[BwanaNdege]

“Give an Engineer $1 Million and 1 Year, and 12 months later he’ll nearly have the book case complete.”

I prefer Nevil Shute's definition from Trustee from the Toolroom, "An engineer is a man who can do for five bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid."

"5 bob" = 5 shillings = 1/4 pound sterling = $0.42 (today)
"a quid = one pound sterling = $1.69 (today)

Of course, Shute wrote long before OSHA, EPA, EEOC, the Consumer Protection Agency and the American Tort Lawyer.

Several years ago I read a study that concluded that to get the venerable Pipe Cub certified today would take two years and cost $2.3 million.

[ogen hal]

This is insane. All those who participated in wasting $40 million should be ashamed...they aren’t. Belly up to the trough.