[AT] not your grandpa's tractor

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Sat Nov 2 15:52:14 PDT 2019


Four-year engineering technology programs?  It's been a while for me (BSME
'84) but the technology programs I am most familiar with are two-year.  I
suppose, if you spend a couple years in Liberal Arts and Basket Weaving,
then you buckle down for the next two, it would be a four-year program.

SO


On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 11:59 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The public was not aware back then of the process of getting an associate
> degree that qualifies you to be an entry level mechanic and then getting a
> four year degree in Engineering Technology by taking the 3rd and 4th years.
> I was not at the time or I would have done so.
>
> I once had a matrimony seeking lady friend who referred to me as a "Grease
> Monkey". I suspect she is still seeking. Greenfield Village has a line
> shaft drive system on display which tells how the term originated.
>
> [Cecil Bearden] That is the OSU tech Institute at Okmulgee OK.   About 100
> Mi East/Southeast of Stillwater, OK.   I wanted to go there and be an
> injection pump specialist.  My folks did not approve of me being an old
> Grease Monkey......
> Therefore I ended up going to Engineering School and trying to work on
> tractors and trucks in the meantime.
>
> [James] I guess that means "Not Antique". Cecil has been holding out on us.
>
> https://osuit.edu/weda/index.php
>
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