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[brewer]

Looney Tunes are where it’s at! I used to watch them before bed when I was little.  They were pretty sick in hindsight, lol.  Poor Bugs Bunny was always getting boiled alive!  They just don’t make cartoons like they used to.  😝

Knowing what I now know about myself this should probably not been one of my favorites.

[RoadRunner79]

If I remember correctly, you've remarked that you're an engineer.  Why did you pursue engineering? 

P.S. If I have remembered incorrectly, then please forgive me and please disregard my question.

I am an electrical engineer... controls engineer to be more specific.  Electrical engineering is actually a fairly broad field.

And I kind of fell into it.  I went to a tech school for an associates in electronics technology.  From there I was recruited to a steel mill.  They came to our school, because they could normally get a couple of people to pass the test.  At my time, I was the only one who passed the test (although there was another guy who wasn't interested, but I know would have made it.  The reason why I chose an electrical field, was probably because it was the least understood in my physics classes.    Anyway, I move from good old PA to near Chicago to work in instrumentation as a steel mill.  The had training for the first 6 months with four days in the classroom, and one at our assigned location (this steel mill employed about 6500 people).  It was a good job, and I worked with a bunch of good "old guys".   Instrumentation was the geeks of the redneck world, so I fit in well.    After a few years, I decided I missed family, and moved back to PA, where I worked on X-Ray film handling equipment.  The original plan was to train me on the the X-rays machines themselves, but my bosses changed quicker than trumps cabinet and that never happened.  So as a person, who was being over-payed and under-worked (working from home and the film side of x-ray going to digital) I was laid off. 

From there I found myself in my current job.  It started out mostly as troubleshooting machine controls, with a little bit of engineering/ programming for small machines.  Now the engineering has increased quite a bit.  We hired another engineer, and are almost in need of another (or someone to do troubleshooting).  We do programming, design machine controls, CAD, make graphical machine interfaces, and troubleshoot machines that we built, as well as others.   We work in motion control, safety systems, and have done camera inspection and other test systems.   We try to do anything controls and electrical wise for industrial.

I took some programming (pascal) and drafting in high school.  There was some CAD in it, but for the most part it was pencil and paper.   I lucked out, in getting in at the steel mill, which prepared me for the troubleshooting, and taught me to look at how stuff works, not just to memorize specific problems.  I realize this is probably longer than you where looking for.  But everything just kind of fell into place for me.  Right now, I facing some decisions between money, and health and happiness.  I'm not necessarily gong to quit doing what I'm doing, but I may need to make some changes.  I have long hours often, and the troubleshooting and controls stuff does put on a  lot of stress.

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When I first started posting on forums, it was in the ACE750 group on delphi forums which was my first bike.  When I made my account, I was trying to come up with a username.  I had a mouse pad from my internet provider which was roadrunner cable.  This seemed like a good name for a motorcycle forum (I'm may not be the most creative person).  Plus, as a 38 year old man, I'm not ashamed to say that I still love Looney Tunes.  Even the ones that are now banned for being politically incorrect.

Looney Tunes are where it’s at! I used to watch them before bed when I was little.  They were pretty sick in hindsight, lol.  Poor Bugs Bunny was always getting boiled alive!  They just don’t make cartoons like they used to.  😝

From some of the youtube videos here, I started watching some of the old Private SNAFU army training videos by Mel Blanc.   It is interesting to see Looney tunes in them.

[paulpablo]

What's the fastest speed you've got to in any vehicle?

I know exactly what you mean about relaxed focus while driving.  I get that when I'm going on a normal town route, but definitely not while driving through a city center.  Then it's more like a general feeling of wanting to kill everyone.

[RoadRunner79]

As a Christian and motorcycle enthusiast, what is your preferred breakfast?

Boru

I'm not a morning person, but I do enjoy a good breakfast. 

When I was in Northern Indiana, there was a place, that had some of the best fried breakfast skillets.  These where some of my favorites for breakfast. 
However the one place I was at on a motorcycle trip in Tennessee I'm fairly certain that I may have had pulled pork and collared greens for breakfast a few times.  I ate that stuff all week. (I never had collared greens before this, and they had the best ever pulled pork.... just right with the TN vinegar and hot peppers)

I've traveled most of the East Coast U.S.  And found a lot of great places to eat (I always go for local and stay away from chains when on the bike as much as possible).  My favorite food story however was at a fast food barbecue place in Kentucky.  My friends from Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Massachusetts, all go through and order no problem.  Now granted we do not talk that much different from these places.  I get up there and the lady that took my order sounded just like Boomer from King of the Hill.  She could not understand me, and I sure as hell couldn't make out what she was saying.   All I was trying to do was order a BBQ ham sandwich.   Nothing complicated, not being picky with my order.  I finally had to have another person come up and help me.   I always thought that stuff like the Boomhaer character while based on something; where highly exaggerated.  I thought it was hilarious.   And then of course the damn Yooper of the group comes up after me and orders no problem. I think I was set up!

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What's the fastest speed you've got to in any vehicle?

I know exactly what you mean about relaxed focus while driving.  I get that when I'm going on a normal town route, but definitely not while driving through a city center.  Then it's more like a general feeling of wanting to kill everyone.

Before I bought the house (and subsequently a truck) I had a Dodge Charger which I got up to 140 MPH.  And that was about all the faster I wanted to go on PA roads.

Both bikes I've had up to about 110-120 MPH.   Which is pushing it for either (cruiser and a bagger)  On the 750 this was definitely with the wind to my back.  Also don't really have a desire to go faster on a bike.

