Beam me up, Scotty

Kirk: How long will the repair take Scotty? Scotty: 6h Captain Kirk: You have 30 min! Scotty: Aye, Captain!

At the time I found it funny. Now I have realized that this is daily Engineer/Manager talk!

My salute to the man who inspired me most to become an engineer.

My favorite line of all time from Star Trek was from Scotty when he was talking about his career to someone. He had been made an admiral or some such administrative poohbah, and he was reflecting on his Star Fleet career :::::

" .....All I ever wanted 'ta be was an engineer on a starship ..."

................ I know the feeling....

Andy

One of my favourite lines of all time "I cannie change the laws of physics, I need my 30 minutes".

Kevin Aylward snipped-for-privacy@anasoft.co.uk

I always wanted to be a "Scotty"

R.I.P James Doohan

martin

"It's dead, Jim."

That's "He's dead, Jim." These three little words were surely first uttered in a very tacky way concerning the death of Gene Roddenberry, IIRC the first person majorly associated with the show to die. I think it was Deforest Kelly, as Lenoard McCoy aka 'Bones' himself who next died, who so many times spoke those very words to his captain.

To make this slightly more S.E.D related, the man who so often said "He's dead, Jim" was named after Lee De Forest, inventor of the triode tube:

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My favorite line, I think, was when Bones ordered Scotty to get some rest. So, Scotty was kicking back on his bed, reading Enterprise tech manuals on the computer screen. Kirk or somebody said, "I thought Dr. McCoy told you to relax!" Scotty, kind of surprised, says, "I _am_ rrrelaxin', sirrr."

Thanks, Rich

This isn't the quote I was referring to.

A quick google on "change the laws of physics" came up with a few "I canna change the laws of physics"

e,g

Kevin Aylward snipped-for-privacy@anasoft.co.uk

Favorate quote:

It's uh. I think its uh. It's green.

Jeff Stout

There was a 5-second snippet on the teevee nooz the other night, of Scotty saying just that. Unfortunately, they picked it right out of context - it would be nice to know what Kirk had just said to him.

Heck, isn't the whole series out on DVD by now?

Thanks, Rich