I can vouch for you, Tom. Engineers are often pricks with terrible socialization - its not a false stereotype.

Next time he pulls some BS like that : "Wow, you know so much more than I do... too bad nobody likes you..."

When I worked in concrete, Walers were the metal ties we used to hold the forms together. I always though it was because you have to "wale' on them to tighten them up. They are usually some kind of clamping system with a wedge that you beat the hell out of to tighten the forms up into true.

now, loosely, the horizontal boards were referred to as walers or waler boards because they were part of the waling system.

..but everyone uses these terms as they see fit in any industry, wrong or right. my boss came from a background of railroad work with Union Pacific.

Tell your engineer friend you might not know what a waler is, but you sure know a mule pussy when you see one. (also a concrete term for a style of waler)

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