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  1. BruceP

    Valve Nomenclature

    zdas04 said: "The rub comes in with ESD's and what the US DOT calls "Sectionalizing Valves". These valves often have automatic actuators on a binary valve. Since these are "valves with control", some people will call them "control valves". " First of all, thank you for taking time to reply...
  2. BruceP

    Valve Nomenclature

    Are there industry-standard definitions for the terms "block valve" and "control valve"? I tend to think of block valves as OPEN/CLOSE (binary) service and control valves as throttling service. Many of my colleagues use "control valve" when an OPEN/CLOSE valve is intended. As we are...
  3. BruceP

    copying & pasting

    That's my preferred method of creating macros, too, tomatge. Thanks for sharing.
  4. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    ietech: Thanks for the kind words. Merry Christmas right back at you and to all the other people who contribute to these message boards.
  5. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    Greg, Let's review some of the dialog in this thread. Bruce: I relate to this scenario personally because, after taking an early retirement package from one employer, I was not able to find new work at a comparable salary without relocating, which I did not want to do. So, I am working but...
  6. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    Hey folks, take a look at this link http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=1477_0_7_0_C to see the 10 most overpaid jobs in USA. (Engineers did NOT make the list!) :-)
  7. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    "To think this fool thinks he has really stumbled upon the "solution" to lost job is absurd. All he is doing is amplifying the problem as we accelerate the US's "Race to the Bottom." " -- rhodie I share your angst. BUT, let's look at both sides. On the one...
  8. BruceP

    Unions

    ZQEW05 says "unions are a counterbalance to abusive management." Wish it were so! Today's reality is that the unions do not ask the workers if they want to be represented. They go directly to management to insist on unionization of the work force. This is not always met with...
  9. BruceP

    Unions

    Check out www.nrtw.org to see what unions REALLY think of their members. (Hint: Cash cows)
  10. BruceP

    Unions

    To: ornerynorsk I don't know what country (or planet) you are from, but here on Earth in the USA job-hopping isn't as easy for engineers as it used to be. This is because of: 1. Downsizing, right-sizing, PIPs ("Profit Improvement Programs"), etc. = layoffs; 2. Unbridled corporate...
  11. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    colinP, You might or might not be correct in your opinions about foreign students. But the FACT remains: every slot taken by a foreign student is one less US student being educated. Now, this might be OK for privately funded schools. That is their prerogative in a free society. However, I...
  12. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    An earlier post mentioned high Corp exec salaries and bennies as being "criminal" -- which, of course, and unfortunately for the other employees, it is not. It is, however, greedy and selfish and egotistical -- and therefore IMO sinful. I believe that somehow exec remuneration...
  13. BruceP

    Using TODAY() function to title a worksheet

    Try this: Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' Macro recorded 11/19/2003 by DBP ' ' Range("a1").Value = "= TEXT(TODAY(), ""mmm dd yyy"") & "" REPORT""" Range("A1:J1").Select With Selection...
  14. BruceP

    Solutions for U.S. Unemployment and the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs:

    The only disagreement I have is calling the 5 identified steps "a solution." They are not. They might be a part of the solution. But a real solution must be the objective of a PLAN which is believable and achievable. Step 5, writing and calling congress-critters to urge action on...
  15. BruceP

    AutoOpen & AutoClose

    I used the subject macros extensively in a previous project. But now, several years later, Excel does not execute them in my new project and VBA Help does not acknowledge their existence. Am I correct in assuming that MS killed them in XP for security reasons?
  16. BruceP

    Show me!!!

    Do you mean that you already have a functional spreadsheet and you need to explain how it works to your instructor? I don't understand the range of cells requirement. Are you trying to set up a series of individual time intervals that will execute for some period of time before ending so you...
  17. BruceP

    METRIC !

    I believe that the real reason the USA resists conversion to metric is the manufacturing and business infra-structure. Machine tools are calibrated in English units. Pre-formatted programs assume English unit values. For example, to make an entry in a catalog, I might enter the number 51. The...

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