Re: HOW OLD are you?

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From: RHF
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:41

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On Sep 30, 11:55 am, nos...@nospam.com (Don Pearce) wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:42:46 -0700, SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >I'm 35.  Engineer.  And you?
>
> >I'm curious about the demographic that occupies these groups.
>
> I'm 57, and I'd like to say I'm an engineer, but the word is debased
> currency these days. People like me, who have done the studying, can
> design systems and circuits, write international standards, climb a
> transmitter tower in a gale, get you a telecomms license and shmooze
> middle eastern potentates etc etc are engineers.
>
> The chap who comes to look at my busted washing machine and announce
> it is beyond repair - he is an engineer too, as is the bloke who sits
> at a mixing desk with not the slightest clue as to what he is doing,
> and moves a fader while trying to look cool.
>
> I don't feel that inclined to call myself an engineer these days.
>
> d
>
> --
> Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com

The Ubiquitous "Sanitation Engineer" ! -a la- Dilbert ;-}
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/the_characters/html/character3.html
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