivery my wife and I made was the most eeriest feeling of all. Separated by 3/4" glass and they look at you as if you should know everything. I do I know when something is not right. Thanks Khalling.

Thanks notperfect. That was interesting about your job and how some of the deliveries are well delivered. The Fed sounds like the work in Get Smart 's building. :)

I have been driving a truck "long Haul" for almost 33 years. Oct. 22, 1981 to be exact. Then in 2009 got the chance to work in Trenton, New Jersey because jobs in Michigan went to pot. One of the best jobs I have had until I found out up close what the "Fed" was all about. Yes I haul valuables if you want to call it that. In a facility like the Fed you get the feeling they do not care for those who only want to make an honest living. Bullet proof glass between yourself and any of their employees. you back into their docks offload monies into a room they have opened to you. Then they close the doors you have used and go into that room to make sure what is on the bill of lading is presented to them kind of like a verifying room. They walk out of that room into a larger room while closing the doors behind themselves. Once in the larger room they open doors outside to a hall and go out then close those doors. The doors you used are opened again and you proceed through. The second set they used to enter into the counting room are opened and you proceed to move these carts or bins into the large room. Once you have moved your freight into these bullet proof rooms you walk out and all the doors are shut. The last door those members of this establishment walked through are finally opened they walk in count whatever you brought them and sign the B.O.L's. They open the verifying room doors walk in and they slide the B.O.L.'s threw the doors under or between. That is the closest you get to their employees. All this time you and whomever are at the docks are being eyed. Hauling Pharmaceutical's is even more fun you either stay in your vehicle or in a holding pen as they load or offload. Do not get me wrong the company I work for have provided the skills I need to keep up with the competition and the best thing is it's non-union. Working in a state that unions are known for and living in a state "Michigan" where unions have destroyed their populace I guess that is the best competitive company I have worked for. Their philosophy we have the right to fire you and that is the last word makes this old Texan proud to work for them. In the Gulch you can bet hauling might still be first on the list, but I do make a mean "Enchilada Casserole" and other delicacies. You always have to have sustenance to keep up with the competition.

In fact, we just hired two biomedical engineering professors from UF in the last year, including the guy (Larry Hench) who invented BioGlass (a synthetic bone that integrates well with surrounding tissue).

While I do lose students to UF and unwillingly pay some taxes to support them, I will not run them down. UF is a fine university, especially their basketball team. My Michigan Wolverines put up a good game today, but couldn't make it to where UF will be next weekend. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I love UF, but I didn't select it for intelligent reasons. If I could go back in time, I'd do 100 things differently in the education process. I would know which questions to ask. Maybe I would still have ended up at UF, but it would have been more thought-out.

FIT is way better now than it was when you considered it. Half of the buildings are new since 2000.

Chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and non ChE/BME jobs are in section 3.
The beginning of the newsletter delineates sections for the newsletter. You were interested in 3D printing. That is section 25.

It reminds me of our local IEEE newsletter. I provide a list of every EE job opening I've heard of in the past month.

:) Wish someone had told me about the 30-degree snip about 4.5 decades ago... :)
At Gavin, all I had to do was teach 'the girls' that the solder joint should be shiny-bright and not tug on it too quickly. And those were single-strand wires and discrete components soldered to lug-type terminal strips! Just a short time after the dinosaurs died out...

I handle injury claims for an auto insurance company, which basically means that I try to outfox the looters (people who think they deserve something for nothing as well as their attorneys and chiropractors). I'm not sure what I would do in Galt's Gulch. Any suggestions?

I'd do what I do now. Massage ..deep tissue , sewing and massive vegetable gardening and canning. I'd sell my veggies to the local diner and put my name and number on the diners bulletin board for clothes repair, ironing, laundry, baby sitting,house cleaning, weeding.. anything...I've never not had a job( since I was 12) I've been completely self employed for 21 years and always had side jobs when employed for others. I'd have to get to The Gulch and see whats up and where there's a profit to be made.