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Woman with a pencil who draws

Cindy

Cindy

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I just read the post that explained the "man with a pencil who draws". That leaves the girls out! I am new to the forum. I am an architect and I generally do all the code checks and most of the specifications for the office. You know it is great job security to all the things that no one else in the office wants to do.
 
Cindy,

Welcome to the forum. In the early days the moderator had a tool that automatically changed the word "architect" to "man who draws with pencil". It is just an old adage and no gender slight was intended. There was also one for attorneys.
 
mtlogcabin said:
Do architects even own pencils anymore. :D
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Yes, but I don't draw with them. The Pentel P207 is the only pencil I'll use and it's used everyday. Felt tip pens are used for preliminary freehand sketching. Drawings around here go digital after that point.
 
hlfireinspector said:
We are pertty hard on "man with pencil what draws". Maybe we will cut you a little slack!
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Sounds to me like Cindy wants to be treated equally ;-)

Oh, Keep the posting coming and welcome. We need to keep these jurisdiction guys on their toes.
 
Welcome Cindy............and ask any of our female forum contributers, we don't cut them any slack.... no way! Glad you're aboard, post often!
 
Welcome to the forum Cindy. I never refer to Architects as suggested above.

I refer to crayons. An engineer has a crayon box with 16 colors. An architect has a crayon box with 264 colors and uses terms like peach, mauve, and other such shades that mean absolutely nothing to a fire protection engineer like me. I use RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE and BLACK. But I really like RED.

Engineers draw boxes and straight lines, architects use french curves.

And why do drafters use black backgrounds when using AutoCAD? I feel like someone turned the lights off.
 
Welcome aboard Cindy! Never take anything personal because it's never meant to be personal. We're all business here...except for the BS!

Carol in the Wilds of Idaho
 
Howdy!

There's one for building inspectors also: "Dude that drives by site and waves!"

pc1
 
There's one for building inspectors also: "Dude that drives by site and waves!"
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or "dude-ette"! :D Remember Pcinspector1, ...gender equity! :lol: We don't don't want to

leave the ladies out of the equation.

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