Today is Global Day of the Engineer

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  1. DubCat

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    No - that one looks like it works.
     
    DubCat, Apr 7, 2019
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  2. snotty

    snotty

    Ouch :)!
     
    snotty, Apr 7, 2019
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  3. Merlin Cat

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    Do heating engineers count? :)

    My dad was an engineer and my nephew is one :)

    When I left school they were offering engineering apprenticeships at the place where my dad worked. I refused to apply as I was a stroppy teenager and no way would I work where my dad was! Two girls I knew from school got on it. They’ve probably retired by now with a company pension!
     
    Merlin Cat, Apr 7, 2019
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  4. Pudelwagen

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    Do the brakes work?
     
    Pudelwagen, Apr 7, 2019
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  5. Poptop2

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    Engineer

    As in aircooled owner. No oil leak. no engineer!
     
    Poptop2, Apr 7, 2019
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  6. Gingerbus

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    That’s gonna go well with our potholed roads!

    Sinclair again. It’s gonna be the next C5 I can tell.

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    Gingerbus, Apr 7, 2019
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  7. Barneyrubble

    Barneyrubble

    Bowden spacelander 1960
     
    Barneyrubble, Apr 7, 2019
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  8. DubCat

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    I could tell you a few inside stories from Sinclair Research.
     
    DubCat, Apr 7, 2019
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  9. snotty

    snotty

    The St Ives shag-a-thon?
     
    snotty, Apr 7, 2019
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  10. DubCat

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    Damn! No I missed that one.
     
    DubCat, Apr 7, 2019
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  11. snotty

    snotty

    Like rabbits up there, I was told...
     
    snotty, Apr 7, 2019
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  12. Pudelwagen

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    Didn't somebody write a song about an engineer?

    I seem to remember our local rugby club singing about him.:)
     
    Pudelwagen, Apr 7, 2019
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  13. snotty

    snotty

    You're thinking of the Mayor of Bayswater?
     
    snotty, Apr 7, 2019
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  14. Pudelwagen

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    Pudelwagen, Apr 7, 2019
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  15. DubCat

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    He told me something before he died.
     
    DubCat, Apr 7, 2019
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  16. mikedjames

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    If you were the IET you would call the person who fixes and installs the boiler a technician and the person who designs the boiler an engineer.
    Its that lack of legally enforceable distinction that makes engineers exasperated.

    Strangely in the USA the only technicians to call themselves engineers are the train drivers as they drive engines.
    Other people have to get paperwork before they can call themsleves an engineer. Even people with engineering degrees have to be registered with the state in places like the State of Oregon before claiming the title engineer . There was a recent case in Oregon where a degree qualified but unregistered electronic engineer pointed out that the radar speed traps did not work properly. He signed himself engineer. And the state took him to court for using the word Engineer in his letter, to shut him up rather than lose the free illegally gained revenue.

    Just be glad you British spanner wranglers can call yourself what you like and the state doesnt care..

    After Brexit whenever that happens you will have less need to worry about the EU enforcing the Engineer title, and all your Scottish whisky and haggis, Wensleydale and Cheddar cheese can be made in Bulgaria as they laugh.
     
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    mikedjames, Apr 8, 2019
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  17. snotty

    snotty

    Harsh, but true. Use of the term "Engineer" is very loose in the UK.
     
    snotty, Apr 8, 2019
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  18. JamesLey

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    I would add the term "Architect" to that list!
     
    JamesLey, Apr 8, 2019
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  19. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    'ere who are you calling spanner wranglers? :p
     
    F_Pantos, Apr 8, 2019
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  20. snotty

    snotty

    Sorry. He meant grease monkeys.
     
    snotty, Apr 8, 2019
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