It was when I was talking in 1989 with a Finnish engineer who was a specialist in district heating that I realized how difficult and unsatifying it was to be an engineer in the Anglo-American countries.

It also explains why Finland, in spite of its very remote location (it is NOT true that Finland is the edge of the world even if you CAN see it from the top of the ski jump in Jyvaskyla ;-) and lack of resources, consistently "punches above it weight class" in economics.

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"