Happy Engineers Week

[KENAT]

I nearly missed it, had it not been for CheckerRon pointing it out to me I would have.

http://www.eweek.org/

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[PSE]

Our group got honored this week by being able to attend a couple of classes to enhance our skillsets.

Regards,

 

[Ussuri]

Is this for 'happy' engineers only or can grumpy miserable ones like me attend ?

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"The world keeps turning, it keeps me in my place; where I stand is only three miles from space"
Spiritualized

 

[TheTick]

Don't forget March 17. St. Patrick is the patron saint of engineers. My alma mater always has a "green mass" for engineers that week.

 

[dvd]

Is Engineer's Week like Secretary's Day only better?

I can't wait to have my boss take me out to lunch every day all week and buy me some flowers!

 

[KENAT]

dvd, it's this week. If he hasn't taken you out yet then looks like he missed the memo, or doesn't consider you a real Engineer ;-).

Ussuri, well if it's only for happy engineers it would explain why I didnt' hear of it directly.

So Saint Paddy is the Patron Saint of Engineers. I wish I'd considered this when I gave up booze for lent!

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[GTstartup]

Kenat,

Being from across the pond, you should know that Saint Patrick's day is a given exception for those who give up alcohol for lent.

http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/holidays/st_patricks_day.htm

So Slainte!!!!

 

[HgTX]

Didn't they move the religious observance of St. Patrick's Day back a month this year to avoid Lent?

Not that that's going to stop all the green beer and whatnot on March 17 anyway.

Hg

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[TheTick]

March 17 is always within Lent, isn't it?

Easter = first Sunday after first full moon after spring equinox. Lent = 40 days before. It would have to be a very late Easter to get March 17 outside of that envelope.

 

[HgTX]

Yeah, I'm confused. Easter's earlier than usual this year, but not by *that* much. I heard the story on the news, but since it doesn't affect me directly, I didn't pay very good attention. Someone with fewer worktime restrictions on web access than I have could look it up.

Meanwhile, I keep parsing the title of this thread to mean "a week dedicated to happy engineers".

Hg

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[msquared48]

I never lent anything to anybody, so I don't have to worry 'bout dat.

Mike McCann
McCann Engineering

 

[swertel]

And to add to Tick's post, the 40 days before DOES NOT include St. Patty's day. That's a lent free day to do what all good "I'm only Irish one day of the year" do.

--Scott

http://wertel.eng.pro

 

[KENAT]

OK, so I'm not Roman Catholic and I'm only about an 1/8th Irish.

But I do like their Beer and spirits!

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[HgTX]

Ah--it was moved because this year it lands on Holy Monday. My unreliable source tells me it was moved to the 15th.

Hg

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[dvd]

Engineers week was moved because it lands on Holy Monday?

Holy cow!

 

[monkeydog]

For Engineer's week we got our annual merit increase.
Two birds with one stone!

 

[CheckerRon]

From reading these posts I know that whereever engineering is going in the next 5 years, it is not without a sense of humor.
Yes, St. Patricks day falls in Holy week this year, which shortens Holy week by one day.
Èire go Brágh!

 

[moltenmetal]

monkeydog: yep, same coincidence here. That our merit was assessed monetarily before we had our annual performance reviews was not lost on us either!

 

[Gymmeh]

yet another reason to drink!!

 

[rtmote]

If it wasn't for you Kenat, I'd never had known it was engineers week. How depressing in a company of a thousand engineers nobody says anything..... We've stopped looking up.... Well, I will rustle a few guys tonight. Slainte

Robert Mote

http://www.motagg.com