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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (30511)2/2/2004 3:16:59 AM
From: Barney  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62562
 
Golf....

Golf is a game in which the slowest people in the world are those in front of you, and the fastest are those behind.

There's no game like golf: you go out with three friends, play eighteen holes, and return with three enemies.

Golf was once a rich man's sport, but now it has millions of poor players.

An amateur golfer is one who addresses the ball twice: once before swinging, and once again after swinging.



To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (30511)2/2/2004 8:15:47 AM
From: sandintoes  Respond to of 62562
 
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER EXAM

GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
TENNESSEE, FLORIDA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA,& WEST VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER EXAM

We are sick and tired of hearing about how dumb people
in the South are. We challenge any so-called smart Yankee to take this exam administered by the Southern States Professional Engineer Licensing Department:

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon
tree that will support a 10-pound possum.

2. Which of these cars will rust out the quickest when
placed on blocks in your front yard? A '65 Ford Fairlane, a '69 Chevrolet, a '67 Chevelle, or a '64 Pontiac GTO?

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a
capacity of 20 gallons of shine produced per hour, how many car radiators are required to condense the product?

4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw that operates at 2700
RPM. The density of the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers
will be drunk before the trees are cut down?

5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a
charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the percentage decrease in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch
centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many
hound dogs will be killed?

7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land
in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has five children. Can each of his grown children put a mobile home on the man's land and still have enough property for their electric appliances to sit out front?

8 A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road at 45 MPH. The brakes fail. Given average traffic conditions on secondary roads, what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with a muffler?

9. A coal mine operates in a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked
during the shift?

10. At a reduction in the gene pool variability rate
of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the Interstate to breed a country-western singer?