redneckj
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Very talented with way to much time on his hands
Paper engine
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HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Ok, that's kind of cool, but what's the point?
Pterodactyl
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Must be on death row or in a mental hospital to have the time to do that.
MrZappo
Can we please go riding now ?
Reminds me of this one from a few years ago. If you haven't seen it already, it is a treat. <br />
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mcatrophy
Privileged to ride a 2018 FJR1300AS
Hard one to answer, but then, what's the point of climbing Everest, or simply going out for a ride on a motorcycle?
C&C
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It's a 'ticker'.
Interesting mention about the prison. My Sister-in-Law's first ex-con husband came out of "the slammer" with some elaborate creations made out of Popsicle sticks. One was a very fancy jewelry box.
Uncle Hud
Just another blob of protoplasm using up your oxyg
"My Sister-in-Law's first ex-con husband ..." She's had more than one ex-con husband?
As for the paper engine, I think it's pretty cool. Next time somebody posts that their FJR won't start, I'm linking to this thread and telling them to inflate a big balloon. Doesn't need oil, so I guess their NEPRT threads are about balloon size, inflation techniques, or maybe "what's the best glue to seal my cylinder heads?"
gixxerjasen
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Psh, not a V8.
NMRoadRunner
A Bulls work is never done!
If I had that kinda time on my hands my FJR would have a lot more miles on it. Prisoner or Gov employee? you decide.
TomInPA
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Old Guy
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Exactly. What's the point in anything other than the necessities of life. Some people spend hours watching television. This guy makes paper engines. Which is the bigger waste of time?
Loved Dilbert. That one always makes me smile.
As a pre-schooler, I took apart a mechanical alarm clock (down to each component) that my Grandmother didn't care about because it didn't work. I put it back together and it worked. From that time until I was about 10 I would do it like a puzzle. When older, I remembered doing it so tried again. Got it all apart and realized I'd not payed attention during disassembly so it stayed apart.
Years later, as a computer operator (main frames) I would be asked by programmers what I thought when a program crashed. When asked, one of them explained that they knew I often had a gut feeling about what was going on that helped them narrow down their debugging efforts. One of them used the words, "the knack".
Lack of formal education saved me from a life of engineering, although I narrowly avoided an undergraduate degree in Computer Science by about 15 hours (of mostly filler courses that had little or nothing to do with IT).
My brother stayed with us for a year recently as he moved back to the area, got a new job and a house. He made it his mission to point out that my math (and IT) jokes weren't funny.
So, while not an engineer like Dilbert and his ilk, it wasn't uncommon during my career for me to be requisitioned to act as a gatekeeper between them and the muggles.
Anyone else laugh at the white board in Big Bang Theory before the characters explain it to the muggles?
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Oh yeah, the point!
It was a close call but I avoided the outcome from in that video by a fraction... Well, maybe more like a micron. Hmmm maybe more like a sub-micron, or maybe... er... never mind.
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gixxerjasen
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SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
I think it was part of his Master's Thesis attempting to resolve the "heat issue."
