Regis
Well-Known Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 12:26:50 GMT -5
Posts: 1,415 
|
Post by Regis on Jul 13, 2016 13:37:43 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work!  |
|
yogiii
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 19:38:00 GMT -5
Posts: 5,377
|
Post by yogiii on Jul 13, 2016 13:42:28 GMT -5
It would have been easy for him if it was square.
|
|
lexxy703
Senior Associate
Joined: Aug 26, 2011 13:52:17 GMT -5
Posts: 13,771 
|
Post by lexxy703 on Jul 13, 2016 14:18:01 GMT -5
I really svck at math but don't you just multiply the 90 X 165?
|
|
alabamagal
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 23, 2010 11:30:29 GMT -5
Posts: 8,148
|
Post by alabamagal on Jul 13, 2016 14:31:35 GMT -5
I really svck at math but don't you just multiply the 90 X 165? Well a really good engineer would do a drawing first, then do some type of analysis, then get it reviewed, but in the end the answer would be 14,850 square feet (90x165=14,850) |
|
lexxy703
Senior Associate
Joined: Aug 26, 2011 13:52:17 GMT -5
Posts: 13,771
|
Post by lexxy703 on Jul 13, 2016 14:37:58 GMT -5
I really svck at math but don't you just multiply the 90 X 165? Well a really good engineer would do a drawing first, then do some type of analysis, then get it reviewed, but in the end the answer would be 14,850 square feet (90x165=14,850) LOL, at the drawings, etc.
I might rethink that real estate agent.
|
|
happyhoix
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Oct 7, 2011 7:22:42 GMT -5
Posts: 21,597
|
Post by happyhoix on Jul 13, 2016 14:46:09 GMT -5
Tell him the answer is forty eleven square feet.
|
|
swamp
Community Leader
THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!!!!!!!
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 16:03:22 GMT -5
Posts: 45,622
|
Post by swamp on Jul 13, 2016 15:08:31 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work! no offense taken because your friend is an idiot. |
|
mroped
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 17, 2014 17:36:56 GMT -5
Posts: 3,453
|
Post by mroped on Jul 13, 2016 18:01:17 GMT -5
But if the lot is rectangular why isn't it called "rectanguar footage"? |
|
andi9899
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 6, 2011 10:22:29 GMT -5
Posts: 31,335
|
Post by andi9899 on Jul 13, 2016 18:08:57 GMT -5
Tell him the answer is forty eleven square feet.
That to me means 4011. I say tell him it's eleventy three square feet. |
|
alabamagal
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 23, 2010 11:30:29 GMT -5
Posts: 8,148
|
Post by alabamagal on Jul 13, 2016 18:39:17 GMT -5
Actually to earn my money as an engineer I would respond 1379.6 square meters.
|
|
TheOtherMe
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Dec 24, 2010 14:40:52 GMT -5
Posts: 28,118
Mini-Profile Name Color: e619e6
|
Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 13, 2016 18:47:58 GMT -5
I really svck at math but don't you just multiply the 90 X 165? Well a really good engineer would do a drawing first, then do some type of analysis, then get it reviewed, but in the end the answer would be 14,850 square feet (90x165=14,850) Those are billable hours! |
|
mroped
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 17, 2014 17:36:56 GMT -5
Posts: 3,453
|
Post by mroped on Jul 13, 2016 18:59:53 GMT -5
Actually to earn my money as an engineer I would respond 1379.6 square meters. Or .13 hectares and see how his face turns! |
|
chiver78
Administrator
Current Events Admin
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 13:04:45 GMT -5
Posts: 39,504
|
Post by chiver78 on Jul 13, 2016 19:12:07 GMT -5
My engineering degree hard at work! sounds like my day - I had to show a facilities technician (who was trusted to walk down an electrical panel to verify a schematic) how to properly redline said schematic for mastering once he was done. this is the guy that kind of talks down to me as he explains stuff in excruciating detail (usually wrong) that gets flustered when I interrupt with clarification questions. umm.....yah. but I can't walk it down myself, because QA isn't qualified to work in those sorts of spaces.  I think I earned my margarita tonight. |
|
Virgil Showlion
Distinguished Associate
Moderator
[b]leones potest resistere[/b]
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 15:19:33 GMT -5
Posts: 27,448
|
Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 13, 2016 19:33:16 GMT -5
Tell him the only way to find out is to flood the lot in water a foot deep and keep track of exactly how much water is pumped out of the trucks.
|
|
Regis
Well-Known Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 12:26:50 GMT -5
Posts: 1,415
|
Post by Regis on Jul 13, 2016 19:49:44 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work! no offense taken because your friend is an idiot. I never said he was my friend!  And he's actually outstanding at what he does - apparently only if there's no math involved. That's why the question he asked stunned me. |
|
Regis
Well-Known Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 12:26:50 GMT -5
Posts: 1,415
|
Post by Regis on Jul 13, 2016 19:51:56 GMT -5
Actually to earn my money as an engineer I would respond 1379.6 square meters. The surveyor in me told him 0.34 acres, more or less. |
|
happyhoix
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Oct 7, 2011 7:22:42 GMT -5
Posts: 21,597
|
Post by happyhoix on Jul 14, 2016 6:45:17 GMT -5
Tell him the only way to find out is to flood the lot in water a foot deep and keep track of exactly how much water is pumped out of the trucks. But tell him he must be careful and get the right kind of water - the light kind, not the heavy kind, otherwise the calculations will be wrong because the heavy water will pump slower. |
|
Phoenix84
Senior Associate
Joined: Feb 17, 2011 21:42:35 GMT -5
Posts: 10,056
|
Post by Phoenix84 on Jul 15, 2016 23:15:00 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work! You should have said you would do it... for $50 an hour, and it might take a few hours.... |
|
Regis
Well-Known Member
Joined: Dec 27, 2010 12:26:50 GMT -5
Posts: 1,415
|
Post by Regis on Jul 16, 2016 10:22:12 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work! You should have said you would do it... for $50 an hour, and it might take a few hours.... It would have been more than $50 an hour! |
|
engineerdoe
Established Member
Joined: May 22, 2013 17:10:26 GMT -5
Posts: 498
|
Post by engineerdoe on Jul 16, 2016 13:16:38 GMT -5
You should have said you would do it... for $50 an hour, and it might take a few hours.... It would have been more than $50 an hour! Right  That hourly fee is only for the drafters, and beginners at that. |
|
jkapp
Junior Associate
Joined: Dec 23, 2010 12:05:08 GMT -5
Posts: 5,416
|
Post by jkapp on Jul 16, 2016 21:32:10 GMT -5
No offense to my attorney friends on this board but I just had a real estate attorney ask me if I could tell him the square footage of a 90-foot by 165-foot rectangular lot he's trying to rezone. And then added that he could probably calculate it but he knew that my calculation would be more accurate. My engineering degree hard at work! Give him the answer in a lawyerly way: at least a three paragaph explanation using frequent jargon that doesn't really answer the question, and then bill him $300 an hour for it.  |
|
