FireHazard51

This was the highlight of my night.... I wish we could of captured @drxandy vocal reaction to being killed.....And then we got @Gloves voted off for self reporting , to be forever played on repeat....

Some of you may of figured out I'm bad with names.......I mean I did say Sudoku

@nettenette be sure to make your vote.

Grippo's turned out to be a big hit. We'll see how the other things go. That Greater's ice cream looks good but I know I can't have it with those cookies in it. Pretty sure the white cookie frosting has the corn syrup it. Small amount but I'm not risking it. My tummy really doesn't like it when it gets corn syrup.

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Need to capture that Discord chat. That's were all the magic is happening.

As a kid I really enjoyed it but only played it in the GameGear. I feel like this is one of those games where it doesn't age well. Still bought the SEGA CD version as an adult. One day I'll play them and have a better opinion of it.

Shit....gotta get setup to

Finally translated it. SS and I both screwed up and thought the fox "jumped" instead of "jumps". Here is the translation and my own message back...

Not yet, busy making dinner. Hopefully post dinner will have time before online party begins.

@Bearcat-Doug how jelly are you of my ugly sweater?

I don't know who my SS is but some of you who have been around can probably guess who sent it from CO. I was truly spoiled by my SS. I had my significant other take photos as I unwrapped my gifts. May my joy and excitement caught on camera be the return gift to my SS. Photo album of opening gifts (Let me know if it doesn't work for anyone) Here is a little teaser.... Here's what I got....minus the bell that I instantly put on and forgot to show in the photo I hope my SS enjoys the gifts I gave but I'll need to provide a little more context to them when they are open.

My package came yesterday and tomorrow is Christmas!

I must be a glutton for punishment....sign me up for Game 1 @Mega Tank

After researching all 2000+ members I've found out who it is...

Package has cleared US customs inspections......Hope they didn't unwrap the gifts but I did ship food so wouldn't be surprised if they did. I guess I could of said the food was sealed in can/bag, or food (non-produce). Stupid customs and smart reasons to worry about spreading invasive diseases and bugs. Though I did answer a lot of questions to the postal worker who took the package. Maybe they asked about produce. Either way I'm questioning if package will arrive on time since it just cleared customs on the 18th. Still got a long way to go.

I loved the Ratchet & Clank series. Killzone/Resistance are good 1st person shooters with a good story line. Uncharted was a really fun series and 3rd person shooter. Valkria series is just amazing and is mix up of turn based strategy game and RPG (art style is amazing). All these games are on PS3/4. \ Oh, and welcome to the site!

Get the reference materials that they list for creating the exam. If you can find a program that will prep you for the exam. These programs help teach you the common questions and will help focus you for what will be on the exam and passing the exam and not just give you a broad base of knowledge. I did School of PE, and they do offer ME, https://www.schoolofpe.com/pe/ They do a very good job with CE/Transportation. Many people in my office use them and passed first time. Personally taking the prep course help me schedule my studying. I tried it on my own the first time and flopped pretty hard. I felt like the test overall is doable so long as you actually put the time in and have the refence materials/manuals. CE is the worst I think with how many books/manuals they use to create the test.

I see what the confusion was....AE I took as Architectural Engineer and not Aerospace Engineer. Different fields come across acronyms that mean different things. And Architectural Engineers are just pretty picture drawers

Sooooo...are you using quotes for "prestigious" because it's actually not? I mean....they giving out Physics PhDs to English majors, LOL. I'm just joking with you. I'm a typical engineer where English like a second language to me. There is always a need for some damn good writers in the science fields.

Didn't find that website yet. That is a great package...thought hey need more skyline cheese. I just wish it wasn't so costly to ship things things. A friend joked it'd just be cheaper to get them a bus ticket and take them out to eat for the day.

ME and AE, arch enemies of CEs I started off as an ME and switch to CE. When things started to move I moved as well. Just remember that without CEs there would be no civilization....it's in our name after all. AE just draw pretty pictures which CEs have to make into reality. All in all I do a job that anyone can do and my engineer education didn't really do jack to prepare me for, environmental regulations and permitting. I just deal with red tape so pretty much every ME and AE is better than me . But no one wants to deal with government red tape so it's great job security.

Man, that's a weird path to go, practical applications to theoretical. My significant other got her MS in ME and did the PhD. route but never got to the dissertation, just did all the class work. One day she'll finish it as her career needs it as all of her peers have PhDs pretty much. She just had a very bad advisor and they did not get along with each other. I remember how stressful her masters dissertation went. In hindsight she should of done something easier but she wanted to prove she could do it because she won't stand for being told she can't do something because it's too difficult for her to do. Anyways, that's wild to me that you did your PhD in physics with an undergrad in engineering.

Civil Transportation but my date job is "Environmental Engineer" for DOT. So I basically studied everything to pass the exam. I can totally see how it would be easier if I actually did transportation work. I've asked some of our bridge engineers about SE and they all thing it does nothing for their career so why bother. They are right, they would only get a pay back when they go to the private sector after retiring. And at that point with so much actual experience I'm not sure if the SE will mean anything. But yeah, I heard the SE is no joke. I think I rather work on get my M.S./M.E. or MBA. The thought of taking another test to get into a school is very off putting but I also hate the idea of letting my left over GI Bill benefits go away. I could pretty much get my Masters for free while going to school and taking 2/3 classes a semester. I think I'd be going for a Data Science or Business graduate degree though. I'm done with engineering degrees.