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When I first started posting on forums, it was in the ACE750 group on delphi forums which was my first bike.  When I made my account, I was trying to come up with a username.  I had a mouse pad from my internet provider which was roadrunner cable.  This seemed like a good name for a motorcycle forum (I'm may not be the most creative person).  Plus, as a 38 year old man, I'm not ashamed to say that I still love Looney Tunes.  Even the ones that are now banned for being politically incorrect.

Looney Tunes are where it’s at! I used to watch them before bed when I was little.  They were pretty sick in hindsight, lol.  Poor Bugs Bunny was always getting boiled alive!  They just don’t make cartoons like they used to.  😝

Looney tunes definitely had a lot of adult content.  It's what made them good.    I also like Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs.   I watched these all of these, when I got home from high school.

[downbeatplumb]

Have you ever had an accident on your bike?

I've always wanted a bike but just known way too many people die or have accidents on them.

Plus I live in England so for a lot of the year I probably wouldn't ride it anyway because of the weather.

I am a crap rider myself. I spent more time sliding along the ground than I did on the seat.

[RoadRunner79]

Have you ever had an accident on your bike?

I've always wanted a bike but just known way too many people die or have accidents on them.

Plus I live in England so for a lot of the year I probably wouldn't ride it anyway because of the weather.

I am a crap rider myself. I spent more time sliding along the ground than I did on the seat.

I think the key is to practice.  The ride like a pro videos are great, and I very much recommend learning and practicing counter steering.   However if the rubber side isn't pointing down that often, then I can understand that you may need to evaluate why and if riding is for you.  I remember in the MSF course, that they said, that you need to always fear and respect the danger of riding.   But that if you are afraid of riding itself, then you should not be doing it.

I consider myself a fairly good rider, and I've gotten pretty good compliments from those who I consider good riders when they are riding fast, and I'm still right on their fender. 

Here is the pic (more if you scroll through) from Killboy, that I use in my sig.   https://killboy.photoreflect.com/store/O...o=75&pc=95
It's from The tail of the dragon, which for those who are not familiar is RT 129 between Tennessee and N. Carolina.  This stretch of road has 318 curves in 11 miles.  In this spot, there are no side roads, or businesses, so it is a favored spot for Motorcycle and car enthusiasts.  I've been to this place a number of times, with both bikes.  While I never seem to be quite as aggressive on this curve where they set up the camera, I think it still makes for a great shot.

[vulcanlogician]

What's your position/opinion on Biblical inerrancy?

[RoadRunner79]

What's your position/opinion on Biblical inerrancy?

I would say that I do believe in Biblical inerrancy, but it is more a product of faith, rather than a linchpin of it.   That is, I have no problem dropping inerrancy and still maintaining my faith.

That being said, I think that some can have a view of inerrancy that goes to far.  For instance, I think that some can become to hyper-literal and claim inerrancy against anyone who says otherwise.  For instance if scripture reports that there was 500 people, then I allow, that it may have been 499 people, 502 people or perhaps 475 people.  I don't really consider this a matter of inerrancy. 

Here is a view from Credo House Ministries which I think fairly represents my view which they call "Reasoned Inerrancy".  

“Reasoned inerrancy” is a definition which recognizes that the Scriptures must be understood according to the rules of interpretation governed by genre, historical accommodations, context, argument, and purpose. In other words, the modernistic need for things to be technically precise with regard to Scripture, ironically held by both ultra-conservatives and skeptics who seek to pick apart the Bible, is just that – a modern need that produces a warped apologetic and a faulty hermeneutic.

What is meant by "technically precise"  here, is similar to the above.   That the writers of the scriptures could be reporting accurately and truthfully, but be able to take some liberties in the reporting of events.  So is it imposing an unnatural technical precision, then if it says 500, then that cannot mean 499 or 501 or any other number than exactly 500/ 

A short time ago, there was a controversy among Christians involving Mike Licona and his view on inerrancy.   I think that he was criticized overly harshly by some, which if you read what he is saying from Licona himself, didn't always match up.  He basically compared the scriptures to the biographies of Plutarch saying that they should be read similarly.  With Licona, I think that there was issues with people over reacting to soundbites taken out of context.  In reading some of his words; while he may have been clarifying some things, I also think that he lightened up some from where he originally started. 

So to sum up, I do think that the Bible is inerrant, although it may not be the same way that others view it.  I think that we should allow for the normal liberties that we encounter in everyday speech, that both you and I likely use all the time.  That one can be faithful and truthful in reporting something while not being technically precise.  That we should use normal reason, to try to reconcile two different accounts, assuming that they are describing the same thing, even if one technically could argue about the differences. 

Note:  I also think that people can sometimes become too precise with words as well, which leads to a bad hermenutic.  I think that this can be seen in Christian circles some now, where pastors will talk about the different greek words for "love".  It's true, that each of the words carry a different connotation of "love", but I think that you can also make too much of this, and in reality, they can be interchanged as well.  While I think that the study of the meaning of words, that lexicons and concordances are good tools which have a time and place to use them;  that if you are getting that precise, you probably cannot see the forest apart from the trees.

[JackRussell]

Why is faith reliable?

[RoadRunner79]

Why is faith reliable?

I'm not sure if I understand the questions, because it doesn't entirely make sense to me.

For me, when you are talking about faith in regards to my religious beliefs; it is about a trust in God and Jesus.  When I'm following God, I do find that things are generally better.  Of course, this can't be tested, because for any particular set of circumstances I can only choose one, and the other isn't tested to truly compare.  And it's not to say, that bad things don't happen, or that the immediate outcome is always a good measure. 

Sorry if this wasn't what you are asking.  If so, please feel free to clarify.