Originally Posted by
cyccommute
The reason that aluminum can be used for airplanes, car wheels, bicycle frames, etc is called e-n-g-i-n-e-e-r-i-n-g. Now we scientists may not think that engineers are the brightest bulbs in the patch but, since we did all the hard work on the materials, they can do the easy work on how to make the stuff into useful items

Thanks for all your theories, mr scientist, now go back to your little lab with your little white lab coat and your sexy little pocket protector and leave the real work of putting theory into practice out here in the real world to myself and my fellow engineers.