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Originally posted by Eponym:
Civil Engineering (from my brother)
"Water flows downhill."
"Payday is Friday."

Heard that one a lot from CE guys in USAF.

My own: The amount of clutter that accumulates is proportional to the amount of available horizontal surface.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Eponym:
Civil Engineering (from my brother)
"Water flows downhill."

Saying heard in both Colorado and Arizona.
“Water flows uphill to money.”

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Originally posted by ArtieS:. . . In law: "If you have the brains, the time and the resources to go to law school, go to business school and get an MBA."

From lawyer friends.

"If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck".

"Justice is a process, not necessarily an outcome".

"I have never met a lawyer that didn't have two hands". (ie, lawyers can argue both sides of a case with equal vigor).

From a plumber I know...

Never eat the last bite of your sandwich.

When I was in car dealership parts departments when faced with an unreasonable demand from a customer amongst ourselves we would say "It's not my car, my car runs fine."

Made several calls and had the request run through a couple of salvage yards for a like kind and quality engine for a ten year old car, every thing I found had well over 100k, several year old car. Aftermarket warranty company insisted on us finding one, needed one with 50k or less on the odometer.The adjuster started giving me a hard time, I finally responded with "It's in the junkyard for a reason not related to the ash tray being overfilled or the floor mats were worn out, if you want a used one so bad you find it." They finally bought a factory reman one.

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Originally posted by mrbill345:
Then there are the LAWS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD
...
IV. THE PATIENT IS THE ONE WITH THE DISEASE.
...

Though medicine is not my profession, I use that as well. (That was a great book!)

One of my favorite quotes that really holds true in life is actually from the manufacturing world

“There comes a point in every project to shoot the engineer and begin production”

Sadly it seems to be... "You can't see it from my house."

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Originally posted by XLT:
" we are not building a piano"

My grandfather's was "Good enough for a whore house, never make it in a church.'



My guides to live (work) by have always been:

If you've done things right, people will wonder if you really did anything at all.

There's nothing you can't get accomplished if you're willing to let someone else take the credit.

There's nothing you can't get done if you can convince someone else that it was their idea.

None particularly great for people wanting the spotlight or career climbers.

Litigation for money:

"Pigs eat, hogs get slaughtered." (know when to negotiate and settle reasonably).

One regarding buying quality tools as a tradesman. "A foolish man scrimps on his shoes, and his feet make him pay for it every time he wares them. A wise man splurges on his shoes, and his feet repay him every time he wears them". Ie, for tradesmen, buy the best tools you can.

Don’t matter how many guns you have you only have two hands.

From Consulting/IT: Negative learning is still learning.

From pharmacy for those annoying patients.

“If we wanted you dead, you would be.”

From rotor-wing aviation:
-If there's no hydraulic fluid leaking, there's none in it.
-If the big fan stops turning, you fly directly to the crash site
-Keep your head down
-Exit to the left
-College education to drive it, high school education to fix it

From my current job:
-A laser beam is faster than your eyelid
-Engineers design it, I tell them why it doesn't work
-If something strange is happening, it's always software
-BTFO (Book The F!@#$%G Order!)

Tony.

If you see me running, try to keep up.

From accounting/finance/auditing. How to get good numbers. The CEO of a firm asked me to SWAG a number for the auditors.

WAG, Wild A** Guess.

SWAG, Scientific Wild A** Guess, meaning make a WAG and put it on a spreadsheet, then it becomes "scientific".

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Originally posted by sorenson:
From a plumber I know...

Never eat the last bite of your sandwich.

HAH! That may be the best advice so far!

Vehicle with the biggest wheels has the right of way.

From the prison system, "Not all convicts lie, and not all staff members tell the truth."