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What happens when Engineers go to Purgatory?

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An engineer dies and reports to the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter checks his dossier and, not seeing his name there, accidentally sends him to heck.


It doesn't take long before the engineer becomes rather dissatisfied with the level of comfort in heck. He soon begins to design and build improvements. Shortly thereafter, heck has air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators. Needless to say, the engineer is a pretty popular
guy.

One day, God calls Satan and asks: So, how are things in heck?

Satan replies: Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning,flush toilets, and escalators. And there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.

What! God exclaims: You've got an engineer? That's a mistake, he should never have been sent to heck. Send him to me.

Not a chance, Satan replies: I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him!


God insists: Send him back or I'll sue!




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Satan laughs uproariously and answers: Yeah, right. And where are you
going to get a lawyer?
 
Obviously you have never worked professionally as any type of mechanic. I figure there are a lot of engineers down there. At least that's where I firmly believe some of them conceived the ideas for their designs. (Apologies to a few really brilliant engineers I've known)
 
It is possible that marketing "improved" a few of them and that is what you saw.

Thou I agree many times it is obvious the people designing the stuff, no matter what it is, have never had to support or fix any of it.
 
Let's take, oh, a 1978 Ford Fairmont.
Heater core.

With factory air, drop steering column onto seat. Pull entire dash, Evacuate AC, pull box, split, replace core, put it all back together again. 7.8-8.0 hours.

NON-AC, drop glovebox open, depress clips, let the door and liner hang (no tools).
Open bonnet, remove heater hoses, stick up in the air so they don't leak.
Back inside, pull six screws, drop cover, slide out core, replace, re-attach cover, flip glovebox back up, go back under bonnet, replace hoses, start, run, check coolant level.

20 freaking minutes.

Some Hondas, no way to get the alternator out (lower back corner) without pulling an axle, or cracking the mounts loose, jacking the engine, and realizing you can ALMOST get it out that way.

The list, it is long.
 
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