Jeanie says of Lloyd’s predicament, “I sense no sympathy coming from his darling wife at all, poor man! (Methinks you know him too well Jan..Lol!) He probably has a nose on him like a Griffin now....bless his cotton socks!” Thank you, Jeanie, for your sympathy. His nose has gone down, but the goose egg on his forehead is still pretty swollen. I’m attempting to talk him into getting a head x-ray to see if his skull is cracked.
Jeanie also asks what is a drafter. For the past 16 years I have been drawing the plans for commercial aircraft. Most of this has been the floor panels. So if you get into a Boeing 737, you’re probably walking on my designs made manifest. We still speak of blueprints, but everything is computerized here now. During my first years as a drafter, I did put a lot of ink on mylar: a stiff, translucent plastic sheeting that, what with the price of oil, is nearly impossible to get these days. I tell people that the mylar is extinct because of a diminishing gene pool. We also used to draw on vellum and resin-impregnated linen. The latter is not good to work with. Since ink absorbs into the fabric, in spite of the resin, one uses a plastic pencil, which is nearly impossible to erase. Now we work Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacturing (CADCAM). It’s as much fun as playing Pac Man, but don’t tell my boss, or they’ll figure out some way to make me stop.
The quote for today is from Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914), U.S. author. The Devil’s Dictionary (1881-1906), repr. in Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, vol. 7 (1911):
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
;^) Jan
1 comment:
Oh! I didn't realise it was sooo bad! Poor man....why wont he go and have it x-rayed? I thought it was just his nose he knocked. Give him my sympathy and tell him he must go and have it checked if you are so worried. We wives know best!
Now I understand the word drafter. I was offered a job to trace architectural drawings or drafts before I left school. I had no idea what that meant at the time as the teacher in question always got me to trace his maps for his classes and I found that a bit boring..to same 'ish I later found out that it was a prestigious job. Never mind...God had other plans for me.
What an interesting job Jan....CADCAM. I enjoy doing Calligraphy and would have loved writing on vellum or resin -impregnated linen. Well...there you go. We have a little bit in common. A love of words, penmanship or drafting. Very interesting entry today. Thank you for that. Best wishes to Lloyd. Jeanie
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