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> OT: Where i was and what i did this weekend.
Aaron Cox
post Apr 15 2007, 05:53 PM
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Not that you guys care... but i thought i would share (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I was at the ASCE PSWRC competition in san diego from wednesday to sunday. (American Society of Civil Engineers - Pacific South West Regional Conference)

basically a huge competition between colleges in various civil engineering events.
steel bridge design, concrete canoes, concrete frisbees and bowling ball competition, seismic design, land surveying and a few others.

I was on the surveying party and we kicked some ass, ended up with a second place, as we were the second team to finish with dead nutz accuracy.... (and we did it with non digital equipment)

Over all... our school (Cal Poly Pomona) took first place over UCLA, SLO, USC, UNLV, ASU and 15 other schools in the area.

Was way fun to watch some people sink in their canoes, and some broke in half.

ill post some pics if you guys are interested.

now, to get caught up on school, so i can finish the top end rebuild on my car next weekend. LOL
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post Apr 15 2007, 05:56 PM
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Excellent news school boy.

Pretty tough competition, especially against SLO.

My hats off to you.

Way to go!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)
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post Apr 15 2007, 07:18 PM
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Nice work A, did you write it all down in your little orange book? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 15 2007, 07:50 PM
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Apr 15 2007, 06:18 PM) *

Nice work A, did you write it all down in your little orange book? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


orange field books were present (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chairfall.gif)
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post Apr 15 2007, 07:58 PM
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I remember doing that 25 years ago.. our canoe broke

It was alot of fun!!

Pocket Protectors Unite!!
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post Apr 15 2007, 08:57 PM
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Nice job Aaron. I guess you really are smarter than you look (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Something to be proud of though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

did you get a trophy? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

I'd like to see the concrete canoes.........
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post Apr 15 2007, 09:10 PM
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post Apr 15 2007, 09:22 PM
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QUOTE(KaptKaos @ Apr 15 2007, 09:10 PM) *

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Exceptionally well put, Kap'n!

Me, myself & I were stripping fuel injection parts - in the middle of a classic nor'easter! 6 1/2 inches of rain & counting! Bother me - no, because I'm in my dry garage with my.......what? "Whatta ya mean we need to paint? "I'm doing important 914 work here" "Paint what? Oh yeah....be right in".

Even Mother Nature won't step in to help me! Tried to use the "blown knee" thing - stupid! Can't win! Tried to use the sloppy painter thing too. Saw right through it.

"You painted that thing when it was only 7 years old - you've never painted the inside of this house & it's 12 years old"

I said "It's too humid to paint" She, wise in her years said, "that doesn't apply to latex".

I asked where the brushes & rollers were. Lost another round.
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post Apr 15 2007, 09:42 PM
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here is this years canoe... kicked some ass. its going to nationals (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 15 2007, 09:48 PM
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Light weight concrete made of concrete mix, vermiculite, and long strand fiberglass. Lighter than ply wood... Gets harder and stronger the longer it sits in water..

Neat stuff....

Clayton
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post Apr 15 2007, 10:23 PM
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Good Job!
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post Apr 15 2007, 10:32 PM
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Very cool . . . I sat here building robots for one of my ME classes, being outside would have been so much nicer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 15 2007, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Apr 15 2007, 08:42 PM) *

here is this years canoe... kicked some ass. its going to nationals (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Way to go Bubba.

Is that Library Walk at UCSD?
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post Apr 15 2007, 10:59 PM
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good eye stevo......
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post Apr 16 2007, 12:12 AM
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Hey Aaron, looks like you had fun. Congrats on the second place win.
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post Apr 16 2007, 12:31 AM
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The double-E in me is tapping his fingers together and maniacally laughing/saying "Ahh, yes, the civil engineers have constructed yet another target."

And boy do I recognize the background in those pictures. Library Walk at UCSD, adjacent to the Price Center, the Geisel Library, and the geometrically correct grove of trees... which is really fun to ride your bike through at top speed.

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post Apr 16 2007, 12:39 AM
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Not to hijack, but I knew that cause I "borrowed" some of that themed paving for one of my recent projects. Pete Walker is a pretty talented dude these days.

http://www.pwpla.com/prj_project.php?prjid=49


Now I'm hijacking (and playing my version of 7 degrees of separation from...) ...I've been scouring our archives here looking for photos of the club run that had an awesome picture near this one of Pete Walkers projects. Post the pics or link here please.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

http://www.pwpla.com/prj_project.php?prjid=37
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post Apr 16 2007, 09:20 AM
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Aaron,

What are the long term CivEng plans? One of my best friends (and former 914 owner) just finished his Doctorate in Coastal Construction Technology at UBC. My wife, ChemEng, just finished her MBA. My father, just retired, is an Electrical Engineer. Pretty much everyone I know is a friggin' Engineer and they have a massive range of careers. Lots to choose from, any ideas yet?
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post Apr 16 2007, 12:21 PM
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long term? who knows....

i love the geospatial/geotechnical aspects of CE. so i would love to do land development stuff.

and... in all my hungover glory.... the worst concrete bowling ball bowler there is LOL
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post Apr 16 2007, 12:24 PM
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Did your fat ass get in that canoe? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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