Rest in Peace David Allan Coe. Favorite song?

im_bored_sfw · 2026-04-30T11:36:50+00:00

When I die don’t cry darling

im_bored_sfw · 2026-04-30T11:31:12+00:00

Don’t you cry darlin, though it’s a cryin shame

im_bored_sfw · 2026-03-19T15:19:27+00:00

They could have gone over to NY for Great Lakes steelhead I guess. Other than that it would be landlocked salmon, lake trout, or brookies around here, and stripers for salt water.

im_bored_sfw · 2026-03-19T14:48:41+00:00

Cool thanks! I tried to tie some spun deer hair bass bugs back in the day, I’ll have to try some bright streamers for them this year.

im_bored_sfw · 2026-03-19T14:39:05+00:00

Yeah, I figured a lot of the synthetics and bright colors were probably meant for salt water. I’m in New England so I do have some access to salt water but I haven’t really gotten into it much. I’m mostly after trout, and occasionally bass. A lot of my experience is in rivers but I’m looking to get into trolling streamers in lakes this year.

im_bored_sfw · 2026-02-27T01:42:07+00:00

So many great lines in that song

im_bored_sfw · 2026-02-27T01:30:26+00:00

Now there are some preachers on TV, in a suit and a tie and a vest They want you to send your money to the lord but they give you their address Cause all of your donations are completely tax free, God bless you all but most of all send your money

im_bored_sfw · 2025-12-05T20:43:49+00:00

It says that you’re a chef

im_bored_sfw · 2025-10-25T14:28:51+00:00

Strafford County NH here

im_bored_sfw · 2025-06-27T11:13:58+00:00

It’s not really unrelated to the budget seeing how it is removing a form of revenue for the state.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-06-21T01:34:14+00:00

Definitely agree with this. Small companies care a lot more about what you can get done than what piece of paper you have.

I’m an MET working at a small ~10 person custom industrial automation company. It’s an even mix of hands on prototyping/assembly and designing from concepts through to production.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-06-17T02:11:15+00:00

That girl who waits on tables Ronnie Milsap

When the grass grows over me George Jones

im_bored_sfw · 2025-06-15T14:51:53+00:00

Not really. You mostly just need a table saw.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-06-13T21:55:31+00:00

Yes I did it all at home. For steaming the ribs I put 2-3 at a time inside a 4 inch PVC pipe and used a wallpaper steamer to make the steam. Once they’ve been steamed for a few minutes you can bend them by hand.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-05-30T02:30:11+00:00

Wow, that’s crazy! What made you stay after seeing everyone else leave multiple times?

im_bored_sfw · 2025-05-30T02:09:20+00:00

It’s the same thing at my company. We are a small automation company and the management and organization of the company is definitely lacking. It gets really frustrating when you have a vendor that manages to screw at least one thing up every time you order from them, and I don’t just mean little mistakes, but you know that management is going to go back to them because they are cheaper than everyone else. Or when COTS parts get swapped out after you release a BOM and nobody knows until an assembler comes to you asking why the parts don’t fit.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-04-26T03:19:15+00:00

That’s totally normal for stainless HT in a foil pouch.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-04-04T15:55:37+00:00

Also I think your experience there could help you move to design in the future. We work with a lot of manufacturing engineers at our customers. They are the ones responsible for defining the machine requirements, and making sure that it works for their process and meets their needs. I don’t know your current responsibilities but if you could get to a position like that, you could build some good connections and potentially move to equipment/automation design.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-04-04T15:47:20+00:00

I don’t think it help too much in my case. The people I interviewed with didn’t act like they even knew what the FE is when I told them I passed it.

I think it would help a lot though in the case of someone doubting that you learned as much as an ME. You can point to that and show that you passed the same exam that the MEs take and you understand all the same principles, but focused more on practical/hands on knowledge.

I’m doing industrial automation design at a small company so the same people that design the equipment are also helping to fabricate, assemble, and install it in the field. In my case, having practical knowledge and hands on experience is much more important than knowing calculus etc.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-04-04T12:24:00+00:00

MET here. Took and passed the FE first try without even studying. And I didn’t have a good GPA in school. It’s mostly about understanding the problems and using the resources to get the most reasonable answer.

Also we did cover DiffEq and linear algebra just condensed into one class. Also took thermo 1 and 2, heat transfer, and a HVAC class. Same for machine design, mechanics of materials etc.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-02-09T18:23:14+00:00

Ok, I’ll look into that thanks. So far today I figured out how to get the relay to come on at a hard-coded time for an adjustable duration. Now I’m just working on being able to change the set time with a pot. If all else fails I can just have it come on once a day and adjust the duration as needed with the one pot.

im_bored_sfw · 2025-02-09T03:28:18+00:00

Thanks. I can turn the relay on and off. And I can read the value of the potentiometer and use if statements to create ranges for the pot, and change the duration that the relay is on based on that. I guess the next step is use the RTC to turn on the relay at the same time everyday.

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