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Four engineers, past or present, who would you invite to a dinner party?

If there’s one thing I’ve missed during the pandemic lockdown it’s having friends over (or going over to friends’ houses) for dinner. I’m not a particularly brilliant cook but I do like to experiment and as the sign on my kitchen wall says… Many people have eaten here and survived… ?

We always like to play the ‘Dinner Party’ game where everyone chooses four people from a specific profession (Actors, Musicians, Politicians, Cartoon Characters, which of the James Bonds etc) that they would invite to a dinner party and explain why they've chosen that person.

So it got me thinking…

Which four engineers from both past and present (and maybe even from this community) would you choose to invite to your dinner party?

In the spirit of sharing, here’s my four:

Nikola Tesla – I’d like to know if the rivalry between him and Edison was really as bitter as they say.

Elon Musk - Anyone who can make a rocket take off and then land perfectly again is worth having an interesting chat with in my book!
Andy Millar‍ – I’ve never actually met Andy but we’ve had quite a few conversations online. It would be great to finally sit and have a chat in person.
OMS‍ – I think we have a very similar taste in music so no complaints about the Dinner Party playlist there. ?

So... who’s coming to dinner at your house and why?

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0 Andy Millar over 3 years ago

Oh dear, just read this, I'm terrified of meeting Lisa now ? ?

Having a go with my wife and son, so far we've got to

Nikola Tesla yet again (fascinating visit to the Tesla museum in Croatia a year or two back)

Charles Babbage AND

Ada Lovelace

Still discussing the fourth...Charles Wheatstone? Richard Trevithick (local hero!)? Bob Moog? Bob Pease? (Judging by the famous state of Bob Pease's desk I think we'd have get on well...)

Actually, in a fantasy universe there's another engineer I'd really like to have dinner with again, who I very much count myself lucky enough to have had dinner (and indeed a food fight) with a few times in the past, my old boss Colin Sanders CBE. Huge influence on late 20th century music recording technology, and I particularly associate him with dinner parties after the first time I went to his house for a meal and Rosie introduced me to wonderful brown bread ice cream! https://www.solidstatelogic.com/our-history RIP.

Cheers,

Andy
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0 Andy Millar over 3 years ago

Oh dear, just read this, I'm terrified of meeting Lisa now ? ?

Having a go with my wife and son, so far we've got to

Nikola Tesla yet again (fascinating visit to the Tesla museum in Croatia a year or two back)

Charles Babbage AND

Ada Lovelace

Still discussing the fourth...Charles Wheatstone? Richard Trevithick (local hero!)? Bob Moog? Bob Pease? (Judging by the famous state of Bob Pease's desk I think we'd have get on well...)

Actually, in a fantasy universe there's another engineer I'd really like to have dinner with again, who I very much count myself lucky enough to have had dinner (and indeed a food fight) with a few times in the past, my old boss Colin Sanders CBE. Huge influence on late 20th century music recording technology, and I particularly associate him with dinner parties after the first time I went to his house for a meal and Rosie introduced me to wonderful brown bread ice cream! https://www.solidstatelogic.com/our-history RIP.

Cheers,

Andy
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