Search results

  1. Lumpy1106

    Don't you feel iffy when people put letters after their name?

    Brings up an interesting question for the group; in Engineering, you pass the license exam, then also have to take an ethics exam that basically emphasizes that you are only qualified to sign off on projects in your expertise. I'm a structural engineer, I'm not going to sign off on a set of...
  2. Lumpy1106

    Don't you feel iffy when people put letters after their name?

    Agreed, especially since the University I went to, pretty much everyone who was going to pass the EIT had done so in their Jr. year. I do appreciate the enthusiasm they have for the profession though.
  3. Lumpy1106

    Be our Guest lack of value.

    We went in the early days and had QS breakfast. I had the same thought as OP - it seems like there should be SOMETHING going on with all the hype - but no. I thought I was missing something because we went for breakfast. I guess that had nothing to do with it - there really was nothing going...
  4. Lumpy1106

    Electric Cars

    We have PIH Ford Fusion and a PIH Chevy Volt. Both are rated for a special tire, but not because the vehicle is heavier. They are selling a certain fuel efficiency that can only be achieved with a certain tire type. Here in CA the garages are required to check the air in your tires every time...
  5. Lumpy1106

    Electric Cars

    I think ultimately it will require the help of the vey companies that are currently providing access to the current fuel source; the oil companies. They already have an abundant network (the gas stations) and ample regulatory restrictions to eliminate the shenanigan's and provide price...
  6. Lumpy1106

    Electric Cars

    Reviving this zombie thread for a prediction; I predict SF is about to throw a lot of money at installing curb-side chargers in low income areas that will then immediately be vandalized, because people in low income neighborhood cannot afford Teslas...
  7. Lumpy1106

    Round-up Rodeo BBQ Question

    They will bring you as much as you want of anything they serve. This includes the deserts. Our server insisted we try them all so he could bring us back seconds of the ones we liked best. Come very hungry and prepare to skip the next meal. It seems really pricey but I think it is one of the...
  8. Lumpy1106

    What is something that has changed in your lifetime that you personally refuse to change?

    It's Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, or if you must, Squallpine. It is NOT "Palisades Tahoe". I may be driving an automatic now, but I refuse to believe that the stick shift is ever going away.
  9. Lumpy1106

    Juneau - dog sled /Mendenhall?

    It's been quite a few years, but we did the sled dog excursion when we went and really enjoyed it. We also have friends in Juneau and have driven to the glacier on our own. Watching the cruise passengers on excursions was pretty humorous - they bring you out on a bus, drop you off at the...
  10. Lumpy1106

    Princess Kate Picture "Kill Notice "

    And nobody can do anything about it. It's not like you can vote her out if you want someone who is in better health. The obsession about the royal family is weird IFAIC - but then I'm a Yank so what do I know?
  11. Lumpy1106

    Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

    That was my point too - but I think we are on opposite sides of the table(?). No matter - people went to see Avatar, not because it was a cinematic masterpiece, but because the movie was fully engrossing - it took you to a place you couldn't even imagine. Pandora IS the star of the movie...
  12. Lumpy1106

    Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

    OK - I can't - gloves off. IMHO, Avenger's Camps is one of the biggest mistakes Disney has ever made in any park, and I don't think that's a hot take. It replaced Bugs land. You can say those were cheap, not-quite Disney quality rides, but it was a land FOR KIDS. Would you bulldoze...
  13. Lumpy1106

    Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

    It's got a real 6-Flags aesthetic. Trying to be nice here...
  14. Lumpy1106

    Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

    To argue the other side; The guy in the wheelchair the alien love interest The alien grandma The alien bro-dudes the geeky guy the smart doctor lady the flying thingys the mean flying thingys the rhino thingys the wolf like alien things the bad guys with all the big machines But most of all...
  15. Lumpy1106

    do you have too many belongings , the right amount or not enough?

    There is not a room in my house that would not be improved by removing something - too much.
  16. Lumpy1106

    what is the furthest place from your place of your birth you have ever been?

    2520 miles - Reno to Barking Sands Kauai
  17. Lumpy1106

    Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

    I was listening to Susan Bond (former Imagineer) on the Tomorrow Society Podcast. She worked on Alien Encounter and suggested one of the reasons it didn't work was because it was in the wrong park (MK). She suggested DHS. That got me thinking; would it work in DCA? I think yes. It would be...
  18. Lumpy1106

    Have you got a degree?

    BS Civil Engineering
  19. Lumpy1106

    How much autonomy should an 18 year old home from college have?

    I totally agree with this, especially the bolded part, and I can speak from my own experience. I had come home for the summer and even had a full-time summer job that was relevant to my degree. DM tried to have all the same house rules and restrictions I did when I was in HS and it was just...
  20. Lumpy1106

    How much autonomy should an 18 year old home from college have?

    Pretty much full autonomy. In my case they (a JR and a FROSH in college) are adults, living on their own. One lives fairly close in a very party-centric college town so we encourage him to come home whenever he can so he can reset and get some decent sleep (and that's pretty much what he does...
Top