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We bought a standard (not pet version) Dyson after dog hair killed 2 $200 vacuums in less than 9 months. We have had it for about 7 years, and it's still going strong. I never thought I'd say "love" and "vacuum" in the same sentence... but I do love that vacuum.

I live a few minutes from Webster. Maybe we (meaning me, you, and CivengPE) could get together while you're in town! Other than that, honestly, Houston in August is not much fun. You will want to be staying inside as much as humanly possible. I'm not sure if we've had a single day in the past...

Wow, I just read this whole thread... I've only been gone about a month, but I missed a lot! Mary, you have some awesome stories! As for how I got into engineering, I was good at Math and Science in high school so the guidance counselor said I should go into Engineering. I had no clue what...

IIRC, you'll get instructions from the state via email and snail mail soon. You can go ahead and have your stamp made, but you can't use it until it is approved by the board. Your instructions will tell you to get the stamp made and then mail in a form with your photo and stamp imprint.

Oh, I don't really care what is done w/ that picture... I just don't think it is good enough to be calendar-worthy!

Holy shit! did you actually have that made into a calendar? That's just wrong!!! :)

I saw her quoted somewhere as saying "The show must go on" They obviously don't give a rat's ass about the kids anymore (I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it USED to be about the kids). It's the "Reality TV Show Curse". She says something about him on-camera that she'd...

I don't know much about Canada, but in the US, each state has their own method of licensing engineers. In most cases, you have to have a degree from an accredited engineering school and anywhere from 2 to 4 years of qualifying work experience (each state has their own definition of "qualifying...

huh? you couldn't even see the boobs! you guys are easily entertained.

On this date 20yrs ago, I was looking forward to my 12th birthday... and finishing up 6th grade. I was dating a juvenile delinquent named Tommy from 5th grade (maybe 11 years old?). The day after school let out he stole his Aunt's car, picked me up at my house and we drove to Baltimore (about 50...

That is so engineerish of you. :D

IIRC, I have quit smoking 10 or 12 times... and that's only counting the times where I made it more than a week. The most recent (and so far, still successful) try was when I found out I was pregnant 2 years ago. I'm still not sure how I managed it... I was in the middle of studying for the PE...

Well, it went from salty to sour... but has been steadily decreasing. I hardly even notice it any more. The hearing is lots better! I go back for a hearing test on Tuesday, so I'll find out then if it's back to 100%. What's really kind of cool is that I was listening to a song on the radio...

That's no where near a complete list... I know lots of people (including myself) who were laid off in TX and our companies are not on the list. I think maybe that list is only the companies who file info w/ unemployment before they lay people off... which makes things easier for their HR people...

I actually got asked to leave a job site once (by the foreman, who was an ass) because the illegals he had working on his crew weren't getting any work done with me walking around. I told him to fire a few of them and he'd never have that problem with any of the crew again. It didn't take long...