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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (217591)	11/9/2025 3:42:06 PM
From: David	Respond to of 218449

I still think Brian and I did a more detailed map doing "You want moooore" using our landline telephones from Calgary to Edmonton than the map Sharon and I did face-to-face as mentioned in this old post SI Message. In both instances the conversation was not preplanned. Brian and I both had familiarity with Whitfish Lake though he was more familiar with the area than I was (during the conversation he asked if I remembered those big houses on the west side and I responded 'I do not remember them being that big'). I could feel energy on me which is why I sent the email to him via his wife Kate. I do not know that after I said 'and we went there because no one was there' that the energy I heard when Brian responded 'so we could crank up the tunes' was the energy that I felt. With regards to the Request For Proposal (RFP) process and tool for this location from a vendor's solution set I did do a pilot project using it and shop sketches for instrumentation tubing. I did not have training for the tool and it was a 'learn by doing' experience (like 'You want moooore'). I did like the 'bookmark feature' with application to setting up specifications. Editing was more difficult and often I found it easier and quicker to erase what I had done and redo the work saying what I meant. There was still lots of capabilities in the tool that I did not require. I made the drawings as the shop requested using only part numbers the shop supplied for material descriptions, so I included a spot for a 'drawing number' and a spot for a 'part number' in the title block and left those areas blank and did use the 'Name' area in the titleblock (in accordance with ASME standards). I do not know what capabilities the fledling division of the company in the Netherlands (?) (that I wasn't even aware of prior to the RFP process) required for their Computational Fluid Dynamics work and I agreed with the Director of Applications to let him set up the tool. With reference to uncle Si's book SI Message, here is the chapter for 'The Old Rocking Chair'.