You Might Be An Engineer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You might be an engineer if.. - At Christmas, it goes without saying that you will be the one to find the burned out bulb in the string of Christmas lights. - Choosing to buy flowers for your girlfriend or to spend the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma. - Everyone else on the Alaskan Cruise is on deck gazing at the scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room. - In college, you thought Spring Break was metal fatigue failure. - The Salespeople at the local computer store can't answer any of your questions. - You are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling. - You bought your wife a new CD ROM drive for her birthday. - You can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie. - You can type 70 words per minute but can't read your own handwriting. - You comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel. - You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects. - You have saved every power cord from all your broken appliances. - You have more friends on the internet than in real life. - You know what http:// stands for. - You look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys. - You see a good design and still have to change it. - You spent more on your calculator than you did on your wedding ring. - You still own a slide rule and you know how to use it. - You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep. - You window shop at Radio Shack. - You're both in the backseat of your car, she's looking wistfully at the moon, and you're trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite. - Your laptop computer costs more than your car. - Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea of what you do at work. - You've already calculated how much you make per second. - You've have tried to repair a $5 radio.